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Middle East Forum Observer
UNRWA Is Complicit in Terror; Disband It
August 7, 2024
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Gregg Roman
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What Will Iran Do Next?
August 7, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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To Defeat the Houthis, Starve Their Military Resupply
August 7, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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A Gazan Activist in Northwest Syria: Interview
August 6, 2024
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Middle East Forum Observer
Student Radicals from DSA Prepare for Another Round of Pro-Hamas Activism
August 5, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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Why Turkey’s Erdoğan Threatened Israel with a Proxy War
August 2, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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Iran-Led Axis Is Likely to Launch Joint Attack, but Can’t Reverse Israeli Gains in Gaza
July 31, 2024
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Lazar Berman
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Blinken Says U.S. Not Responsible for Ismail Haniyeh Killing; That’s Too Bad
July 31, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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Two Cheers for the Mossad
July 31, 2024
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Rafael Bardaji
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What Does Haniyeh’s Assassination Imply?
Israel has wavered between ‘total victory’ over Hamas and pursuit of a deal. The strike in Iran may end that argument.
July 31, 2024
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Daniel Pipes
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President Emmanuel Macron of France has in recent weeks so repeatedly vowed to grant de jure recognition to ‘Palestine’ on September 22, to coincide with the United Nations General Assembly, that reversing course at the eleventh hour seems highly unlikely. Yet politics and diplomacy are never short of surprises.
Middle East Forum Online
Will Emmanuel Macron Back Away from Recognizing ‘Palestine’ on September 22?
Monsieur Macron May Want to Reflect on the Date He Has Chosen. This Year, September 22 Coincides with the Beginning of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year
September 21, 2025
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Michel Gurfinkiel
At the U.N. Palace of Nations in Geneva, Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories, claimed that “65,000 is the number of Palestinian Arabs killed with certainty, 75 percent of whom were women and children. But we should start thinking about 680,000, because this is the number some scholars and scientists claim is the true death toll in Gaza.”
Middle East Forum Online
War Numbers, the Most Powerful Weapon Against Israel
If Hamas Is Losing in Gaza, It Is Winning in the West
September 21, 2025
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Giulio Meotti
A supporter holds up a photo of Ayatollah Khamenei in Tehran.
Middle East Forum Observer
Khamenei Gambles on Survival as U.N. Sanctions Loom
Under Heavier Sanctions, the Islamic Regime May Gradually Lose Its Grip on the Country
September 21, 2025
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Mardo Soghom
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