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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaTrump’s Board of Peace Will Help Strong Countries Dominate Weak Ones
Jan 27, 2026Dana El KurdThe Trump administration recently declared that Phase 1 of the cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel was over and that the work of Phase 2 would begin.…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on GazaAfter Savagery: Gaza, Genocide, and the Illusion of Western Civilization
Jan 13, 2026Rami G. KhouriThe US-enabled Israeli genocide in Gaza has persisted for 27 months and sent shockwaves across the world. In its wake, two puzzles remain unsolved: Beyond the …
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy
UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown
Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. JahshanOn November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law
The Slowdown in Enforcing International Law
Jan 29, 2025Jonathan KuttabInternational law has helped govern the behavior of states for hundreds of years. Early principles like the prohibition on poisoning wells (rooted in just war …
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law and International Bodies
UNRWA Closure as Prelude to the Elimination of Palestinians’ Right of Return
Dec 2, 2024Mtanes ShihadehThe United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) was established in 1949 by a UN General Assembly resolution. Its mai…
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law and International Bodies
“A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Aug 14, 2024Yara M. AsiOn March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law
The ICJ Decision on Israel’s Occupation of the Palestinian Territories
Jul 26, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn Friday, July 19, 2024, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) issued its Advisory Opinion in the case brought before it on Israel’s occupation of the Pale…
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelInternational Law
The ICJ Moves to Protect International Law from Israeli Transgressions
May 24, 2024Khalil E. JahshanThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued its long-awaited decision regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip and the case advanced by South Africa…
- Policy AnalysisLevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
“Heartbreak and Heartlessness” in Gaza: Crisis in International Humanitarian Aid
Mar 28, 2024Yara M. AsiIn March 2024, after months of watching and funding the active destruction of Gaza’s infrastructure and the degradation of its population, the global powers st…
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law
Israeli Non-Compliance with ICJ Provisional Orders
Mar 20, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn January 26, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) indicated preliminary measures in the case brought against Israel by South Africa under the Genocide C…
- From our AffiliatesLevantInternational Law
The Consequences of Israel’s Failure to Implement Provisional Measures to Prevent Genocide in Gaza
Mar 12, 2024Nizar AyoubThe Israeli government appears to remain determined to storm the Rafah area of southern Gaza, ignoring international demands to refrain from doing so due to th…
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law
The ICJ Case on Israeli Occupation: A Report
Mar 4, 2024Jonathan KuttabOn February 19, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began public hearings on the issue referred to it by the General Assembly of the United Nations, by vi…
- ViewpointLevantInternational Law and International Bodies
Congress Works to Give More Aid to Israel, None for UNRWA
Feb 16, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichOn February 13, the Senate voted 70-29 to pass a $95.3 billion national security supplemental package (H.R.815) to provide additional security assistance to Uk…
- From our AffiliatesLevantInternational Law and International Bodies
South Africa’s Case against Israel for Genocide in Gaza at the ICJ: Challenges and Prospects
Jan 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesNearly three months into Israeli’s relentless war on Gaza, which had, at that time, resulted in about 100,000 Palestinians martyred, wounded, or missing, on 29…
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Gaza and the Crime of Genocide: Legal and Political Dimensions of Accountability
Jan 18, 2024Experts discuss the crime of genocide and Israel's war on Gaza and shed light on legal definitions and avenues for accountability, as well as the political pro…
- Policy AnalysisLevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Case for Prosecuting Israel for Genocide in Gaza
Dec 14, 2023Jonathan KuttabThe 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…
- From our AffiliatesLevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Humanitarian Intervention and the Responsibility to Protect in Palestine
Nov 20, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies (ACRPS)The credibility and effectiveness of humanitarian intervention has long been a topic of contention in both international law and international relations, espec…
- Policy AnalysisLevantInternational Law
Israel, Gaza, and the Laws of War
Oct 27, 2023Jonathan KuttabAddressing 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…
