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Elliott Abrams discusses U.S. foreign policy, focusing on the Middle East and democracy and human rights.

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UN Halves Its Estimate of Women and Children Killed in Gaza

by Elliott Abrams May 12, 2024

Between May 6 and May 8, the UN cut in half its estimates of the number of women and children killed in Gaza. The estimates were based on Hamas numbers and are a reminder that all fatality estimates coming from that source are unreliable. Read More

Venezuela
Will the Biden Administration Abandon Democracy in Venezuela?
Biden administration policy toward Venezuela has abandoned concern about democracy and human rights, instead placing oil prices, migration, and presidential politics above them. Will it change?
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams March 30, 2024 Pressure Points
United States
Joseph Lieberman, R.I.P.
The late Sen. Joseph Lieberman was a model of how public life should be conducted, and an important figure in American Jewish history.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams March 29, 2024 Pressure Points
Human Rights
The Human Rights Industry
The two largest human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, dominate the field despite deep problems of bias and inadequate oversight.
Blog Post by Elliott Abrams March 20, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    Schumer 's Attack on an Ally at War
    Sen. Schumer's call for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to be pushed out of office is an unprecedented attack on a democratic ally at war and would turn Israel into an American colony.
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams March 14, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    The Future of Gaza
    A new proposal for the future of Gaza urges formation of an International Trust for Gaza Reconstruction. 
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams March 8, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    Hamas and the "Two-State Solution"
    News reports that Hamas will agree to the "two-state solution" actually show an effort to protect Hamas and improve its political standing.
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams February 13, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    Is the Path to a Palestinian State "Irreversible?"
    Secretary of State Blinken's call for “a concrete, time-bound and irreversible path” to a Palestinian state presents serious dangers to Israel and to Palestinians as well.
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams February 8, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    The Two-State Delusion
    The "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a delusion that overlooks the nature of the new Palestinian state and the threat it would represent to Israeli security. 
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams February 2, 2024 Pressure Points
  • Israel
    The Peace Processors Return
    Despite conditions that make negotiations for a "two-state solution" to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict impossible right now, inveterate "peace processors" keep pushing--and keep ignoring Israeli security.
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams December 29, 2023 Pressure Points
  • Education
    U.S. Campuses and the Problem of Antisemitism
    The "DEI" bureaucracies in U.S. colleges are failing to protect Jewish students from a wave of antisemitism. The right reaction is to recognize how pernicious they are, not to plead that Jewish students too are "oppressed."
    Blog Post by Elliott Abrams December 19, 2023 Pressure Points