Washington Policy Weekly

A weekly report outlining and analyzing developments in US policy related to the Middle East and covering activities in the three branches of the US government.

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Threatens Campuses on Pro-Palestine Protests

    Mar 10, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    Trump threatened that “all Federal Funding will STOP for any College, School, or University that allows illegal protests" and "agitators will be imprisoned/or …

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    Washington Policy Weekly: House Republicans Support Israeli Sovereignty Over West Bank

    Mar 3, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    Rep. Tenney led a group of House Republicans in urging Trump to “strongly recognize the right of Israel to declare sovereignty" over the West Bank.

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Holds Aid to Palestinian Authority Security Forces

    Feb 24, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    The Trump administration has suspended funding to the Palestinian Authority security forces, to which the United States has provided training and other support…

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Sets Ultimatum on Gaza

    Feb 18, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    President Trump told reporters that Palestinians would not have a right to return to Gaza after its reconstruction. Trump indicated that he would consider cutt…

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    Washington Policy Weekly: President Trump: Palestinians Cannot Return to Gaza Once Resettled Elsewhere

    Feb 11, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    On February 4, President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. During a joint press conference, President Trump m…

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Issues Executive Order on Antisemitism and Pro-Palestine Activism

    Feb 3, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    Ethan Mayer-Rich reports on Trump’s executive order to combat antisemitism and “pro-Hamas” activism, including a warning of deporting certain foreign student p…

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Suggests Transferring Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt

    Jan 27, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    Ethan Mayer-Rich reports on President Trump’s call on Jordan and Egypt to take in Gazans; his revocation of the Biden administration’s sanctions on extremist I…

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    Washington Policy Weekly: Biden Announces Israel-Hamas Ceasefire

    Jan 21, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich

    On January 15, President Joe Biden announced that Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire deal, which came into effect on January 19. The agreement resembles …