Policy Analysis

Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Occupied West Bank Since October 7: Movement Restrictions and Collective Punishment
Jan 26, 2024Yara M. Asi
In August 2023, Itamar Ben-Gvir—not just any government minister, but Israel’s Minister of National Security—told an interviewer that “my right, the right of m…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
The Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan Kuttab
The current Israeli war on Gaza has given rise to questions about whether it is possible to invoke the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Criminal Injustice in the “Court of Occupation”: Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Dec 13, 2023Yara M. Asi
Ahed Tamimi was just 16 when she was first arrested by Israel, after kicking and shoving two Israeli soldiers who raided her village in the occupied West Bank …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy
“An Open-Air Graveyard”: The Unfolding Health Catastrophe in the Gaza Strip
Oct 27, 2023Yara M. Asi
It is impossible to count the number of reports, studies, press releases, and statements that have reported the unbearable conditions of life for Palestinians …
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
Israel, Gaza, and the Laws of War
Oct 27, 2023Jonathan Kuttab
Addressing his troops as they amass to attack the Gaza Strip, Israel’s Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant publicly announced that the new Israeli war cabinet, wh…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Preliminary Fallout of the War on Gaza
Oct 26, 2023Mada al-Carmel
On the morning of Saturday, October 7, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) launched a surprise attack on Israel, targeting a string of military and civilia…