Permit me a linguistic nerd-out to show unbalanced nature of declaration. US & Israel jointly "commit" to 5 things; US further "commits" to 10 more alone. Israel commits to 0 alone. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… via @whitehouse @WhiteHouse 5 joint commitments: Ukraine sovereignty, fight antisemitism, get Israel into US visa waiver program, discuss challenges in Isr/Pal relations, initiatives to strengthen Pal economy

Interesting discussion. @KShikaki argues that war would not have happened had Palestinian elections gone forward. Hamas would have used ballots instead of rockets to improve its position.

https://twitter.com/CarnegieEndow/status/1395054140334559233

@KShikaki @Tzipi_Livni says 2 state solution needs to be revitalized because "we are on a slippery slope towards a one state solution" which "we cannot afford."

Thread on: From Hardware to Holism: Rebalancing America’s Security Engagement With Arab States carnegieendowment.org/2021/05/18/fro… via @CarnegieEndow @CarnegieEndow My colleague @FredWehrey & I argue that not only have militarized US policies in MENA failed to achieve declared goals—they are increasingly out of step w/Arab allies’ actual major challenge: to build productive post-oil economies & functioning polities.

My new post w/@andrwpmiller: Nine Reasons Why Declaring the Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Organization Would Be a Mistake carnegieendowment.org/2019/05/03/nin… @AndrwPMiller MB does not fit legal definition of FTO; no credible evidence it is using violence, has not targeted Americans.