Essential questions about the Russia-Hamas link: The evidence and …
Nov 28, 2023 · As the war in Gaza continues to unfold, essential questions about Russian and Iranian support for Hamas remain. They include whether Russia played any role in providing support to Hamas ahead of its Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Evidence available from foreign-language publications in Russian, Persian, Arabic, and Hebrew, as well as those in English, provides provocative leads, which, if accurate ...
The Iranian Revolution of February 1979 - Middle East Institute
Jan 29, 2009 · The revolution of February 1979 was a revolt of the society against the state. In some of its basic characteristics, the revolution did not conform to the usual norms of Western revolutions, because the state did not represent just an ordinary dictatorship but an absolute and arbitrary system that lacked political legitimacy and a …
Understanding Gaza: Lessons for the "day after" and beyond
The devastating details of what has happened in Gaza since the war started have been widely covered. Absent from the discussion, however, are questions about what led to the war, what went wrong on the policy front, and, more importantly, whether this man-made tragedy could have been averted. Without understanding Gaza, plans for …
The Middle East Journal - Middle East Institute
The Middle East Journal is the oldest peer-reviewed publication in North America dedicated to the study of the modern Middle East. First printed in 1947, the Journal continues to present readers with original and objective research and analysis, as well as source material, on the area from Morocco to Pakistan.. Each issue of The Middle East Journal includes articles written by …
Why unconditional US support for Israel must stop
Feb 26, 2024 · On 13 December 2023, following discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, US President Joe Biden rejected congressional calls to stop or condition US military assistance to the Jewish state. “We’re not going to do a damn thing other than protect Israel in the process. Not a single thing,” he said at the time.
America’s Strategic Drift in the Middle East ... - Middle East Institute
Oct 2, 2024 · Supporting Israel’s Self-Defense. Overall Grade for US Policy: B (Same as B in July, down from A- in April). The Biden administration’s top priority, as demonstrated in word and deed, is to support Israel’s self-defense, and it has done so with few restrictions, even as it raised some of its own concerns and criticisms about Israel’s conduct of the war.
The two pillars of the Abraham Accords | Middle East Institute
Aug 12, 2021 · It has been a year since the August 2020 announcement of the Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between the UAE and Israel. The accords were later signed at a White House ceremony attended by President Donald Trump that September. In less than a year the UAE and Israel swiftly exchanged ambassadors. This was the highlight of the first year of normalizing relations between ...
Comparing Harris and Trump on Middle East Policy
Sep 27, 2024 · The Democratic Party Platform was passed on July 16, 2024, prior to President Joe Biden dropping out of the race, and was released on Aug. 18, just ahead of the Democratic National Convention, when Harris formally accepted her party’s nomination. The Platform lays out nine priorities ranging from the economy and the climate crisis to immigration and American leadership abroad, the last of ...
Palestinian Refugees: Myth vs Reality | Middle East Institute
On January 14, 2021, outgoing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted about Palestinian refugees, proclaiming “(less than) 200,000 Arabs displaced in 1948 are still alive and most others are not refugees by any rational criteria.” A month earlier, on December 11, a group of 22 Republican members of Congress sent a letter to President Trump requesting that he …
Special Briefing: A year of after-shocks since Oct. 7
Oct 7, 2024 · While Israel is winning on the battlefield, it does not have a sustainable vision for any of the days — or months or years — after in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, or the region; for the Palestinians, the last year has been an unmitigated disaster, causing devastation and displacement comparable with that of the Nakba of 1948.