Hussein Ibish
senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute
Hussein Ibish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington.
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The fighting in Gaza is over — but Netanyahu’s domestic battles have just begun
The unpopular Israeli prime minister faces a corruption trial and a possible inquiry into his government’s failures leading to Hamas’ October 7 attack.
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Netanyahu’s attempt to fire the attorney general prosecuting him is about more than political survival
The Israeli prime minister and his extremist allies are trying to clear the legal obstacles to annexing the West Bank during Trump’s second term.
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France’s recognition of Palestine is not a ‘gift’ to Hamas
Israel and the United States angrily — and wrongly — condemned French president Emmanuel Macron’s recognition of a Palestinian state.
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NATO’s Article 5 is on life support
Has Trump put an end to NATO’s collective defense commitment? Not officially, but U.S. allies don’t seem confident the president will have their backs.
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Gazans are bravely defying Hamas — here’s how to help them build a future
The people of Gaza are right to blame both Hamas and Israel for the horrors they continue to endure.
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Trump’s Gaza proposal was gibberish. The assault on Palestinian dreams was real
The idea is not just a head scratcher. It’s entirely divorced from all aspects of Middle Eastern reality.
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What Syria’s triumphant rebels learned from Al Qaeda’s striking failures
Hayʼat Tahrir al-Sham, the radical group that overthrew the Assad regime in Syria, has its roots in the Sunni “nationalist jihadism” of the early 1990s.
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How Trump won the biggest Arab American-majority city in America
Dearborn, Michigan didn’t come close to swinging the election, but Kamala Harris’ humiliating loss there says a lot about her campaign’s failures.
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The case for Arab and Muslim Americans to rally behind Kamala Harris
A vote for Trump would be a devastating, self-inflicted blow for my community.
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Here’s how Israel, Iran and Hezbollah can an avoid all-out war
The crisis in the middle east is already a multi-front hot war, but there is an offramp available for the warring parties before it’s too late.