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May 21, 2024 | 
politurco.com | Ghaith Al-Omari
Although the group’s ideology will persist, the tools used to advance it can be effectively constrained through measures that turn a major threat into a marginal irritant. by Ghaith al-OmariSince Hamas’s attack against Israel on 7 October and the devastating war that Israel launched in response, the common wisdom has been that Hamas cannot be eradicated since ideologies cannot be defeated militarily.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
mosaicmagazine.com | Ghaith Al-Omari
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research released a poll of Palestinian attitudes—attitudes towards Israel, towards Hamas, towards the Palestinian Authority, about the Hamas attacks of October 7, about the conduct of the war since that time, and more. The findings are eye-opening. Asked if the October 7 attacks were the right thing to do, in light of all that’s happened since, 72 percent of Palestinians think they were.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
cnnespanol.cnn.com | Ghaith Al-Omari |David Schenker
Nota del editor: Ghaith al-Omari es investigador principal del Washington Institute for Near East Policy y fue asesor de los palestinos durante las conversaciones sobre el estatuto permanente entre Israel y la Organización para la Liberación de Palestina. David Schenker es director del Programa de Política Árabe del Instituto de Washington y exsubsecretario de Estado para Asuntos del Cercano Oriente. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo pertenecen exclusivamente a sus autores.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
cnn.com | Hilary Krieger |Ghaith Al-Omari |David Schenker
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Oct 19, 2023 | 
theatlantic.com | Ghaith Al-Omari
As the war in Gaza continues to intensify, the Palestinian Authority has been conspicuously quiet. Since its establishment in 1993, and particularly since the Second Intifada, in the early 2000s, the PA has been losing credibility not only diplomatically but also among the Palestinian people. Hamas rushed to fill the subsequent vacuum in ideas, politics, and security. Today the Palestinian people are paying the price.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
mosaicmagazine.com | Hussein Aboubakr |Ghaith Al-Omari |Jonathan Silver
On September 28, Mosaic hosted a conversation between Aboubakr—the author of September’s feature essay on the role of the Nakba in the Arab imagination—and Ghaith al–Omari, a leading analyst of Palestinian affairs. If you want to understand how the Jewish state became so important to the self-conception of the Arabs, the recording of their conversation is a good place to start. Read or watch it below.
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Oct 13, 2023 | 
almendron.com | Ghaith Al-Omari
In the days since Hamas launched its ferocious October 7 terrorist attack on Israel and Israel began its massive response in the Gaza Strip, Arab governments have been caught in a difficult bind.
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Oct 11, 2023 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Daniel Byman |William Byrd |Natan Sachs |Ghaith Al-Omari
This past Saturday, the terrorist group Hamas launched an unprecedented raid from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel that left more than 1000 people – most of them Israeli civilians, many of them women, children, and the elderly – brutally murdered. Dozens more were taken as hostages back into Gaza. A shocked Israel has in turn responded with missile attacks into Gaza that have killed more than 800 Palestinians there, and is planning a broader offensive there.
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Oct 10, 2023 | 
lawfaremedia.org | Benjamin Wittes |Daniel Byman |Ghaith Al-Omari |Natan Sachs
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On Oct. 7, Palestinian militants—primarily from Hamas—launched a multi-faceted attack against Israel that included approximately 3,000 rockets fired from Gaza into Israel and the infiltration of approximately 1,000 Palestinian militants into Israeli territory. These militants have killed at least 900 Israeli civilians and injured over 2,600 others, and they have taken about 150 hostages.
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Jul 6, 2023 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Dennis Ross |Ghaith Al-Omari
Without a strong and respected Palestinian Authority, Israel won’t accomplish its ambitious diplomatic goals or restore security. People sit amid the rubble along a street in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6, 2023.
