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The author comments on the revelation of the Palestine Papers. He believes that these papers suggest that the Palestinian negotiators were more than willing to work with Israel on its security requirements and their demands for collaboration increased. He believes that the statebuilding effort must be perceived in the context of counter-insurgency. He ponders upon the statement of Tzipi Livni about Israel's strategy which is based on the aim of becoming a national home for Jews.

The article focuses on two developments which have caused the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to be the object of unwanted attention. One is the espionage case in which former AIPAC officials Steven J. Rosen and Keith Weissman have been charged with violating the 1917 Espionage Act by receiving and transmitting national defense information. Intensifying the spotlight on AIPAC's activities has been the paper written by professors John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago and Stephen Walt of the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The article, entitled "The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy," asserts that Washington's unwavering support of Israel has jeopardized American security.

The article presents the opening of Rafah in occupied Gaza Strip on May 28, 2011 which opened a lifeline for Palestinians although some refugees will still be restricted to their localities due to the lack of identification papers. Palestinians were permitted to pass freely from Gaza into Egypt through Rafah and marked a huge shift in Egyptian foreign policy. Israel objected to the opening of Rafah on concerns on increased security threats to their borders but this was dismissed by director of crossing in Gaza Ghazi Hamad.