In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, I was asked by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf to help lead a task force working on day-after planning. I quickly concluded that unless Hamas was truly defeated and removed from power, there would be no day after.
On Oct. 7, 2023, I was serving as the U.S. State Department’s lead official working to expand the Abraham Accords—a set of normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab countries. As the magnitude of the Hamas’s attack on Israel that day became clear, it was obvious that work would have to be paused.
On Oct. 7, 2023, I was serving as the U.S. State Department’s lead official working to expand the Abraham Accords—a set of normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab countries. As the magnitude of the Hamas’s attack on Israel that day became clear, it was obvious that work would have to be paused.
In the early days of the Israel-Hamas war, I was asked by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf to help lead a task force working on day-after planning.
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