• Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    The ICJ’s Preliminary Ruling on Israel’s Genocide

    Jan 27, 2024

    Imad K. Harb discusses the preliminary decision issued by the #ICJ regarding the #genocide case against #Israel. Harb is the Director of Research and Analysis …

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Occupied West Bank Since October 7: Movement Restrictions and Collective Punishment

    Jan 26, 2024Yara M. Asi

    In August 2023, Itamar Ben-Gvir—not just any government minister, but Israel’s Minister of National Security—told an interviewer that “my right, the right of m…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    South Africa’s Case against Israel

    Jan 25, 2024

    On the eve of the ICJ decision, Jonathan Kuttab analyzes South Africa's complaint and Israel's response to accusations of genocide in Gaza.

  • Viewpoint
    LebanonConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Continuing Skirmishes but No Hezbollah-Israel War

    Jan 25, 2024Imad K. Harb

    Daily and intense skirmishes between Israeli forces and Hezbollah and its allies across the Blue Line—in reference to the border drawn by the United Nations fo…

  • Policy Analysis
    IranConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Iran Between Managing Allies and Modulating Its Deterrence

    Jan 25, 2024Daniel Brumberg

    This is a bad time for Iran to become embroiled in an expanding regional war that pits the Islamic Republic and its allies in Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen against …

  • Policy Analysis
    YemenUS Foreign Policy

    The Biden Administration Is Strong in the Red Sea but Weak in Gaza

    After enduring weeks of regional tension, including Houthi rebel attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and on American commercial vessels, the Biden administratio…

  • Panel Discussions
    Palestine/IsraelPublic Opinion

    Arab Public Opinion of the Gaza War and US Policy

    Feb 8, 2024 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM* ET

    Experts discuss Arab public opinion of the Gaza war and perceptions of the US role and policies toward the war.

  • Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Azmi Bishara: US Talk of Palestinian Statehood Is Doublespeak to Encourage Normalization

    Jan 23, 2024

    The US lip service to the idea of Palestinian statehood can be understood as a mere ploy to justify its push for Arab states to return to normalization talks, …

  • From our Affiliates
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    South Africa’s Case against Israel for Genocide in Gaza at the ICJ: Challenges and Prospects

    Jan 22, 2024Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies

    Nearly three months into Israeli’s relentless war on Gaza, which had, at that time, resulted in about 100,000 Palestinians martyred, wounded, or missing, on 29…

  • Fresh Take
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Repercussions of the ICJ case for Israel and Others

    Jan 19, 2024

    Jonathan Kuttab discusses the repercussions of South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. Kuttab is a lead…

  • External Readings

    Thanks to Gaza, European philosophy has been exposed as ethically bankrupt

    Jan 18, 2024Hamid Dabashi

    Palestine is today an extension of the colonial atrocities Cesaire cites in this passage. Habermas appears ignorant that his endorsement of the slaughter of Pa…

  • Viewpoint
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Deciphering Blinken’s Unguarded Optimism

    Jan 18, 2024Khalil E. Jahshan

    The Biden administration announced its first Middle East initiative of the new year on January 4, 2024, by dispatching Secretary of State Antony Blinken to the…

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