• Research Paper
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The New York Declaration on the Two-State Solution: More Empty Promises?

    Aug 15, 2025Susan M. Akram

    The New York Declaration on the “Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution” is the outcome document of …

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Netanyahu’s Ominous Plan for Gaza

    Aug 15, 2025

    Khalil E. Jahshan comments on Netanyahu’s rare press conference, in which he outlined a grim plan for Gaza and made several false claims about the situation in…

  • From our Affiliates
    Saudi ArabiaThe War on Gaza

    Saudi Arabia’s Response to Israel’s New Security Doctrine in the Levant

    Aug 14, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    In July 2025, Saudi Arabia and France jointly convened a high-profile diplomatic conference in New York dedicated to reviving momentum for a negotiated two-sta…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Accountability for War Crimes in Gaza: Where We Are

    Aug 13, 2025Sarah Leah Whitson

    The global struggle to hold Israel accountable for war crimes in Gaza represents a critical test for international justice. At stake is not only the enforcemen…

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Rumors and Risks: Lebanon’s Political Anxieties and Relations with the New Syria

    Aug 12, 2025Patricia Karam

    In May 2025, Syria’s transitional President, Ahmed al-Sharaa, confirmed that his government was in indirect communication with Israel, the first time the two s…

  • Podcast
    LevantIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    Deadly “Humanitarianism” in Gaza

    Aug 8, 2025

    About the PodcastExperts discuss Israel's use of starvation as a weapon and the role of the "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" in exacerbating the suffering in the…

  • Video
    LevantIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide

    The Gaza Famine and the Israeli Politics of Denial

    Aug 4, 2025

    Hanna Alshaikh discusses the famine in Gaza and analyzes how Israel has sought to distort the realities of Palestinian suffering through disinformation and pro…

  • Book Talks
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Understanding Palestine and Israel

    Aug 14, 2025 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM ET

    A conversation with Phyllis Bennis about her new book on Israel and Palestine, which delves into the historical roots of the conflict and examines the current …

  • Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    Finally, the Dam Shoring Up Support for Israel Seems to Be Breaking

    Jul 31, 2025Yousef Munayyer

    Something seems different now. After 22 months of seemingly endless genocide in Gaza carried out by the Israeli military, suddenly there is a sense of heighten…

  • Fresh Take
    LebanonUS Foreign Policy

    The Trump Administration’s Security Expectations for Lebanon

    Jul 30, 2025

    Imad K. Harb examines how the Trump administration is pressuring Lebanon to disarm Hezbollah, even as Israel maintains its occupation of Lebanese territory and…

  • Policy Analysis
    LevantDiplomacy and Negotiations

    Gaza: Is a Ceasefire Possible?

    On July 25, 2025, the United States and Israel announced that they were cutting short Gaza ceasefire talks with Hamas and recalling their negotiating teams fro…

  • Intern Corner
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The European Union Fails Its International Obligations in Gaza

    Jul 24, 2025Quinn Katz-Zogby

    On November 7, 2024, the German parliament, the Bundestag, passed a resolution by a vote of 695 to 10, that declared that the security of the State of Israel i…