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Netanyahu and Raisi are more alike than they’ll admit
Smearing anti-gov't protesters as 'joining forces with the PLO and Iran' is just one of the things making Bibi a grotesque reflection of the Iranian president.
By
Orly Noy
September 28, 2023
Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy
At a meeting on the UN sidelines, many anticipated Biden would pressure Netanyahu to halt his anti-democratic agenda. But the U.S. has other priorities.
By
Naim Mousa
September 27, 2023
Bibi is unmoved by air force refusers — the occupation doesn’t need them
The prime minister's indifference to threats by over 1,000 reserve pilots shows that when it comes to Israel’s security, he’s been bluffing the whole time.
By
Meron Rapoport
August 22, 2023
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What will Saudi-Iran rapprochement mean for the Palestinians?
An accord between Riyadh and Tehran could stymie regional polarization and normalization with Israel. Will Palestinian leaders take advantage of it?
By
Omar H. Rahman
May 24, 2023
Why Pahlavi’s Israel visit betrays both Iranians and Palestinians
Many Iranians have been silent as the opposition leader has essentially backed an apartheid state conducting the same abuses he claims to be fighting.
By
Sarah Ariyan Sakha
April 27, 2023
Beware the agents of a Jewish theocracy
Bezalel Smotrich promises to pursue “gentle” religious rule. Iranians will tell you that’s exactly what Ayatollah Khomeini said of the Islamic Revolution.
By
Orly Noy
December 15, 2022
The dwindling promise of popular uprisings in the Middle East
From Iran to Palestine, protest movements are fighting regimes that have grown stronger and smarter since the Arab Spring. Can this time be different?
By
Tariq Kenney-Shawa
November 16, 2022
‘Democracy in Iran will arrive through women’
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi explains why the women-led protests in Iran may herald the beginning of the Islamic Republic's downfall.
By
Orly Noy
October 6, 2022
Hezbollah couldn’t ask for a better enemy than Israel
Through a war of words, Israel and Hezbollah have created a symbiotic relationship that plays into each other's ambitions for political hegemony.
By
Joseph B.
January 18, 2022
How hawkish Democrats are impeding Biden’s Middle East policy
From the Iran nuclear deal to the Israeli occupation, conservative Democrats are raising the political costs of adopting a more progressive U.S. foreign policy.
By
Mitchell Plitnick
April 13, 2021
Noam Chomsky: Solidarity movements key to changing US Middle East policy
From nuclear disarmament to Palestinian rights, Noam Chomsky discusses the need to disrupt authoritarian alliances and an entrenching 'Greater Israel.'
By
Lilach Ben David
February 17, 2021
Obsessing over ‘geopolitics’ dehumanizes Middle East freedom struggles
The debate around Soleimani's assassination ignores months of inspiring protests against local and foreign oppressors in the region.
By
Jehad Abusalim
January 12, 2020
You don’t need to mourn Qassem Soleimani to be deeply worried
Reflections of an Iranian dissident in exile.
By
Arash Azizi
January 5, 2020
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