Washington Watch Articles From 2000
MODEST PROPOSALS FROM ANARAB AMERICAN SUMMIT
This week 40 Arab Americans from 14 states representing 10 national organizations and a number of local organizations will convene a leadership summit in Washington, DC.
THE FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE
Some observers have expressed surprise at the agreement on many foreign policy issues that was in evidence during last week’s U.S. presidential debate.
AMERICAN SUPPORT FOR PALESTINIANS GROWS
American voters are more strongly inclined to support a wide range of Palestinian rights than at any time in history.
AN INCOMPLETE PEACE
If any agreement is to come out of the current negotiations taking place at Camp David, it will, in all certainty, be an incomplete resolution of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
CLINTON’S GAMBLE
U.S. President Bill Clinton’s call for a Palestinian-Israeli summit occurs against the backdrop of a Palestinian vote to declare an independent state by year’s end and amidst reports of a proposed Israeli troop buildup in the West Bank and the near collapse of Israeli Prime Minster Barak’s coalition government.
A MODEST AGENDA FOR LEBANON IN AMERICA
With Israel’s withdrawal from the south of Lebanon, new challenges now emerge which must be addressed by Lebanon and its friends. Of particular concern to me, are the issues that must be tackled in the United States.
CANDIDATES SPEAK AT AIPAC
Against the backdrop of dramatic developments unfolding in Lebanon and the West Bank, the two major U.S. presidential candidates appeared before the annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
NEW THINKING TO RESCUE PEACE
Peace was supposed to turn the resources of the region away from armaments, toward more productive human endeavors.
THE POSITIONS OF THE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SON CRITICAL MIDDLE EAST ISSUES
During the past decade, the end of the Cold War, the Palestinian Intifada, the Gulf War and the Middle East peace process have all combined to change both the context of the Middle East policy debate and the way most serious candidates for political office address Middle East issues.
COUNT DOWN TO IOWA AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
In a few weeks, two of the United States’ most fascinating political events will occur: the Iowa Caucuses and the New Hampshire primary. For several decades now, these two contests have opened the U.S. presidential elections.