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Expert Views on Escalating Violence in the Middle East
How do Americans view the long-standing conflict in the Middle East? What led to the latest escalations across the Holy Land this week? And what challenges do these rising tensions pose to U.S. leadership?
This week, we are joined by:
Lydia Saad, Gallup Director of U.S. Social Research
Khaled Elgindy, Director of Program on Palestine and Palestinian-Israeli Affairs at the Middle East Institute
Dr. Natan Sachs, Director of the Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings
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After eight years of frosty relations, Egypt and Turkey held their first high-level talks last week to move toward ânormalized ties.â Not to be outdone, Qatar advanced its detente with Egypt; Saudi Arabia and Syria held secret talks in Damascus; and the Turkish foreign minister traveled to Riyadh this week to repair ties.
The overtures are adding to the ongoing dialogue between the regionâs primary rival powers, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Despite the violence convulsing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, dialogue and diplomacy are in the air this spring across much of the Middle East. Competitors that had divided the region have come together to call âtruce.â