Prior to the 2011 Arab Spring, the Middle East faced instability due to the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the regional war on terror, stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the Gaza blockade, settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, and escalations between Israel and Palestinian factions.

Authors

• Person: Amr Hamzawy Organization: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
  Opportunities for Collective Regional Security in the Middle East

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• Opportunities for Collective Regional Security in the Middle East carnegieendowment.org Amr Hamzawy · Carnegie Endowment for International Peace via serper

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• Gaza location
• East Jerusalem location
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