Jerusalem | Watching America

Israel: Biden Is Laying the Groundwork for a Palestinian Capital in Jerusalem

Charles Railey - June 22, 2022. Published in Mida

Biden’s approach is the beginning of the end of what Trump declared.

Israel: The United States Should Not Open a Consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem

Robin Koerner - November 22, 2021. Published in Ma’ariv

Israel: My Word: The Cons of Reopening the US Consulate

Lalatendu Das - November 14, 2021. Published in The Jerusalem Post

A U.S. office offering consular services in Ramallah would be far more accessible for the Palestinians living in Palestinian Authority territories.

Palestine: What Israel Will Get in Return for Reopening US Consulate in Jerusalem

Robin Koerner - October 26, 2021. Published in Al Quds

[T]he reality on the ground shows an ongoing settler-colonial project ... which [amounts] to crimes against humanity.

Turkey: Biden Fails the Test in Israeli-Palestinian Crisis

Robin Koerner - May 26, 2021. Published in Daily Sabah

Biden was reluctant to make any decisive and critical approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and did not act earlier to restore the traditional American posture on the two-state solution.

Saudi Arabia: Biden Will Manage Palestinian-Israeli Conflict without Resolving It

Robin Koerner - May 26, 2021. Published in Arab News

For now, Biden will manage the conflict remotely and carefully rather than get personally involved.

U.A.E.: Biden Also Caves In to Israel’s Inhuman Plans

Robin Koerner - May 18, 2021. Published in Gulf Today

Biden has succumbed because he needs the support of Netanyahu’s allies in the U.S. legislature and political lobbies to pass and implement his transformative domestic policies.

U.A.E.: Violence in Jerusalem Risks Sparking a 3rd Intifada

Lalatendu Das - May 12, 2021. Published in The National

If [Biden] is perceived as being incapable of action or pressuring either side, parties who want to spurn American mediation will now have the perfect excuse.

United Kingdom: US Calls for ‘Equal Treatment’ for Palestinians and Israelis within Unequal 2-State Compromise

Robin Koerner - April 11, 2021. Published in Middle East Monitor

Mauritius: Trump: A Counterview

Lalatendu Das - January 24, 2021. Published in Mauritius Times

Witch hunts and permanent mudslinging by every means went on and on in the media, and Trump’s achievements were belittled and ignored.

Poland: US Plays Its Game in the Balkans. What’s the European Union’s Reaction?

Danuta Kowalska - September 25, 2020. Published in Polityka

The agreement signed in Washington aimed to normalize neighborly relations and result in peace and quiet in the Balkans. This peace is still under threat.

Croatia: Trump’s Serbia-Kosovo Deal ‘Middle-Easternizes’ the Balkans

Robin Koerner - September 12, 2020. Published in Balkan Insights

By re-introducing the “Muslim label” into the political discourse and by bringing Israel, and indeed Hezbollah into the equation, President Trump is Middle-Easternising the Balkans.

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