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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Nakba in the Time of Genocide

    May 14, 2026Yousef Munayyer

    On May 15, 2026, Palestinians will mark the 78th year since the Nakba, the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. From late 1947 to 1949, the majority of the native in…

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    IranDiplomacy and Negotiations

    Trump, Not Tehran, Is Blocking Diplomacy with Iran

    May 13, 2026Daniel Brumberg

    On April 26, 2026, Tehran offered the United States a proposal to lift the US and Iranian blockades of the Strait of Hormuz but to postpone talks on the nuclea…

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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Another Step in the Weaponization of Aid: Israel Bans Humanitarian Agencies in Gaza

    Jan 22, 2026Yara M. Asi

    In late December 2025, two months after the much-lauded ceasefire agreement that was meant to end the physical destruction of Gaza and bring a significant incr…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    UNSC Resolution 2803: A Shaky Step Toward the Unknown

    Nov 19, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    On November 17, 2025, following weeks of diplomatic maneuvering, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to approve Resolution 2803 (2025) in support …

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    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Netanyahu’s Extreme Vision for Gaza

    Aug 22, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    In a highly publicized foreign press conference in Jerusalem on August 10, 2025, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed with uncharacteristic clarity his p…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Trump Must Push for a Gaza Ceasefire Without Indulging Netanyahu’s Iran Strategy

    Jul 7, 2025Daniel Brumberg

    We may never, or at least not anytime soon, know definitively how much of Iran's nuclear program Israel and the United States destroyed. But even if the attack…

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    Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Israel’s New Gaza Food Plan: Military-Directed Starvation

    May 30, 2025Jonathan Kuttab

    On May 5, 2025, Israel announced that it had reversed its position on prohibiting all food and other humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and is launching a ne…

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    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Does Trump Still Want to “Clean Out” the Gaza Strip?

    Mar 25, 2025Khalil E. Jahshan

    As 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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