• Viewpoint

    Deciphering Blinken’s Unguarded Optimism

    Jan 18, 2024

    The Biden administration announced its first Middle East initiative of the new year on January 4, 2024, by dispatching Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the…

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    Arouri’s Assassination Will Achieve Nothing

    Jan 3, 2024

    In 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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    Expand the Arab Peace Initiative to Increase Its Chances of Success

    Dec 7, 2023

    Some in the Arab region and the international community seem to expect that after the Israeli war on Gaza and the destruction of most life systems in the Strip…

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    Hezbollah Reluctantly Awaits Israel’s Decision on War

    Nov 17, 2023

    The frontline on the Lebanese-Israeli border continues to witness the real skirmishes of an undeclared war between Israel and Hezbollah. Reciprocal attacks bet…

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    Nasrallah Steers Clear of War

    Nov 3, 2023

    Where is Hezbollah and its General Secretary Hassan Nasrallah? This was a natural refrain over almost the last four weeks, voiced by many observers and partisa…

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    Palestinians Are Denied Humanity, Even after Death

    Oct 30, 2023

    On 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…

  • Policy Analysis

    The War on Gaza: Deterrence or Inching toward Direct US Involvement?

    Oct 17, 2023

    The official American position has passed through three phases in less than ten days. First, like Israel itself, Washington and its western allies suffered fro…

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    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Unlikelihood of a Hezbollah-Israel War

    Oct 13, 2023Imad K. Harb

    As Israel turns to punish the Gaza Strip and its people for the Hamas attack on October 7, speculation arises as to whether the “Al-Aqsa Flood” operation will …