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A newly released study from David Pollock, Bernstein Fellow and director of Project Fikra at The Washington Institute, emphasizes trends in Palestinian attitudes toward Israel, the United States, and the peace process.

The historic news that the United Arab Emirates will become the third Arab country to establish diplomatic relations with Israel follows more than a quarter-century of engagement between AJC and Arabian Gulf leaders.

It was by no means our first meeting. AJC has been traveling regularly to the Gulf for more than 25 years, and had first come to know this particular official when he held a different portfolio 20 years earlier. We had always discussed the possibility of communicating more directly and openly with Israel, and of exploring areas of potential cooperation.

As part of AJC's Global Forum and ACCESS Track, Goldman Bridge Fellow Erika Wohl reflects on young leadership across the western world, emphasizing the importance of pursuing change not tomorrow, but today.

Europe has much to offer, most especially its remarkable experience of postwar peace-building and integration that today is the EU. It could perhaps one day serve as a model for other regions with a long history of conflict and animosity. But that won’t happen unless Europe sheds some of its archaic thinking about the Middle East, acknowledges and embraces the new dynamics at work as reflected in the UAE-Israel deal (and others to follow?), takes a fresh look at its own complex relationship with Israel, and ends its “low expectations” policy towards the Palestinians.