Hamas-Israel Violence: Context and Trajectory

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Brief Analysis

What caused the outbreak of violence between Hamas and Israel? What does each side seek to gain from the conflict, and how can Washington contribute to efforts to deescalate or end the fighting? Watch an expert webcast to explore the situation and what Washington can do to help de-escalate the situation.

 

Media www.rajawalisiber.com  – Amid days of tensions in Jerusalem, mass rocket launches by Hamas, and widespread violence encompassing Tel Aviv, Gaza, and other areas, many are wondering what caused this resurgence in conflict and where it might lead. Has the two-year quiet between Israel and Hamas ended, and will the violence spill over into the West Bank? What can the United States and regional governments do to de-escalate the situation? To discuss these questions, The Washington Institute hosted a virtual Policy Forum with Ghaith al-Omari, Ehud Yaari, and Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, to be moderated by Institute Ziegler Distinguished Fellow David Makovsky.

Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow at the Institute and former executive director of the American Task Force on Palestine. He also served as an advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during the 1999-2001 permanent-status talks.

Ehud Yaari is an Israel-based Lafer International fellow with the Institute and former associate editor of the Jerusalem Report. He has worked as a Middle East commentator for Israeli television since 1975, including his current stint with Channel Two.

Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen directs the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she focuses on the interplay of each side’s civil society, peacebuilding efforts, and official diplomacy.

The Policy Forum series is made possible through the generosity of the Florence and Robert Kaufman Family.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Ghaith al-Omari

 

Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship.

 

 

Ehud Yaari is a Lafer International Fellow at The Washington Institute.

 

Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen

 

Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen directs the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Program at the U.S. Institute of Peace, where she focuses on the interplay of each side’s civil society, peacebuilding efforts, and official diplomacy.

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