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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIs International Law Still Relevant after the Carnage in Gaza?
Apr 23, 2024Susan Akram John QuigleyAccording to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the death toll in Gaza by Israel’s onslaught has passed 34,000 Palestinians, …
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Palestine/IsraelReligion and PoliticsHaredim Conscription and the Future of Netanyahu’s Coalition
Apr 21, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesThe exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jews from military conscription has represented a major source of contention in Israeli society since 1948. This disagreement h…
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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyThe Dozen Ds That Drive Israel’s Propaganda
Apr 17, 2024Rami G. KhouriThe past six months of Israeli-Palestinian warfare have witnessed levels of military ferocity, human suffering, societal destruction, and mass political activi…
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights“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…
- Research Paper
Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsThe Gaza War Is a Chapter in the Displacement of the Palestinian People
Mar 26, 2024Mahmoud MuharebIsrael took advantage of October 7, 2023, to launch a war of extermination against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. It announced that its goal in the …
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Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human RightsIsraeli 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…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionNetanyahu’s Political Calculus and the Future of Israel’s Emergency Cabinet
Mar 3, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesNetanyahu, is in a position that enables him to disregard the emergency government and to take sole control over war strategy and decision-making and in drawin…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyThe Biden Administration’s Confused Response to Israel’s Rafah Operation
Feb 15, 2024Hanna AlshaikhAt the center of US coverage of the Israeli war on Gaza in recent days is the rift between President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regarding …
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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionEgypt, the Gaza War, and Fears of Another Nakba
Feb 7, 2024Charles W. DunneLike most Arab countries, Egypt was stunned by the conflagration ignited by last October’s Hamas attack inside southern Israel and subsequent Israeli onslaught…
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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyGaza as Ground Zero for Israel’s Border Technology
Feb 1, 2024Heba GowayedMore than a node in a global system of border apartheid, Gaza has become ground zero for Israel’s carceral and military technology that is marketed to other st…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Occupied West Bank Since October 7: Movement Restrictions and Collective Punishment
Jan 26, 2024Yara M. AsiIn 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…
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LebanonConflicts and Conflict ResolutionContinuing Skirmishes but No Hezbollah-Israel War
Jan 25, 2024Imad K. HarbDaily and intense skirmishes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah and its allies across the Blue Line—in reference to the border drawn by the United Nations fo…
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Israeli War Tactics and GenocideConflicts between Israeli Ruling Elites and the Future of the War on Gaza
Jan 14, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesFour months into Israel’s relentless war on Gaza, public disputes between the ruling coalition and the war cabinet in Israel have escalated. A notable source o…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionArouri’s Assassination Will Achieve Nothing
Jan 3, 2024Imad K. HarbIn its pursuit of Hamas leaders, an Israeli drone has assassinated Saleh al-Arouri, the Deputy Chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau, a senior official in the o…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawThe 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…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionCriminal Injustice in the “Court of Occupation”: Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails
Dec 13, 2023Yara M. AsiAhed 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 …
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Palestine/IsraelViolent ExtremismWest Bank’s settler violence problem is a second sign that Israel’s policy of ignoring Palestinians’ drive for a homeland isn’t a long-term solution
Nov 26, 2023Dana El KurdIsraeli settlers, empowered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, have increased their attacks on and harassment of Palestinian rural c…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe War on Gaza: The Policy of Silencing, Intimidating, and Persecuting Palestinians in Israel
Nov 20, 2023Mada al-Carmel – Arab Center for Applied Social ResearchSince the start of its current war on Gaza, Israel has adopted a string of measures to silence and intimidate its Palestinian citizens, aiming to prevent them …
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Gaza War, the West Bank, and the Day After: A conversation with Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
Nov 17, 2023Dr. Hanan Ashrawi and Khalil E. Jahshan discuss Israel's war on Gaza, the situation in the West Bank, and post-war scenarios. Dr. Ashrawi is a Palestinian poli…
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceThe War on Gaza and the Future of the Netanyahu Government in Israeli Public Opinion
Nov 7, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesAs the Israeli war on Gaza continues, the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finds itself facing many domestic challenges, most notably th…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionIsrael’s War on Gaza City: Goals and Projections
Nov 2, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the second stage of the war against Gaza had come underway, at which point the army would begin its in…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health PolicyPalestinians Are Denied Humanity, Even after Death
Oct 30, 2023Yara M. AsiOn October 25, 2023, US President Joe Biden made the stunning and unprecedented statement that he had “no confidence in the number that the Palestinians are us…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionIsraeli Calculations for Ground Offensive in Gaza and Prospects for Prisoner Exchange
Oct 30, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesPlanning for a ground invasion was announced by the political and military leadership almost immediately, with the stated intention of overthrowing the Hamas g…
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Palestine/IsraelGlobal Health and Health Policy“An Open-Air Graveyard”: The Unfolding Health Catastrophe in the Gaza Strip
Oct 27, 2023Yara M. AsiIt is impossible to count the number of reports, studies, press releases, and statements that have reported the unbearable conditions of life for Palestinians …
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIsrael, 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…
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Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and GenocideIsrael’s “War Cabinet”: What Does It Tell Us about Netanyahu’s Plans for Gaza?
Oct 18, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesBenjamin Netanyahu and Israeli opposition leader, Benny Gantz, announced the formation of a national emergency government. Under this agreement, five members o…
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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyDisinformation and Hate Speech on Social Media Contribute to Inciting War Crimes Against Gaza
Oct 13, 2023Tamara KharroubDuring major events like violent conflict, there is a vacuum of verified and accurate information, as well as high interest and emotions. As the fog of war and…
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Palestine/IsraelSecurity and DefenseIsraeli Strategic Failures in Gaza
Oct 11, 2023Arab Center for Research and Policy StudiesWhatever the outcome of the war on Gaza, this will have major repercussions within the state apparatus and within Israeli society. Not only will the events fue…
