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Nov 27, 2024 | 
warontherocks.com | Robert Manning |Yun Sun |Jeremy Shapiro |Zaha Hassan
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** President Joe Biden has now entered the “lame duck” period of his presidency. He has only a few weeks left to make foreign policy moves that could cement his legacy.
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Aug 28, 2024 | 
warontherocks.com | Oren Barak |Zaha Hassan |Yousef Munayyer |Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud
A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. *** After nearly 11 months of war in Gaza, negotiations towards a ceasefire deal have so far failed.
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Feb 27, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Jonathan Rynhold |Zaha Hassan |Yasmine Farouk |Muriel Asseburg
The Israel-Hamas war has kindled many debates regarding future governance of Gaza. What will be the fate of Gazans, who will govern them, and how? What role do regional and global powers play? How can the international community take steps toward a more peaceful future for all involved?
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Mkhaimar Abusada |Zaha Hassan |Sanaa Alsarghali |Nathan Brown
This is the second part of the Middle East Program’s series on postwar governance in Gaza. For more, read part one on Israeli perspectives, part three on regional perspectives, or part four on international perspectives. By Mkhaimar AbusadaGazan society was already suffering from dire economic and social conditions before the outbreak of the current war.
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Jan 28, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Zaha Hassan
After more than three months of Israel’s merciless assault on Gaza, Friday’s judgment from the international court of justice (ICJ) has come as some vindication for the 2.3 million Palestinians trapped in the hell that the enclave has become. Fifteen out of 17 jurists, legal experts from around the world, found it plausible that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians. But this is not the first time Israel has been accused of genocide – and what happened last time is instructive.
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Jan 18, 2024 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Zaha Hassan
Last week, South Africa presented a well-argued case before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the UN’s judicial arm, alleging Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel denies the charges and claims its actions in Gaza are self-defense.
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Dec 22, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Zaha Hassan
With the Israeli bombardment of Gaza in its third month and a permanent ceasefire nowhere in view, policymakers in the United States and Israel continue to discuss a theoretical “day after” in Gaza. To many Palestinians, such talk is dehumanizing and appears callous as the death toll still mounts. To date, more than 20,000 Palestinians are dead, 40 percent of whom are children, while almost 7,000 people remain unaccounted for.
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Dec 18, 2023 | 
slate.com | Zaha Hassan |Daniel Kurtzer |Elliott Abrams |Diana Buttu
This article was originally featured in Foreign Policy, the magazine of global politics and ideas. For news, expert analysis, and background on the conflict, read FP’s latest coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. The war between Israel and Hamas has made talk of peace processes and hopes for final-status agreements seem more remote than ever.
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Dec 7, 2023 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Zaha Hassan |Daniel Kurtzer |Omar Dajani |Diana Buttu |Peter Mansoor |Daniel Levy | +3 more
Foreign & Public Diplomacy The war between Israel and Hamas—now in its ninth week after a brief cease-fire—has made talk of peace processes and hopes for final-status agreements seem more remote than ever.
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Oct 28, 2023 | 
carnegieendowment.org | Dahlia Scheindlin |Zaha Hassan |Matt Duss |Marwan Muasher
10:00 AM—11:00 AM ESTWashington, DCAnother high-intensity escalation between Hamas and Israel has left a staggering number of Israelis and Palestinians dead. Conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, and the humanitarian crisis grows increasingly dire. Violence is also escalating in the occupied West Bank, protests have erupted across the Middle East and around the world, and the region may be on the verge of multifront conflict. How did we get here and what can be done now?
