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Israel and the US Are Fighting Iran Together. Are They on the Same Page, Though?
Mar 12, 2026Yousef MunayyerWhen the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran to start a war that is now entering its third week, it…
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The Unbelievable Madness of Our War With Iran
Mar 11, 2026Annelle ShelineI wrote in July 2024 about my fear that, emboldened by unconditional U.S. support, Israel might launch a full-scale war against…
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Why Netanyahu Chose to Strike Iran Now
Mar 10, 2026Yousef MunayyerEvery few years for the past three decades, Netanyahu has almost comically preached that the window to prevent Iran…
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Did Mike Huckabee Just Green-Light Israel to Invade Half the Levant?
Feb 26, 2026Yousef MunayyerHuckabee’s latest interview with Tucker Carlson, and the statements he made during it, are roiling the region and making it…
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Trump’s Board of Peace Will Help Strong Countries Dominate Weak Ones
Jan 27, 2026Dana El KurdThe Trump administration recently declared that Phase 1 of the cease-fire agreement between Hamas and Israel was over and…
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Giving Peace a Real Chance Must Include Refusing to Normalize Genocide
Oct 15, 2025When a deal was sealed in Cairo last week to set the stage for President Trump’s speech at the…
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Gaza Peace Plan Risks Borrowing More From Tony Blair’s Failures in the Middle East Than His Success in Northern Ireland
Oct 9, 2025Tony Blair, the man being tapped by U.S. President Donald Trump to help oversee governance of a postwar Gaza, has…
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Recognizing Palestine While Ignoring Palestinians
Sep 17, 2025In recent weeks, a number of Western countries have announced their intention to recognize Palestine as a state, including…
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Killing Medics and Journalists: What Impunity for Genocide Looks Like
Aug 25, 2025It should be outrageous enough when the Israeli military, or any military for that matter, launches strikes on a…
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Finally, the Dam Shoring Up Support for Israel Seems to Be Breaking
Jul 31, 2025Something seems different now. After 22 months of seemingly endless genocide in Gaza carried out by the Israeli military,…
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Netanyahu Is Stroking Trump’s Ego: But Will Flattery Buy a Ceasefire in Gaza?
Jul 16, 2025The formal dinner at the White House was essentially a diplomatic “dud” with no serious announcements about any agreements…
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Mamdani stood firm in his support of Gaza. The Democratic party could learn from him
Jun 26, 2025There are several reasons why Mamdani was able to pull off this remarkable victory, putting him on track to…
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How the U.S. Locked Itself Into a Regime Change War
Jun 25, 2025Trump’s decision to use U.S. military force to back up his zero-enrichment policy sends everyone involved down an even…
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Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?
Jun 19, 2025Despite the costly lessons of the past and the flashing warning signs before us today, President Trump seems poised…
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What needs to change for Palestine
Jun 9, 2025The violence in Gaza—credibly identified as genocide by scholars and legal experts alike—has now unfolded for over 600 days. This warfare against Palestinians…
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Trump Has Big Mideast Goals, and He Knows the Obstacle Is Netanyahu
May 14, 2025As President Donald Trump visits the Middle East on his first major foreign trip of his second term, there…
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Palestinians urgently need a leader who represents them – but they’re facing another undemocratic stitch-up
May 8, 2025Dana El KurdMahmoud Abbas, the chairman of the PLO and the president of the PA, is almost 90 years old. He…
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Trump’s Second Term Foreign Policy: A Study in Chaos
Apr 4, 2025The late US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld once famously explained his taxonomy of information. "There are known knowns,"…
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Ethnic Cleansing Won’t Make the Middle East Safer
Feb 5, 2025Trump’s proposed takeover of Gaza would derail recent Mideast peace agreements and unravel those signed decades ago.
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Why Syria is so coveted
Jan 26, 2025Syria today is the most dynamic diplomatic venue in the Middle East because it is the most strategically contested…
