As the world’s attention shifts to the Iran war, Gaza is increasingly disappearing from the international spotlight. But more than six months after the United Nations endorsed a peace plan for Gaza, the humanitarian catastrophe continues. Israeli strikes remain relentless, while major international NGOs and aid groups say critical supplies are still not entering Gaza at anywhere near the scale needed.
How Israel-Backed Sweida Became Syria’s Narcotics Capital
In the early hours of Sunday, May 3, Jordanian F-16 fighter jets crossed into Syrian airspace and launched strikes on at least six locations in the southern province of Sweida. In a statement issued hours later, Jordan’s military said that “Operation Jordanian Deterrence” had targeted “factories, facilities and warehouses used by trafficking groups as launch points for smuggling operations into Jordan.”
Violence, Settlements, and Creeping Annexation in the West Bank
As international attention remains fixed on the fallout from the Iran war, conditions in the West Bank continue to deteriorate. Hosts Alistair Taylor and Matthew Czekaj speak with MEI Senior Fellow Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen about the sharp rise in settler violence, expanding settlement activity, and growing Palestinian displacement across the territory. They examine how recent Israeli legal and administrative measures are reshaping realities on the ground, the implications for Israeli-Palestinian relations, and what the United States should do to play a constructive mediator role.
This piece was originally published by ForeignAffairs.com on January 15, 2013
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This piece was originally published by Reuters on January 3, 2013 under the title Will This Be the Year That Israel Goes to War with Iran?
Assertions and opinions in this publication are solely those of the above-mentioned author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Middle East Institute, which expressly does not take positions on Middle East policy.
Israel did not bomb Iran last year. Why should it happen this year?
This story first appeared on NPR.com on November 15, 2012
In their long conflict, the Israelis and the Palestinians often fight just as fiercely on the propaganda front as they do on the battlefield. Social media is taking the clash to new heights with both sides taking the unprecedented steps of announcing military operations in almost real time.
The Israeli military is live-tweeting and blogging its military operation directed at Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, and Hamas is responding in kind.
MEI Podcast 37 The Middle East Institute, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace Present “Fortress Israel” A book presentation by author Patrick Tylerwith introduction and commentary by Terence Smith Wednesday, October 244:00-5:30pmCarnegie Endowment for International PeaceRoot Room, 2nd Floor1779 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Fortress Israel is a historical analysis of Israel’s military leadership and the country’s national security establishment.
MEI Podcast 37 The Middle East Institute, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace Present “Fortress Israel” A book presentation by author Patrick Tylerwith introduction and commentary by Terence Smith Wednesday, October 244:00-5:30pmCarnegie Endowment for International PeaceRoot Room, 2nd Floor1779 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Fortress Israel is a historical analysis of Israel’s military leadership and the country’s national security establishment.
MEI Podcast 37 The Middle East Institute, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace Present “Fortress Israel” A book presentation by author Patrick Tylerwith introduction and commentary by Terence Smith Wednesday, October 244:00-5:30pmCarnegie Endowment for International PeaceRoot Room, 2nd Floor1779 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Fortress Israel is a historical analysis of Israel’s military leadership and the country’s national security establishment.
MEI Podcast 37 The Middle East Institute, the Foundation for Middle East Peace, and Churches for Middle East Peace Present “Fortress Israel” A book presentation by author Patrick Tylerwith introduction and commentary by Terence Smith Wednesday, October 244:00-5:30pmCarnegie Endowment for International PeaceRoot Room, 2nd Floor1779 Massachusetts Ave., NWWashington, DC 20036 Fortress Israel is a historical analysis of Israel’s military leadership and the country’s national security establishment.
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