Daniel Pipes
President, Middle East Forum and Columnist at Freelance
Historian, MidEast, Islamism & US foreign policy analyst. @MEForum founder, @CIS_org senior fellow. Thatcher pic from 1996, Brunei 2018. Opinions personal.
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6 days ago |
meforum.org | Daniel Pipes
No one knows how many unarmed Alawites were killed in Syria between March 6 and 10, 2025, but Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma estimates more than three thousand. While Alawites constitute but a small religious community, perhaps 10 percent of Syria’s 15 million resident population, they suffer from a position of unique prominence and vulnerability. In brief, throughout the centuries, the Alawites stood out as Syria’s most isolated, impoverished, despised, and oppressed ethnicity.
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2 weeks ago |
danielpipes.org | Daniel Pipes
I founded the Forum in 1994 with a vision to promote American interests in and defend Western values from the Middle East. That mission remains firmly in place. The Forum began with the Middle East Quarterly. Existing journals overlooked or undermined American interests and values, so we responded with a robust, unapologetic defense of those same interests and values.
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1 month ago |
danielpipes.org | Daniel Pipes
I published an article on April 4, "Gazans, 'The Bravest People on Earth,' Confront Hamas" about the activities that peaked in late March. The protests continue but the media ignores them, so X provides most information. Here are some captions of recent videos:Ariel Oseran: "Thousands of Gazans are out in the streets of Jabalia, Northern Gaza, in renewed anti-Hamas protests.
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1 month ago |
danielpipes.org | Daniel Pipes
Al-Ayyam: What was the logic underlying the normalization in the Abraham Accords?
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2 months ago |
meforum.org | Daniel Pipes
Starting on March 25, crowds of overwhelmingly young male Gazans have marched by the thousands through streets flanked by destroyed buildings, bellowing out slogans and carrying signs. Proceeding peacefully with uncovered faces in broad daylight, speaking angrily into close-up video cameras, they assail not Israel but Hamas, their jihadist overlords. If Jerusalem pays them attention, their protest could mark a positive turning point in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
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.@MEForum's new report by @BenjiBaird, "America for Sale: #Qatar’s $40 Billion Spending Spree Buys Influence and Control of Elite Institutions," is just out and very timely too, given Trump's imminent visit to #Doha. It paints a deeply dismaying picture. https://t.co/Ai98Qpcdr4
.@OpenDoorsUS’ #WorldWatchList finds that 380mn Christians face "extreme" or "very high" levels of persecution for their faith. — That's 1 in 7 Christians worldwide, 2 in 5 within Asia — The top ten, other than NK, are all Muslim-majority countries — Why did their plight not get https://t.co/E230WVZjxs
Brilliant headline by the @Economist: "Holy Smoke! An American Pope." Well done, Jason Palmer (@djasonpalmer). https://t.co/8iZH4vDXIL https://t.co/n1QLMR5UOf