• Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    Biden and the Israeli Settlement Elephant in the Room

    Jan 5, 2022Yousef Munayyer

    One of Barack Obama’s first acts as president was to create the position of envoy for “Middle East peace.” George Mitchell, whom the president named for this p…

  • Policy Analysis
    Media and Technology

    Between Conflicts, Politics, and COVID-19: Challenges for Arab Journalists

    Dec 30, 2021Sahar Khamis

    The number of imprisoned journalists worldwide reached a record high in 2021. As one of the  more dangerous regions, the Arab world  poses abundant threats for…

  • Policy Analysis
    SyriaRegional Relations and Geopolitics

    Rehabilitation of the Assad Regime

    Dec 15, 2021Radwan Ziadeh

    With the approaching date of the next Arab Summit to be hosted by Algeria in March 2022, some member countries of the League of Arab States have become more vo…

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelJustice, Equality, and Human Rights

    Partners in Crime: How Violent Israeli Settlers and the State Work to Take Palestinian Land

    Dec 8, 2021

    Sarit Michaeli and Yousef Munayyer discuss Israeli settler violence against Palestinian villagers under the protection of the IDF. Michaeli is the Internationa…

  • Policy Analysis
    Justice, Equality, and Human Rights

    A “Crisis of Relevance”: UN Failures in the MENA Region

    Oct 5, 2021Yara M. Asi

    On September 21, 2021, in front of the same green marble tile where many of his predecessors and other prominent world leaders have spoken, US President Joe Bi…

  • Event Video
    Security and Defense

    Weapons Sales in the Middle East: Economics, Priorities, and Human Cost

    Sep 15, 2021

    The fourth panel of our sixth annual conference focuses on the economics, priorities, and impacts of weapons sales in the Middle East and North Africa. Speaker…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    Rebuilding Gaza, Yet Again

    Jun 17, 2021Yara M. Asi

    In 2012, the United Nations issued a dire warning: change the situation, now, or the Gaza Strip may no longer be a livable place by 2020. Unemployment, poverty…

  • Op-Eds
    Palestine/IsraelConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    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 support for a two-sta…

  • Webinar
    SyriaConflicts and Conflict Resolution

    The Way Forward in Syria: The Political Process, Transitional Justice, and US Policy

    Apr 20, 2021

    On April 20, 2021, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) held a webinar titled “The Way Forward in Syria: The Political Process, Transitional Justice, and US Policy.”

  • Podcast
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Palestine at the ICC: Pitfalls and Potential

    Mar 1, 2021

    Noura Erakat joins host Yousef Munayyer to discuss the International Criminal Court's ruling allowing it to investigate war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. N…

  • Policy Analysis
    Palestine/IsraelInternational Law

    Is International Criminal Justice Coming for Israel?

    Feb 17, 2021Jonathan Kuttab

    On February 5, the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled, for purposes of its jurisdiction, that Palestine is a state. The chief prosecutor who sought this …

  • Panel Discussions
    Palestine/IsraelUS Foreign Policy

    US Policy Reversal on Israeli Settlements: The Rationale and Implications of the Trump Administration’s Proclamation

    Nov 22, 2019

    On November 22, Arab Center Washington DC (ACW) hosted a panel at its headquarters titled “US Policy Reversal on Israeli Settlements.”