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Rebuilding Gaza: Navigating the politics of infrastructure
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  • Analysis
  • Rebuilding Gaza: Navigating the politics of infrastructure

    The scale of rebuilding needed after the Gaza war, in addition to the difficult political questions involved, will require close international coordination as well as innovative, future-informed thinking.

    March 12, 2024

    The forgotten conflict
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  • Analysis
  • The forgotten conflict

    Since Oct. 7, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been at the center of international attention. This is in stark contrast to the situation in recent years, when the issue has been sidelined in the international discourse and the question of Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking has almost disappeared from the diplomatic agenda.

    March 11, 2024

    Biden's Gaza aid port plan: How did we get here and where might it lead?
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  • Analysis
  • Biden's Gaza aid port plan: How did we get here and where might it lead?

    Since Oct. 7, humanitarian aid has been entering the Gaza Strip via land and air. Following US President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 7, aid is also likely to enter via the sea, under an emergency US mission to establish a temporary pier on the Gaza coast that can receive large shipments of food, water, medicine, and temporary shelters.

    March 8, 2024

    BLM has reshaped how we think of Palestine
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  • Analysis
  • BLM has reshaped how we think of Palestine

    The ongoing catastrophe in Gaza is driving a surge in sympathy for Palestinians in the Western world that could mark a turning point in how the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is engaged with moving forward. Changing attitudes among younger generations are primarily responsible for this shift, driven in part by a post-Black Lives Matter outlook and narrative that has simplified and distilled the conflict.

    February 20, 2024

    Expelling MK Cassif: A warning sign for Palestinian representation in the Knesset
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  • Analysis
  • Expelling MK Cassif: A warning sign for Palestinian representation in the Knesset

    If the Knesset expels lawmaker Ofer Cassif, it will represent the national legislature’s first use of the Suspension Law and signal a sharp curtailing of legal space for non-Zionist players in Israeli politics.

    February 16, 2024

    Suspending UNRWA funding is collective punishment for Palestinians
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  • Commentary
  • Suspending UNRWA funding is collective punishment for Palestinians

    The decision by the United States and other donor countries to suspend financial assistance to UNRWA will have far-reaching and likely devastating consequences for the civilian populations that rely on its services, particularly in the Gaza Strip. Donor countries must realize that the consequences will hinder the humanitarian response to the Israeli war on Gaza, incurring a heavy cost in human lives.

    February 12, 2024

    What does Israel want to see come out of US mediation efforts on Israel-Lebanon?
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  • Analysis
  • What does Israel want to see come out of US mediation efforts on Israel-Lebanon?

    The weeks ahead are crucial for Israel and Lebanon and will likely indicate whether a broader confrontation between Israel and Hezbollah can be avoided diplomatically or if it is inevitable. Israeli officials have called on Lebanon and the world to deliver a solution; but in practice, Israeli eyes are set on Washington, DC.

    January 26, 2024