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Washington Policy Weekly: Ambassador Huckabee: United States Not Pursuing Palestinian State
Jun 16, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich
Mike Huckabee said that establishing a Palestinian state is not a goal of US policy and that “unless there are some significant things that happen that change …
Policy Analysis
YemenConflicts and Conflict Resolution
Yemen’s Houthi Movement Reconsidered
Jun 12, 2025Nabeel A. Khoury
In January 2019, this author posed the question, “can one make peace with the Houthis of Yemen?” In the six years since, the Houthis, also known as Ansar Allah…
Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: House Bill Seeks to Exempt Israel from Tariffs
Jun 9, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich
Rep. Moskowitz introduced a bill to exempt imports from Israel from duties imposed under the Trump administration’s reciprocal tariff executive order.
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Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution
What needs to change for Palestine
Jun 9, 2025Dana El Kurd
The 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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Palestine/IsraelThe War on Gaza
Transformations in European Attitudes toward the Genocidal War on Gaza
Jun 4, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
Recent weeks have seen a remarkable shift in European policy on Gaza. After more than 18 months of support for, silence on, or, at the very least, turning a bl…
Viewpoint
LebanonSecurity and Defense
The Prickly Issue of Disarming Palestinian Factions in Lebanon
Jun 4, 2025Imad K. Harb
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas recently reached an agreement to regulate the presence of armed Palestinian factions in …
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Palestine/Israel
Washington Policy Weekly: Trump Warned Israel Against Striking Iran
Jun 2, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich
President Trump told reporters that he had warned Prime Minister Netanyahu against launching a direct strike on Iran while US-Iran negotiations on a nuclear de…
Policy Analysis
LevantJustice, Equality, and Human Rights
Israel’s Justice System and the Genocidal War on Gaza
May 30, 2025Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi
IntroductionDespite attempts to portray it as liberal, many consider the justice system in Israel to be part of Israel’s illiberal political system. This is b…
Viewpoint
Palestine/IsraelIsraeli War Tactics and Genocide
Israel’s New Gaza Food Plan: Military-Directed Starvation
May 30, 2025Jonathan Kuttab
On May 5, 2025, Israel announced that it had reversed its position on prohibiting all food and other humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, and is launching a ne…
Washington Policy Weekly
Washington Policy Weekly: President Trump Wants Gaza War to End
May 27, 2025Ethan Mayer-Rich
President Trump told reporters that he has been talking to Israeli officials about Gaza and wants to see if they can stop the war quickly as possible.
Policy Analysis
The Arabian Peninsula and The GulfUS Foreign Policy
Will Trump’s Gulf Trip Exacerbate or Mitigate the Arab World’s Three Plagues?
May 22, 2025Rami G. Khouri
The lasting effects of US President Donald Trump’s visit to the Gulf region may only become clear in the year ahead, making any suggestions of profound changes…
Policy Analysis
Saudi ArabiaUS Foreign Policy
Deals Without Guarantees: Trump’s Gulf Visit and the Future of US–Saudi Relations
May 22, 2025The Unit for Political Studies
On May 13, US President Donald Trump began a four-day tour of Gulf countries, during which he traveled to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UA…