Policy Analysis

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Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
Pro-Palestine Campus Encampments and Israel’s Targeting of American Students
Jun 7, 2024Heba Gowayed
On at least 80 college and university campuses across the United States, students formed encampments demanding that their universities disclose their investmen…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs
Isolating Gaza from the World: Humanitarian Implications of Israel’s Seizure of Rafah
Jun 6, 2024Yara M. Asi
Prior to the fall of 2023, Rafah was a relatively unknown city in the already poorly understood Gaza Strip, especially to much of the world outside of the Midd…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Biden’s Warmed-over Ceasefire Proposal
Jun 6, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan
In the midst of what the White House touted to supporters as a significant update of his administration’s diplomatic efforts regarding the eight-month-old unab…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
Biden’s Gaza Announcement: What to Make of the Bizarre Spectacle
Jun 4, 2024Yousef Munayyer
On May 31, President Joe Biden announced what he described as a “comprehensive new proposal” offered by Israel for ending the war in Gaza that would be “a road…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelInternational Law
ICC Cases Against Israel and Hamas: A Preliminary Assessment
May 24, 2024Susan Akram John Quigley
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan, announced on May 20 that his office had applied for arrest warrants against both Isr…
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Saudi ArabiaConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Determinants of Saudi Arabia’s Response to the Gaza War
May 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies
Following Hamas’s “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, Saudi Arabia publicly criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza and blamed it for escalating tensions, desp…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Seven Months of War on Gaza, Israel Is in International Distress
May 17, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh
The Israeli government has described the war on Gaza since last October as an “existential war and a second war of independence.” Israel’s official and public …
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
The Gaza Crisis Pushes Washington and Riyadh Closer
May 15, 2024Daniel Brumberg
Hamas’s May 6 acceptance of a hostage deal proposed by Egypt and Qatar was surely designed to induce the White House to pressure Israel to produce a counteroff…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
American Student Protest Movements, Then and Now
May 10, 2024Rami G. Khouri
Watching university students protest in the United States over the past three weeks begs the question of whether they will end American support for Israel’s ge…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Saudi-Israeli Normalization Persists Amid Gaza War
May 3, 2024The Unit for Political Studies
Before “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” launched by Hamas on October 7, 2023, the Biden administration was attempting to conclude a diplomatic groundbreaking deal in…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Middle East Trajectories Emanating from the War on Gaza
May 2, 2024Nabeel A. Khoury
Israel’s still unfolding war on Gaza is finishing its seventh month with no let-up in sight. The Palestinian death toll from Israeli operations has surpassed 3…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelProtests and Activism
Although Limited, Arab Public Protests Against the War in Gaza Continue
Apr 30, 2024Dana El Kurd
Seven months into Israel’s violence in Gaza—which has credibly been identified as an active genocide—the Middle East has teetered on the brink of chaos. Unders…