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Nimrod Novik

Nov 23, 2025, 3:14 PM

As long as Netanyahu vetoes a role for the PA in Gaza, the plan to disarm Hamas can't move forward - unless Trump steps in again

Mar 11, 2025, 2:58 PM

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What Arab leaders must say out loud for their Gaza plan to work

Journalists watch a screen displaying Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi, center, with Arab Leaders, at the press center hall of the emergency Arab summit at Egypt's New Administrative Capital, just outside Cairo, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Spelling out the essentials on security is the only way to enlist US support and lay bare the real reasons for Israel’s rejection of the plan

Jan 30, 2025, 3:14 PM

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The battle for Washington

President-elect Donald Trump listens as Steve Witkoff speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, January 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

We propose a Mideast Trump strategy for regional peace that the President won't hear from the extremists currently speaking for Israel

Nov 9, 2024, 3:53 PM

Trump’s shadow and the Biden ‘lame duck’ period

To the astonishment of many outsiders, a majority of Israelis rooted for a Trump victory. This reflected gratitude for his historic gestures of recognizing Jerusalem as our capital and moving the US embassy there as well as for his...

Oct 22, 2021, 11:21 AM

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Before the Abraham Accords, there was Madrid

President George H. W. Bush addresses the Middle East Peace Conference (October 31 - November 1, 1991), at the Royal Palace in Madrid, Spain. (Wikipedia)

Israeli-Palestinian peace isn't a prerequisite for Arab states' normalization with Israel, but clashes with the Palestinians have a way of derailing things

About Me

Dr. Nimrod Novik served as foreign policy adviser and special envoy to the late Shimon Peres. He is a fellow at the Israel Policy Forum and the Economic Cooperation Foundation and a member of the leadership of Commanders for Israel's Security.