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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyDoes Trump Still Want to “Clean Out” the Gaza Strip?
Mar 25, 2025Khalil E. JahshanAs the January 15, 2025 ceasefire agreement that had brought limited calm to Gaza fell apart in early March when Israel resumed its air and land military onsla…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsThe Crackdown on Pro-Palestine Activism Intensifies in the United States
Feb 26, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichThe new Trump administration has made it clear that repressing pro-Palestine activism is a priority. Trump issued an executive order that the White House said …
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US PolicyWashington Policy Weekly: President Trump: Palestinians Cannot Return to Gaza Once Resettled Elsewhere
Feb 11, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichOn February 4, President Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the White House. During a joint press conference, President Trump m…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyThe Drama, Delusion, and Dangers of Trump’s Gaza Plan
Feb 6, 2025Rami G. KhouriDonald Trump displayed his usual combination of disruption and delusion with his proposal for the US to take over the Gaza Strip after displacing its Palestini…
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Washington 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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Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Suggests Transferring Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt
Jan 27, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichEthan Mayer-Rich reports on President Trump’s call on Jordan and Egypt to take in Gazans; his revocation of the Biden administration’s sanctions on extremist I…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyTrump Will Not Stop Israel from Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
Jan 24, 2025Daniel BrumbergSeveral observers of the Middle East have suggested that President Donald Trump’s “transactional” instincts could impel him to push for a wider Palestinian-Isr…
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Washington Policy Weekly: Biden Announces Israel-Hamas Ceasefire
Jan 21, 2025Ethan Mayer-RichOn January 15, President Joe Biden announced that Israel and Hamas had reached a ceasefire deal, which came into effect on January 19. The agreement resembles …
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Washington Policy Weekly: US House Bill Targets BDS Movement
Dec 2, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichRep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced H.R.10257, which would prohibit academic institutions that participate in a commercial boycott of Israel from receiving ce…
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Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPsUNRWA 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…
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Nov 25, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichThe ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant elicited strong pushback from US government officials. President Joe Biden immediately condemned the warrants…
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The War on GazaA Preview of Trump’s National Security Team
Nov 19, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichJust two weeks have passed since President-elect Donald Trump won the election, and his new administration is already taking shape. Trump’s selections for his …
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US Foreign PolicyForeign Policy in the Second Trump Administration Takes Shape
Nov 19, 2024Nabeel A. KhouryThe foundations of President-elect Donald Trump’s foreign policy are now taking shape. He has nominated Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), as secretary of state, form…
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Washington Policy Weekly: Blinken Covers Israel’s Failure on Aid to Gaza
Nov 18, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichSecretary Blinken’s claim that Israel has done enough to improve humanitarian access in Gaza to avoid a US weapons cutoff; The House’s fails to pass a bill ena…
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Washington Policy Weekly: Biden Urged to Surge Weapons to Israel
Nov 11, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichHFAC Chairman Michael McCaul urged President Joe Biden to expedite defense articles to Israel, including 2,000-pound bombs, and to eliminate delays to weapons …
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The Arab WorldUS Foreign PolicyA Second Trump Administration: Potential Policy Toward the Middle East
Nov 5, 2024Charles W. DunneThe November 5 presidential election is likely to have major implications for US foreign policy, as it pits a centrist and robust internationalist candidate (V…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and ElectionsThe Harris Campaign’s Missed Opportunity on Palestine Voters
Nov 4, 2024Yousef MunayyerFrom deliberately excluding Palestinian speakers, to repeatedly failing to indicate any sort of shift from Biden policy in support of the genocide over several…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyThe Israel/Palestine Stain on Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy
Oct 23, 2024Gregory AftandilianEvery US president wants to leave office with a positive legacy. Some do so to draw attention away from a scandal; others hope that the history books will trea…
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Washington Policy Weekly
Sep 30, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichReps. Ritchie Torres and Andrew Garbarino introduced the “No Foreign Gifts Act,” which would require higher education institutions to receive approval from the…
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LevantDiplomacy and NegotiationsGaza, the American Elections, and the Fallout of a Disaster
Sep 19, 2024Charles W. DunneThe United States, sometimes considered the adult in the room when arbitrating international conflicts, has proved to be more of an adolescent when it came to …
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyNow Is the Moment for Kamala Harris to Ditch Biden on Gaza
Aug 9, 2024Annelle ShelineMany on the left were elated when Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she had selected Tim Walz as her running mate, with progressives citin…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyNetanyahu’s Demagoguery Before Congress over the Gaza War
Jul 31, 2024Khalil E. JahshanIn his convoluted and divisive presentation, Netanyahu made an emotional attempt at rallying American support behind his puttering ten-month military campaign …
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LevantEducation 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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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyDifficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement
Jun 25, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe search for a US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal to normalize relations has assumed outsized significance in the administration’s approach to the Middle East.
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White House Cancels US-Israel Strategic Dialogue After Netanyahu Criticizes US Administration
Jun 24, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichThe White House canceled the US-Israel strategic dialogue on Iran, scheduled for June 20 in Washington, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu release…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyDesperately Seeking Support for Biden’s Plan on Gaza
Jun 18, 2024Khalil E. JahshanSecretary of State Antony J. Blinken just concluded another intensive diplomatic trip to the Middle East, his eighth to the region since the beginning of the G…
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House of Representatives Prohibits Funds for ICC, ICJ, and UNRWA
Jun 10, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichThe House Appropriations Committee released its FY25 State, Foreign Operations, and Relations bill. The legislation prohibits US funding to the ICC, ICJ, UNRWA…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyBiden’s Warmed-over Ceasefire Proposal
Jun 6, 2024Khalil E. JahshanIn 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…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyBiden’s Gaza Announcement: What to Make of the Bizarre Spectacle
Jun 4, 2024Yousef MunayyerOn 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…
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Biden Offers an Israeli Proposal to End the Gaza War
Jun 3, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichOn May 31, President Joe Biden announced in live remarks from the White House that Israel had offered a “comprehensive new proposal… a roadmap to an enduring c…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyWhitewashing Biden’s Policy on Gaza
May 21, 2024Khalil E. JahshanOn May 13, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan addressed the media in the White House press room on current developments in the Middle East, focusing on th…
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House Passes Bill to Force Weapons Deliveries to Israel
May 20, 2024Ethan Mayer-RichThe House passed a bill to force weapons deliveries to Israel in response to the Biden administration’s recent pause on delivering certain offensive weapons to…
