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US mediation in Middle East conflict

Role of the United States in mediating conflicts between Israel and other entities in the Middle East

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Jan 21, 2026

How did immediate U.S. recognition of Israel affect Arab states’ alignment during the early Cold War?

Immediate recognition of on signaled a political alignment that perceived as Western preference for the Zionist project, hardened Arab rejection of the UN Partition, and contributed to the politicizat...

Jan 20, 2026

What independent evidence exists of U.S. leverage (economic threats or military strikes) directly producing ceasefires in the Israel–Iran and Israel–Hamas cases?

The record shows clear temporal links between U.S. military actions, diplomatic pressure and the announcement of ceasefires in both the June 2025 Israel–Iran exchange and intermittent Israel–Hamas pau...