The results of a panel discussion on “Israel and the Arab States: Parallel Interests, Relations, and Strategies” which took place in June 2009 and was organized in cooperation between the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung and the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center, is now published in MERIA. The panel discussion is of particular relevance in light of the recent intensified efforts of President Obama to advance the Peace Process in the Middle East.