• Fresh Take

    Recognition of Palestine and the Ongoing Genocide in Gaza

    Aug 20, 2025

    Phyllis Bennis examines how Western countries have prioritized recognizing Palestine over pressuring Israel to end the war on Gaza.

  • Policy Analysis
    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    Disarming Hezbollah: Lebanon at a Crossroads

    Aug 20, 2025Patricia Karam

    The only viable route to lasting stability, economic recovery, and sovereignty is to restore the Lebanese state's constitutional monopoly over arms through a t…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    The Growing Consensus over Israel’s Genocide in Gaza

    Aug 19, 2025Yara M. Asi

    Just one week after October 7, 2023, more than 800 scholars and practitioners of international law, conflict studies, and genocide studies signed a public stat…

  • Washington Policy Weekly

    Washington Policy Weekly: House Democratic Whip Calls Israel’s Actions in Gaza a Genocide

    Aug 18, 2025Ingie Gohar

    House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-MA) called Israel’s war on Gaza a genocide, making her the highest-ranking House Democrat to do so.

  • Webinar
    Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza

    What Comes Next in Gaza?

    Aug 26, 2025 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM ET

    Experts discuss the current situation in Gaza and the Israeli plan to occupy Gaza City and displace over a million civilians.

  • External Readings

    ANERA: Israel threatens to ban major aid organizations as starvation deepens in Gaza

    Aug 15, 2025

    Despite claims by Israeli authorities that there is no limit on humanitarian aid entering Gaza, most major international NGOs have been unable to deliver a sin…

  • 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…

  • From our Affiliates
    North Africa

    Maghreb-Sahel Nexus: Rapprochement, Rivalries and Realignments

    Aug 14, 2025Aicha Elbasri

    Over three decades since the launch of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), the Maghreb region today finds itself deeply divided. A succession of diplomatic and secur…

  • 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…

  • From our Affiliates
    LebanonSecurity and Defense

    Lebanon Seeks a State Monopoly on Arms: Political and Security Implications

    Aug 13, 2025The Unit for Political Studies

    The recent Israeli war on Lebanon, which inflicted severe damage to Hezbollah’s capabilities and decimated its leadership, gave the United States and Israel an…

Secret Link