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US PolicyWashington Policy Weekly: Trump Issues Executive Order on Antisemitism and Pro-Palestine Activism
Feb 3, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichEthan 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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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismThe Ongoing Suppression of Pro-Palestinian Advocacy in the United States
Jan 8, 2025Selma KarameOn October 15, 2024, the United States and Canada jointly announced terrorist sanctions against the Vancouver-based NGO Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarit…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsHarris and the Arab-American Vote: Election Day Approaches
Oct 31, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichThe continued peripheralization of Arab-American voices has made it clear that to Harris and her campaign, just as Palestinian lives may not matter as much as …
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismUS University Campuses Will Stifle Students’ Protests Next Year
Sep 16, 2024Jonathan KuttabThe student protests and the encampment movement that exploded on campuses toward the end of the 2024 school year pitted students (and faculty) protesting the …
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceNo Good ‘Day After’ Under Current Palestinian Politics
Aug 7, 2024Dana El KurdSome 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negoti…
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Palestine/IsraelEducation and DevelopmentThe US Academy and the Destruction of Gaza’s Education System
Jul 3, 2024Hanna AlshaikhAfter Columbia University students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 17, similar ones formed on campuses not only in the United States but worldwide…
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US Domestic Politics and ElectionsHistory Redux: Immigrants from MENA and the US Presidential Election
Jun 26, 2024Gregory AftandilianTrump’s previous policies affecting Muslims and President Biden’s stance on the Gaza war are likely to either keep Arab-Americans from voting or prompt them to…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismPro-Palestine Campus Encampments and Israel’s Targeting of American Students
Jun 7, 2024Heba GowayedOn at least 80 college and university campuses across the United States, students formed encampments demanding that their universities disclose their investmen…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and GeopoliticsSeven Months of War on Gaza, Israel Is in International Distress
May 17, 2024Mtanes ShihadehThe 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 …
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LevantPublic Opinion, Protest, and DebateCongress’s Crackdown on Campus Protests and the Threat to Civil Liberties
May 15, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichIt has been a month since student protests started at Columbia University with the establishment of a protest encampment on April 17. In response, students aro…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismAmerican Student Protest Movements, Then and Now
May 10, 2024Rami G. KhouriWatching 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…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismAlthough Limited, Arab Public Protests Against the War in Gaza Continue
Apr 30, 2024Dana El KurdSeven 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…
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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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JordanProtests and ActivismPath of Least Cost: Assuaging Public Protests in Jordan
Apr 1, 2024Imad K. HarbOnce again, events in Gaza are showing up in the form of indignant protests in Jordan that, if not properly handled, could lead to serious challenges for the J…
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LevantPublic Opinion, Protest, and DebateGaza, Biden, and an American Intifada
Mar 27, 2024Charles W. DunneAs Israel’s devastating Gaza invasion wears on, tensions between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are spiking, endangering the…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict ResolutionWhither the Arab World from What is Happening in Gaza?
Mar 20, 2024Imad K. HarbIsrael’s war on Gaza has recently entered its sixth straight month with no respite or apparent possibility of a permanent ceasefire that could spare the lives …
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The Arab WorldRegional Relations and GeopoliticsImportant Considerations for the Middle East in 2024
Jan 10, 2024Yara M. Asi Daniel Brumberg Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Tamara Kharroub Laurie King Dana El Kurd Yousef MunayyerThe October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and Israel’s subsequent invasion of the Gaza Strip will play a major role in shaping what unfolds in the Middle East in 20…
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Palestine/IsraelMedia and TechnologyWar in the Post-Truth Era: Western Media Coverage of Israel’s 2023 War on Gaza
Nov 11, 2023Basim TweissiWestern mainstream media received the news coming from the Middle East on 7 October 2023 with an unprecedented outpouring of emotion. As a general rule, covera…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyThe Smearing of Rashida Tlaib and the Palestinian Calls for Freedom
Nov 10, 2023Yousef MunayyerWhat makes the attack on Tlaib even more absurd is that while Congress is demonizing calls for freedom in a space where Palestinians are systematically denied …
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyMuslim and Arab Voters Are Sending Biden a Stark Warning—and He’d Better Pay Attention
Oct 27, 2023Dana El KurdM any Americans are expressing outrage over the Biden administration’s handling of the continued Israeli bombardment of Gaza and the ongoing crisis surrounding…
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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…
