Mideast peace

Kerry in 2016: ‘There Will Be No Separate Peace Between Israel and the Arab World … No, No, and No’

In the closing weeks of his tenure as President Obama’s secretary of state, John Kerry made an categorical prediction about the Middle East: Arabs will not pursue a “separate peace” with Israel in...

Hailing Mideast Progress, Trump Says His ‘Natural Instinct’ is Peace, Not War

President Trump on Thursday portrayed himself as a Middle East peacemaker, pointing to breakthroughs between Israel and Arab states, looming U.S. troop drawdowns, and apparent signs of progress in Afghanistan.

US Mideast Envoy Takes Aim at Cherished UN Concepts: ‘Int’l Law’ and ‘Int’l Consensus’

Calling into question revered pillars of multilateralism such as “international consensus,” President Trump’s special representative for Mideast peace negotiations told the U.N. Security Council...

Mideast Peace Envoy Says Israelis Set Out to Sabotage Talks

U.S. Mideast peace negotiator Martin Indyk said Thursday announcements of Israeli settlement expansion made during the U.S.-led Mideast peace effort that ended inconclusively last month were designed to...