Daniel Levy

This past Friday, the United Nations passed a resolution that demanded a halt to all Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, with the United States abstaining from the vote.

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to change years of U.S. policy towards Israel. What happens if he delivers on those promises?

President Obama is determined to make diplomatic progress with Iran. And now some say Speaker Boehner is raising the stakes by inviting Israel's prime minister to address Congress.

Israel and Hamas finally agreed to a cease-fire this week. But many say the deal hardly addresses most of the underlying problems that prompted this summer of fighting.

Egypt has played a leading role in maintaining Middle East peace since President Jimmy Carter negotiated the Camp David Accords in 1978. Today, after a counterrevolution and continuin...

Israel is holding hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, who were halted on their way to Gaza by the Israeli Navy. It is being reported that after warnings from Israeli ships not to go any further towards the Gaza shoreline, Israeli militarymen were lowered from helicopters and boarded the flotilla, resulting in at least nine deaths and dozens more wounded.

Last week the Israeli Prime Minister met with President Obama. Yesterday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas took his turn at the White House. His meeting with the president comes as...

President Obama had a second busy day in office. He immediately named former Senate majority leader George Mitchell as special envoy to the Middle East and former United Nations ambas...

Daniel Levy, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation and former Israeli peace negotiator, discusses the continuing crisis in Gaza and what a Israeli exit strategy could look like.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas rages in the aftermath of a six month truce, which expired earlier this month. Today marks day four of what Israel’s Defense Minister, Ehud Barak...