Khalil E. Jahshan

5 days ago | arabcenterdc.org | Charles W. Dunne |Imad K. Harb |Khalil E. Jahshan |Tamara Kharroub

After waiting for a week following Israel’s June 13 attack on Iran, US President Donald Trump decided to involve the United States directly in the Israeli-Iranian war. On June 21, American strategic bombers and naval ships attacked three Iranian nuclear sites—at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—ending the United States’ pretense of diplomatic contact and negotiations with the Islamic Republic regarding its nuclear program.

1 week ago | arabcenterdc.org | Khalil E. Jahshan

For the past three decades as a political figure, Benjamin Netanyahu has been obsessed with Iran’s perceived existential threat to Israel, particularly its emerging nuclear capabilities which presented a potential challenge to the country’s nationally pursued hegemony over nuclear arms in the Middle East. This perception became a central theme and characteristic feature of the rightwing politics practiced by Netanyahu.

1 month ago | arabcenterdc.org | Charles W. Dunne |Dana El Kurd |Imad K. Harb |Khalil E. Jahshan

Last week President Donald Trump ended a three-country trip to the Arabian Gulf—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—where he signed lucrative arms and business deals and got commitments from his hosts to make huge investments in the American economy.

Mar 25, 2025 | arabcenterdc.org | Khalil E. Jahshan

As the January 15, 2025 ceasefire agreement that had brought limited calm to Gaza fell apart in early March when Israel resumed its air and land military onslaught on the Strip, with Washington’s approval, the fate of the civilian population of the territory remains desperately trapped in President Donald Trump’s policy maelstrom.

Mar 7, 2025 | arabcenterdc.org | Yara Asi |Heba Gowayed |Imad K. Harb |Khalil E. Jahshan

In response to President Donald Trump’s February 4 proposal to take over the Gaza Strip, displacing its indigenous Palestinians and transforming it into “the Riviera of the Middle East,” Arab leaders held on March 4 an extraordinary summit meeting in Cairo to discuss and endorse a rival Egyptian plan for the enclave’s reconstruction. The Egyptian plan proposes to rebuild Gaza in phases without displacing the Palestinians.