Palestine
What’s In The Arab Plan For Gaza?
If the Arab world acts decisively to sideline Hamas, the organization’s financial, logistical, and public support may erode significantly. The highly anticipated Egyptian vision for the future of Gaza was...
Gaza: From Red To Blue
A “four-zone” plan for Gaza’s reconstruction could win Arab, Israeli, and U.S. support. President Trump transformed the general thinking about Gaza and the day after with his call for Palestinians...
The New Great Game in the Middle East
Arab nationalism is, for all practical purposes, dead. The so-called “Arab World” has lost its unifying concern, Israel, and its outside support. It has disintegrated into geopolitical blocs, with three major non-Arab...
What Donald Trump Means for the West Bank
As President-elect Donald Trump fills his cabinet with vocal supporters of Israeli control over the West Bank, tensions within the new administration’s policy agenda are emerging. Trump says he wants...
Israel’s UNRWA Ban is Long Overdue
The Israeli Knesset’s recent decision to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) from Israeli territory has been met with fierce backlash from Israel’s critics, with the United...
Arab Americans Will Vote Their Consciences
Whom Shall I Vote For? That is the question American Arabs are asking and answering today. No American candidate for the presidency should ever take the vote of any demographic...
The Subjugation of Palestinians Fuels Middle East Instability
In the Middle East, putting out burning fires is a priority. Larger positive accomplishments are impossible as long as the bloodshed continues. However, avoiding the endless igniting and reigniting of...
Israel’s UNRWA Ban Puts the U.S. and Palestinians in a Bind
In an unprecedented move, the Israeli government passed a sweeping ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on October 28....
Just and Unjust Wars in Palestine
Michael Walzer is universally regarded—and rightly so—as the preeminent explicator of just war moral philosophy; no serious analysis of this topic can fail to acknowledge Walzer’s classic 1977 book, Just...
One Year Into the Israel-Gaza War, Regional Integration Is Still The Way Forward
A year has passed since the deadly Hamas attack on October 7, 2023—an event that has fundamentally altered the trajectory of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and shattered long-held assumptions. This surprise...
There Will Be No “New” Middle East
A “new Middle East” seems to always be on the horizon. In 1982, Israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon envisioned a new order in the Middle East, with a free Lebanon...
National Character and Wartime Abuses
With the record of newly minted Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris being freshly scrutinized, one recently recalled item is her reaction to revelations several years ago of the torture of...