US Policy
How has US policy transformed during Israel’s war on Gaza? Will elected officials be impacted by their stances, and if so, to what extent?
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyNow Is the Moment for Kamala Harris to Ditch Biden on Gaza
Aug 9, 2024Annelle ShelineMany on the left were elated when Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday that she had selected Tim Walz as her running mate, with progressives citin…
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Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign PolicyNetanyahu’s Demagoguery Before Congress over the Gaza War
Jul 31, 2024Khalil E. JahshanIn his convoluted and divisive presentation, Netanyahu made an emotional attempt at rallying American support behind his puttering ten-month military campaign …
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Palestine/IsraelEducation and DevelopmentThe US Academy and the Destruction of Gaza’s Education System
Jul 3, 2024Hanna AlshaikhAfter Columbia University students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 17, similar ones formed on campuses not only in the United States but worldwide…
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Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign PolicyDifficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement
Jun 25, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe search for a US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal to normalize relations has assumed outsized significance in the administration’s approach to the Middle East.
Israeli War Tactics and Genocide
The following resources address Israeli war crimes including the destruction of healthcare facilities, schools and universities, and attacks on civilians, medical personnel, aid workers, and institutions like UNRWA– all context for the charge of genocide. Additionally, how has Israel used its war on Gaza to violate the human rights of Palestinians within Israel and in the West Bank? Does Israel’s lack of military victories indicate future, direct US involvement and/or a full-scale regional war?
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Palestine/IsraelViolent ExtremismSde Teiman and Beit Lid Events: A Reading into the Militiazation of the Israeli State
Aug 21, 2024Mohanad MustafaThe storming by right-wing groups of the Sde Teiman military camp in the Negev—a brutal detention center for residents of Gaza—and the Beit Lid barracks on the…
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Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza“A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Aug 14, 2024Yara M. AsiOn March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawIsrael’s Use of White Phosphorus and the Inadequacy of International Law
Aug 7, 2024Karam BurjasOn October 16, 2023, Israel indiscriminately targeted civilians in Al-Duhayra, a town in Southern Lebanon, with a chemical agent that can burn skin to the bone…
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict ResolutionHaniyeh’s Assassination: Fallout from Israel’s Latest Killing Spree
Aug 2, 2024Yousef MunayyerThe assassination is the clearest message that Israel is not interested in an actual deal and is using ceasefire negotiations to extend the war while it kills …
Regional Implications and Geopolitics
How has the October 7 offensive and Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza impacted the course of regional politics? How have regional alliances transformed, and what are the geopolitical implications of this moment? Can Arab-Israel normalization projects survive this moment? How and to what extent will Israel’s war on Gaza impact neighboring countries?
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Haniyeh’s Assassination: Fallout from Israel’s Latest Killing Spree
Aug 2, 2024Yousef MunayyerThe assassination is the clearest message that Israel is not interested in an actual deal and is using ceasefire negotiations to extend the war while it kills …
International Law and International Bodies
Why does Israel stand accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice? What are the dimensions and implications of South Africa’s case against Israel at the ICJ? Has Israel lived up to its international commitments? How have Israel and the United States related to bodies including the United Nations Security Council and UN agencies, including UNRWA?
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
“A Cycle of Deprivation”: The Challenges of Getting Humanitarian Aid into Gaza
Aug 14, 2024Yara M. AsiOn March 7, exactly five months after Israel initiated a military campaign in the Gaza Strip that has been increasingly described as a genocide, President Joe …
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawICC Cases Against Israel and Hamas: A Preliminary Assessment
May 24, 2024Susan Akram John QuigleyThe Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Karim A.A. Khan, announced on May 20 that his office had applied for arrest warrants against both Isr…
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Palestine/IsraelInternational LawThe ICJ Moves to Protect International Law from Israeli Transgressions
May 24, 2024Khalil E. JahshanThe International Court of Justice (ICJ) today issued its long-awaited decision regarding the situation in the Gaza Strip and the case advanced by South Africa…
Diplomacy and Negotiations
Resources explore how ceasefire negotiations unfolded throughout the course of Israel’s war on Gaza, and examine details including the demands of Hamas, the Islamic Jihad, and other Palestinian factions. Further, they examine questions including: has the United States played a productive role towards conflict resolution? What changes should the Biden administration implement to bring about a ceasefire? Will US “day after” schemes succeed, including plans to install the Palestinian Authority in Gaza?
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Palestine/IsraelDemocracy and GovernanceNo Good ‘Day After’ Under Current Palestinian Politics
Aug 7, 2024Dana El KurdSome 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negoti…
- ViewpointPalestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Haniyeh’s Assassination: Fallout from Israel’s Latest Killing Spree
Aug 2, 2024Yousef MunayyerThe assassination is the clearest message that Israel is not interested in an actual deal and is using ceasefire negotiations to extend the war while it kills …
- Policy AnalysisSaudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Difficulties Facing a US-Saudi Security Agreement
Jun 25, 2024Kristian Coates UlrichsenThe search for a US-brokered Saudi-Israeli deal to normalize relations has assumed outsized significance in the administration’s approach to the Middle East.
Public Opinion, Protest, and Debate
Experts describe and assess the state of western media coverage on Israel’s war on Gaza, disinformation campaigns, global public opinion, censorship and repression, and the growing divide between state policy and popular demands for a ceasefire from the United States to the Arab World and beyond.
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelDemocracy and Governance
No Good ‘Day After’ Under Current Palestinian Politics
Aug 7, 2024Dana El KurdSome 300 days into the Israeli war on Gaza, and following Israel’s shocking July 31 assassination of Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, a major figure in ceasefire negoti…
- Policy AnalysisPalestine/IsraelEducation and Development
The US Academy and the Destruction of Gaza’s Education System
Jul 3, 2024Hanna AlshaikhAfter Columbia University students set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on April 17, similar ones formed on campuses not only in the United States but worldwide…
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US Domestic Politics and ElectionsHistory Redux: Immigrants from MENA and the US Presidential Election
Jun 26, 2024Gregory AftandilianTrump’s previous policies affecting Muslims and President Biden’s stance on the Gaza war are likely to either keep Arab-Americans from voting or prompt them to…
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Palestine/IsraelProtests and ActivismPro-Palestine Campus Encampments and Israel’s Targeting of American Students
Jun 7, 2024Heba GowayedOn at least 80 college and university campuses across the United States, students formed encampments demanding that their universities disclose their investmen…
Economic Affairs
Analysts examine the economic dimensions of Israel’s war on Gaza in a wide set of contexts including: the Israeli economy, the global arms trade, geostrategic developments and their impact on global trade, rising economic powers in the region, matters of development and Gaza’s reconstruction, and the economic consequences of Gaza’s humanitarian crisis.
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EgyptConflicts and Conflict ResolutionThe Limits on Egypt’s Gaza “Containment Strategy”
Jul 1, 2024Daniel BrumbergEgypt has opted to follow a containment strategy in order to manage the fallout from the Israeli war on Gaza, such as the spillover of the conflict into the Si…
Infographics and Factsheets
Fast facts and visual aids that provide context regarding Israel’s war on Gaza.
