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Why Can’t AIPAC Defend Israel?
Aug 4, 2022Yousef Munayyer
When it comes to the lobby’s massive spending in Democratic primaries, Zionism has become the cause that dare not…
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Will Israel further normalize relations with its Arab neighbors?
Jul 11, 2022Dana El Kurd
As President Biden prepares to visit Saudi Arabia to meet with nine Arab leaders, Saudi, American and Israeli media…
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Why Egypt is not too big to fail
May 30, 2022Khalil Al-Anani
Egypt is going through a severe economic crisis amid a high level of external debt, which has soared past…
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On Watching Ukraine Through Palestinian Eyes
Mar 4, 2022Yousef Munayyer
Tanks rolling through city streets. Bombs dropping from fighter jets onto apartment buildings. Military checkpoints. Cities under siege. Families…
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The ISIS leader killed in a U.S. special forces raid will be replaced. ISIS is reviving.
Feb 3, 2022Charles W. Dunne
President Joe Biden’s announcement Thursday that a U.S. special forces operation in Idlib province in northern Syria killed Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi…
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Will the UAE succeed in Rehabilitating Assad
Nov 25, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
Politics, as it is said, is based on profit and loss, and profit and loss here is based on…
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Political symbolism in the coup against Hassoun
Nov 19, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
Perhaps the abolition of the position of the Mufti in Syria, which dates back to 1918, and the formation…
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The Emirates in Assad’s Lap (in Arabic)
Nov 10, 2021Radwan Ziadeh
In the state of democratic institutions, three factors are always taken into consideration when making any decision related to…
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The Long Arm of Israeli Repression
Nov 5, 2021Yousef Munayyer
The recent designation of six leading Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organizations by Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz—which has been…
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How Egypt and the UAE are exporting coups across the region
Nov 3, 2021Khalil Al-Anani
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Mohammed bin Zayed have been targeting democratic transitions in the Middle East and North Africa,…
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Israel escalates its attacks against defenders of Palestinian rights, wherever they may be
Oct 30, 2021Yousef Munayyer
The Israeli government slapped a “terrorism” designation on six Palestinian human rights groups that have worked closely with Western…
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Powell’s legacy reflects the kinder face of US empire
Oct 25, 2021Khalil E. Jahshan
Despite his role in manufacturing a war on Iraq, Colin Powell leaves a complicated legacy worth pondering over at…
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Despite recent loss, progressives in US Congress will continue to challenge Israel
Oct 6, 2021Imad K. Harb
Progressives in the US House of Representatives last month attempted to block $US 1bn in funds for Israel's Iron Dome missile system.…
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What will the Taliban takeover mean for the Middle East?
Aug 19, 2021Joe Macaron
Over the past few days, many have drawn parallels between images of an Air America helicopter rescuing Vietnamese evacuees…
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Are young Islamists giving up on the ballot box?
Aug 18, 2021Khalil Al-Anani
After a decade of being forced out of power and outlawed despite success at the polls, there's a growing…
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Exporting the Tools of Apartheid
Jul 26, 2021Yousef Munayyer
Last week, a joint investigation by 17 media outlets—including The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Haaretz—revealed that Israeli intelligence…
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It’s Time for Biden to Get Tough on Sisi
Jul 20, 2021Charles W. Dunne
When it comes to Egypt, the United States has long favored the path of least resistance. Unwilling to take…
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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…
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Approaching Peace: Centering Rights in Israel-Palestine Conflict Resolution
Apr 29, 2021Yousef Munayyer Zaha Hassan
For thirty years, the United States has sent mixed messages to Israelis and Palestinians. While successive administrations have expressed…
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The US media is touting Israel’s Covid recovery. But occupied Palestinians are left out
Apr 13, 2021Yara M. Asi
The US media has widely lauded Israel’s vaccine success - as a country in a “post-pandemic future” of concerts…

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