• Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    The Harris Campaign’s Missed Opportunity on Palestine Voters

    Nov 4, 2024Yousef Munayyer

    Well, the election is finally here, and the scenario that has been painfully obvious for some time may be about to take place: In a tight election, the Biden-H…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The New Occupation of the Occupied Palestinian Territories

    Oct 31, 2024Mohanad Mustafa

    Israel’s concept for the “day after” in Gaza is becoming clearer as its war on the Strip continues into its second year. In fact, the features of this plan beg…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Domestic Politics and Elections

    Harris and the Arab-American Vote: Election Day Approaches

    Oct 31, 2024Ethan Mayer-Rich

    The continued peripheralization of Arab-American voices has made it clear that to Harris and her campaign, just as Palestinian lives may not matter as much as …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Raison d’État, Germany, and the Israeli War on Gaza

    Oct 29, 2024Isabel Ruck

    On October 10, 2024, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock gave a speech that revived the debate around Staatsräson, or raison d’état (reason of state), as…

  • Research Paper
    Palestine/Israel

    Israel’s Shifting Policies Toward the West Bank

    Oct 25, 2024Mtanes Shihadeh

    This position paper examines the Israeli government’s policies and objectives vis-à-vis the West Bank since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza in …

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Israel’s Endless Wars

    Oct 25, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh, Yara M. Asi, Rami G. Khouri, and Yousef Munayyer discuss the annihilation of northern Gaza, Israel's killing of Hamas leader Yaha Sinwar, Ameri…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Important Conclusions from Israel’s Wars on Palestine and Lebanon

    Oct 25, 2024Imad K. Harb

    It is hard to overemphasize the importance of Israel’s killing of Hezbollah’s Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and Chairman of Hamas’s Political Bureau Yahya…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    The Israel/Palestine Stain on Biden’s Foreign Policy Legacy

    Every 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…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    The Ethnic Cleansing of Northern Gaza

    Oct 23, 2024

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the forced displacement of Palestinians in northern Gaza and the demolition of their neighborhoods by Israel's military.

  • Policy Analysis
    SudanMigrants, Refugees, and IDPs

    War and Displacement in Sudan

    Oct 22, 2024Heba Gowayed

    In April 2023, violence broke out in Sudan’s capital Khartoum in a power struggle between Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), an…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Demystifying How the Hamas Leadership Works

    Oct 18, 2024Hanna Alshaikh

    In light of the recent news of the death of Yahya Sinwar, Head of the Hamas Political Bureau, Arab Center Washington DC is republishing this analytic piece by …

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Implications of the Assassination of Yahya Sinwar

    Oct 17, 2024

    Khalil E. Jahshan discusses the implications of the killing of Yahya Sinwar for the Gaza war and the Arab-Israeli conflict.