Gaza War Coverage

Egypt’s Balancing Act

By Karim Haggag

July 16, 2024

Death or Detention: Israel’s Attacks on Journalism Follow a Lethal Pattern

By Jodie Ginsberg

June 9, 2024 / Spring 2024

Israel’s campaign of targeting and silencing the media has hidden its crimes under a dark shadow

The Implementation Crisis—with Richard Falk

By Omar Auf

May 20, 2024

International law scholar Richard Falk discusses international law and politics as they pertain to the ongoing genocide committed by Israel in Gaza and the wider Palestinian plight, in addition to UN reform.

Radicalization and Regional Instability: Effects of the Gaza War

By Mamoun Fandy

March 7, 2024 / Winter 2024

As Israel attempts to reestablish its identity as a regional deterrent by destroying Gaza, the effects of its campaign cascade through the region, shifting political alignments, and generating new concerns over radicalization and conflict spillover

Gaza: Israel’s Unwinnable War

By Richard Silverstein

February 15, 2024 / Winter 2024

Even if, for argument’s sake, it achieved its war goals, Palestinian resistance will exist wherever there are Palestinians—whether in Sinai, Beirut, Ankara, Tehran or Amman

Hamas, ISIL, and Israel: An Exercise in Comparison

By Ayman Zaineldine

February 7, 2024 / Winter 2024

One of Israel’s main responses to the October 7 attacks was to declare that “Hamas is ISIL,” and that the world should thus unite in support for Israel to eliminate it. But others are not sure, and ask whether Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories, and its practices as an occupying power, is even more worthy of global sanction

A Revived Arab Peace Initiative from Saudi Arabia Could Save the Middle East

By Aziz Alghashian

February 7, 2024 / Winter 2024

Understanding Saudi pragmatism toward Israel, and its historical balancing act, is crucial for reviving the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative and countering the Abraham Accords’ erasure of Palestinian rights

Covering the Palestinian–Israeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy

By Lawrence Pintak

February 7, 2024 / Winter 2024

A personal reflection of American involvement in the region’s wars through the eyes of a correspondent

Security and Peace After the War in Gaza

By Ibrahim Awad

February 5, 2024 / Winter 2024

Is the two-state solution feasible? In order to pursue such a policy, the international community must be able to overcome three main points of contention: Israeli occupation, the creation of a Palestinian state, and the role of Hamas

Israel’s Ever-Existing Plan to Depopulate the Gaza Strip

By Nadia Naser-Najjab

February 4, 2024 / Winter 2024

The recent violence in Gaza may be unprecedented in its intensity, but the Zionist rhetoric underlying Israel’s current brutal strategy has roots going back much earlier than October 7

A Palestinian Gandhi or an Israeli de Gaulle? Why the Context of Violence Matters

By Sharif Elmusa

February 1, 2024 / Winter 2024

Questioning why there hasn’t been a Palestinian Gandhi or Mandela ignores the history and context in which Palestinian resistance occurs, especially the abiding violence visited on the Palestinians since 1917

How American Public Opinion on Palestine Shifted

By Geneive Abdo

February 1, 2024 / Winter 2024

Overlapping connections among young activists struggling for the rights of women, 2SLGBTQIA+, Black Lives Matter, indigenous Indians, Latinos, and all people of color have produced a dramatic shift in how the Palestinian–Israeli conflict is being perceived in the United States

The EU’s Response to the Gaza War Is a Tale of Contradiction and Division

By Martin Konečný

February 1, 2024 / Winter 2024

In the face of worst-ever Israeli–Palestinian violence, Europe’s selective moralism has also led to strategic blindness

Is There Hope for Gaza Under International Law?

By Abigail Flynn

January 28, 2024 / Winter 2024

Why has international law failed to hold Israel responsible for its destruction of Gaza? It was built to enable the colonizer, not to protect the colonized, explains legal expert Jason Beckett.

South Africa vs. Israel – with Jason Beckett

By Nadeen Shaker

January 25, 2024

Voices for Peace – with Lara Friedman

By Nadeen Shaker

January 14, 2024

Expelling Palestinians From Gaza Is Playing With Fire

By Karim Haggag and Omar Auf

January 11, 2024

A mass population transfer of Palestinian refugees in Gaza to Egypt would not only entail significant security risks for Egypt, but also make Egypt complicit in Israel’s policy of bringing about a second Nakba

Gaza War Coverage

Egypt’s Catch-22 in Gaza: Threats and Opportunities

Egypt’s Balancing Act

Death or Detention: Israel’s Attacks on Journalism Follow a Lethal Pattern

The Implementation Crisis—with Richard Falk

Radicalization and Regional Instability: Effects of the Gaza War

Gaza: Israel’s Unwinnable War

Hamas, ISIL, and Israel: An Exercise in Comparison

A Revived Arab Peace Initiative from Saudi Arabia Could Save the Middle East

Covering the Palestinian–Israeli Conflict: Between Exasperation and Empathy

Security and Peace After the War in Gaza

Israel’s Ever-Existing Plan to Depopulate the Gaza Strip

A Palestinian Gandhi or an Israeli de Gaulle? Why the Context of Violence Matters

How American Public Opinion on Palestine Shifted

The EU’s Response to the Gaza War Is a Tale of Contradiction and Division

Is There Hope for Gaza Under International Law?

South Africa vs. Israel – with Jason Beckett

Voices for Peace – with Lara Friedman

Expelling Palestinians From Gaza Is Playing With Fire

From Gaza to Regional War? – with Abdalhadi Alijla

Nakba 2.0 – with Sharif ElMusa

“We Lost Our Dignity in this War” – with Nour Swirki