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    Haniyeh’s Assassination: Fallout from Israel’s Latest Killing Spree

    Aug 2, 2024

    The assassination is the clearest message that Israel is not interested in an actual deal and is using ceasefire negotiations to extend the war while it kills …

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    A Failed Iranian Performance and Its Repercussions

    Apr 15, 2024

    Rare are the occasions when a purportedly capable country’s determined military response to attack turns out to be a mere theatrical performance. Such was the …

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    Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Whither the Arab World from What is Happening in Gaza?

    Mar 20, 2024Imad K. Harb

    Israel’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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    Continuing Skirmishes but No Hezbollah-Israel War

    Jan 25, 2024

    Daily 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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    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…