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Director of Policy Planning Department at the UAE Foreign Ministry Abdulrahman Ali Alneyadi, US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Yael Lempert, Director-general at Israels Ministry of Foreign Affairs Alon Ushpiz, Undersecretary for international affairs at the Bahrain Foreign Ministry Sheikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, Director-general of political affairs at Morocco's foreign ministry Ambassador Fouad Yazourh, and Deputy-assistant Foreign Minister for Egypt Ministers Office Affairs Mohamed Tharwat hold a joint press conference for the Negev Forum first Steering Committee meeting in the town of Zallaq, south of the Bahraini capital Manama on June 27, 2022.

Backgrounder: President Biden’s Middle East Trip

As President Biden travels to the Middle East, the future of important bilateral relationships and multilateral initiatives hang in the balance.

Hidden In Plain Sight: US Nonprofits As Drivers of Illegal Israeli Settlements

US NGOs direct tax deductible contributions to organizations engaged in building settlements on occupied territory.
Image: Italian activists train Palestinian girls to ride skateboards in Gaza City on January 6, 2020. Under the new West Bank ordinance, the ability of foreign volunteers or employees to implement similar programs in the West Bank would be curtailed. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel’s West Bank Ordinance: The Latest Effort to Suppress Palestinian Civil Society

The new law will severely curtail academic, economic, and personal contacts between Palestinians and the world. It fits a larger pattern.
A Palestinian woman shows her ink-stained finger as she casts her ballot while voting in the Palestinian local elections in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on March 26, 2022.

Internal Palestinian Divisions and Their Consequences

Recent municipal elections reinforced the political marginalization of already frustrated younger Palestinians.

Reviving an Idea for the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Disengage, then Engage

Might a decade-old idea of `constructive unilateralism' by Israel to delineate a border serve the interests of both sides?
Image: A picture taken on September 27, 2018, a bird resting on Israel's controversial separation barrier on the outskirts of East Jerusalem on September 27, 2018 - (Photo credit should read AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)

The International Community and Israel: Giving Permission to a Permanent Occupation        

UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories reflects on 50+ years of international inaction on the Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine.
WEST BANK - APRIL 21, 2003: View of the concrete separation wall between the Palestinian city of Tol Karem and Israel, April 21, 2003. (Photo by Shaul Schwarz/ Getty Images)

Preliminary but Necessary: The Question of the Applicability of the Notion of Apartheid to Occupied Territory

Does the prohibition of apartheid apply to occupied territory? Marco Longobardo analyzes how laws of war, human rights, occupation, and against racial discrimination intersect.…
US President Joe Biden meets with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2021. (Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

The Impact on Israel’s National Security of Reopening – or Not – of a US Consulate for Palestinians in Jerusalem

The decision will affect three factors: Israel's relationship with the US, the Palestinian Authority's capacity, and Jerusalem's future.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz walk towards an open door on June 3, 2021, at the State Department in Washington, DC. The Israeli flag and American flag stand at the forefront of the photo.

The Downstream Effects of Israel’s “Terrorist” Designation on Human Rights Defenders in the US

The Israeli designation may be designed to trigger US counterterrorism sanctions - and chill human rights activism. Here are some options for the US response.
Wesam Ahmad, Palestinian human rights advocate at Al-Haq NGO in Ramallah, Palestine speaks via video conferencing. One person sits at a table with a laptop across from the large screen showing Wesam Ahmad.

Counterterrorism Off the Rails: Israel’s Declaration of Palestinian Human Rights Groups as “Terrorist” Organizations

Law professors critically analyze Israel Defense Minister Benny Gantz's designation of six Palestinian human rights groups as “terrorist” organizations
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin sits next to Israeli Prime Minster Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid as they pose for a group photo with minsters of the new Israeli government on June 14, 2021 in Jerusalem, Israel.

As Israeli Leader Bennett Prepares to Visit the White House, Biden’s Message Might Prove Formative

Early actions of Israel's coalition government suggest a marked departure from the era of Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz points to a projector screen showing targets hit by Israeli army in Gaza, during a press briefing in Jerusalem on May 31, 2021. He does not wear a face mask.

The 2021 Gaza War and the Limits of International Humanitarian Law

"As long as international humanitarian law is unable to acknowledge the structural injustice of the situation—the asymmetry, the horror—discussions of these cases in the technical…
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