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The Challenges of Holding Palestinian Elections under Occupation
Apr 27, 2021
On April 27, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC and the Institute for Palestine Studies cosponsored a virtual panel discussion titled “The Challenges of Holding P…
Policy Analysis
LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Sheikh Jarrah Intifada: Vital Lessons for President Biden
May 25, 2021Charles W. Dunne Khalil E. Jahshan Laurie King
The recent Palestinian intifada instigated in early May by a series of local clashes between Israeli Jewish settlers and Palestinian activists over the anticip…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Israel-Hamas Cease-fire: Déjà vu All Over Again
May 25, 2021Laurie King
May is always a difficult month for Palestinians. Mid-month marks Nakba Day, the annual commemoration of the start of the Palestinian catastrophe of 1948. Over…
Policy Analysis
IranRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Iran Plays a Diplomatically Cautious (and Smart) Game on Gaza
May 22, 2021Daniel Brumberg
It’s not every day that Hamas leaders openly plead for Tehran’s support. But this is apparently what happened when, as the battle between Gaza’s militant grou…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
The Palestinian Popular Revolt: Background, Causes, and Characteristics
May 21, 2021Arab Center For Research and Policy Studies
On both sides of the Green Line, Occupied Palestine is seeing a popular upsurge in its resistance movement. Beginning in mid-April, the Israeli occupation auth…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Time Has Come for an American Change on Israel
May 20, 2021Imad K. Harb
President Joe Biden has finally uttered the magic word of cease-fire in a telephone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they discussed the o…
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Palestine/IsraelRegional Relations and Geopolitics
The utter failure of the Abraham Accords
May 18, 2021Imad K. Harb
Over the past few weeks, tensions in Israel-Palestine have escalated and the Israeli army has launched yet another deadly war on Gaza. This assault, as well as…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaRegional Relations and Geopolitics
Contingencies Undergird Saudi Foreign Policy
May 18, 2021Kristian Coates Ulrichsen
A flurry of diplomatic outreach involving Iran, Syria, and Turkey, and a continuing warming of relations with other Gulf countries, have sparked questions over…
Washington Policy Weekly
LevantUS Foreign Policy
Violence in Israel, Palestine Draws Reluctant Biden into the Fray
May 17, 2021Marcus Montgomery
Tensions in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories have escalated significantly in the last week. Israeli security forces and armed, violent Israeli s…
Policy Analysis
Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
The Sheikh Jarrah Chapter of the Palestinian Nakba
May 14, 2021Yara M. Asi Imad K. Harb Khalil E. Jahshan Sarah Leah Whitson Radwan Ziadeh
On the 73rd anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, another round of dispossession of Palestinians continues, this time in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Sheikh Jarrah: A Welcome Palestinian Moment of Enthusiasm
May 14, 2021Khalil E. Jahshan
Protracted political conflicts are unpredictable phenomena. They tend to develop an internal momentum while awaiting their own uncertain future, often confusin…
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LevantConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Israel’s Screen of Legality behind the Sheikh Jarrah Dispossession
May 12, 2021Jonathan Kuttab
The situation in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood represents a microcosm of the ongoing Judaization process that has been taking place since the creation…