opinionCIVIL WARHamas’ Oct. 7 Attack Was More About Fatah Than IsraelFatah, the secular party that controls the Palestinian Authority, has publicly blamed the Islamist group for inciting Israel’s brutal devastation in Gaza.Hussein Ibish
opinionTHE LINES ON THE MAPIs World War 3 Really Right Around the Corner?A regional Middle East war is more likely than a global confrontation, but even a relatively contained conflict could help upend the U.S.-led “rules-based order.”Hussein Ibish
opinionNO MILITARY SOLUTIONIsrael’s Assault on Gaza Is Making Hamas More PopularA new poll shows a surge in Palestinian support for Hamas—but take it with a huge grain of salt and consider a more robust poll concluded one day before the Oct. 7 attacks.Hussein Ibish
opinionAT ALL?Do Hamas’ Brutal Tactics Do Anything to Help Palestinians?The Gaza-based group’s shockingly vicious assault on Israel is just the first chapter of what’s going to be a horrible back-and-forth of bloodshed.Hussein Ibish
ShondaTrump’s Jerusalem Play: So Long, Global Moral AuthorityIt’s not just that the move makes ISIS and Iran and Hezbollah happy. It means the United States has no moral basis to object to dictators seizing land by war. Nice day’s work, Don.Hussein Ibish
Fortress AmericaTrump Is Proving the Terrorists’ PointYes, the executive order is offensive, and yes, it wouldn’t have prevented the things Trump says it would have. But worse, it’s written confirmation of the terrorists’ narrative.Brian Levin
Sneak PreviewPalestine's Washington ShowcaseHussein Ibish previews the American Task Force on Palestine's upcoming gala in Washington. What does it say about the mainstreaming of Palestinians in the United States?Hussein Ibish
Two-State Illusion?Israel and Palestine Vs. ‘Blood and Magic’Hussein Ibish and Saliba Sarsar explain why Ian Lustick was wrong to dismiss the entire concept of a negotiated two-state Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement.Hussein Ibish
Sectarian CrumblingIs Syria Being 'Lebanized' or is Lebanon Being 'Syrianized'?With Hezbollah aligning itself with the Assad regime and conservative Lebanese Salafis supporting the Syrian rebels, the spillover of Syria's civil war in to Lebanon looks all but inevitable. But what will the two countries look like after the dust settles?Hussein Ibish
What Next, Egypt?Thy Hand, Great Anarch!Hussein Ibish on the crackdown against Muslim Brotherhood protesters today in Egypt.Hussein Ibish
