How the U.S. Changed Middle East Peace Game

President Joe Biden touched down in the Middle East this week with the goal “to start a new and more promising chapter of America’s engagement there.” That’s a worthy objective; but during his trip, the 46th commander in chief has encountered a part of the world transformed since his last official visit, as vice president.

Aryeh Lightstone, a rabbinic-school graduate who became a senior adviser to former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman, has a new book out that explains that shift, and how it happened. Let My People Know is a memoir of Lightstone’s four years of consequential government service, and he begins with an overview of the past failures of the Israel–Palestinian peace process.

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Wilson Shirley

Wilson Shirley served in the Office of Policy Planning as a speechwriter to the U.S. secretary of state and is a former U.S. Senate staffer.

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President Joe Biden touched down in the Middle East this week with the goal “to start a new and more promising chapter of America’s engagement there.” That’s a worthy objective; but during his trip, the 46th commander in chief has encountered a part of the world transformed since his last official visit, as vice president.

Aryeh Lightstone, a rabbinic-school graduate who became a senior adviser to former U.S. ambassador to Israel David Friedman, has a new book out that explains that shift, and how it happened. Let My People Know is a memoir of Lightstone’s four years of consequential government service, and he begins with an overview of the past failures of the Israel–Palestinian peace process.