Washington Policy Weekly

A weekly report outlining and analyzing developments in US policy related to the Middle East and covering activities in the three branches of the US government.

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  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Mar 7, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Lee Zeldin introduced the Israel Anti-Boycott Act in the House of Representatives to combat what he deemed attempts by international organizations to force com…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Feb 28, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Twelve Democratic and Independent senators wrote to Secretary Blinken expressing their opposition to designating Yemen’s Houthis a Foreign Terrorist Organizati…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Feb 22, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Speaker Pelosi led a delegation of seven committee and subcommittee Democratic leaders to Israel and Palestine where they met leaders and civil society actors.…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Feb 14, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Senator Rand Paul expressed his strong opposition to arms sales to Egypt. Objecting to what he called “mere slaps on the wrist” (referring to the 10 percent of…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Feb 7, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Congressional rejection of the report by Amnesty International on Israeli apartheid; President Biden’s designation of Qatar as a major non-NATO ally and his an…

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    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 31, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Rep. Gregory Meeks and Democratic colleagues wrote to Secretary Blinken urging the administration to adhere to its commitment to human rights in its relations …

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Foreign Policy

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 24, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee urge Biden to continue efforts to secure the release of journalist Austin Tice from Syria, who has has been i…

  • Washington Policy Weekly
    US Foreign Policy

    Washington Policy Weekly

    Jan 18, 2022Imad K. Harb Zahraa Alribeawi

    James Risch (R-Idaho), introduced S.3467 to withhold US contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UN…