Sander Gerber

Sander Gerber is a fellow at the Jerusalem Center of Public Affairs and the former Vice Chairman of the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars. The views expressed here are his own.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at PA headquarters in Ramallah.

The Palestinian Authority cannot govern Gaza - opinion

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Benzion Netanyahu sit together at the father’s home in Jerusalem, in 2009.

Why Bibi should listen to his late father's address - opinion

 PA PRIME Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh attends a cabinet meeting.

Gantz meeting Abbas defied Israeli law - opinion


Amb. Yousef Al Otaiba deserves a Nobel Peace Prize - opinion

There is probably no one more deserving of such an honor than Ambassador Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States, for his role in facilitating the Abraham Accords.

 THEN-US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo speaks with the Emirati Ambassador to the US Yousef Al Otaiba in Abu Dhabi, in 2019

Revisiting of Sokolow v. PLO gives hope to victims’ families

The case, Sokolow v. PLO, has its roots in the bloody years of the Second Intifada – a terror wave that killed more than a thousand Israelis and dozens of Americans.

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A way forward with Saudi Arabia

Beyond parallel struggles to counter Iran-backed radical Islamic groups that threaten each, Israel and Saudi Arabia also share similar strategic dilemmas and operational threats.

Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman talks with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud during the Gulf Cooperation Council's (GCC) Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia December 9, 2018

Lessons learned in Bahrain

Critics have accused the White House of engineering a Marshall Plan instead of forging a political peace deal between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATORS burn a crossed-out poster depicting US President Donald Trump that reads: ‘no for Deal of the Century’ during a protest against the Bahrain workshop last month.

To waver or not to waiver on terrorism

Congress is trying to stop PA pay for slay, now it’s time for the Israeli government to get serious, too.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during his meeting with Britain's Prince William in Ramallah, June 27, 2018

PA pensions for terrorists must be stopped

It is time for Israel to follow the US lead and actively halt the PA ’s accepted and outrageous promulgation of terrorism.

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