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The stability of the Middle East’s longest peace now depends on the rapidly deteriorating economic and social health of the Egyptian state.
Middle East Forum Online
The Cornerstone Is Cracking: Why Egypt’s Internal Decay Threatens the Middle East’s Longest Peace
The Danger Comes Not Primarily from a Hostile External Power, but from Within the Egyptian State Itself
November 11, 2025
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Amine Ayoub
The real crisis wasn’t on the streets—it was in the national mindset: a slow, dangerous return to the October 6 mentality, as if the 1,200 murdered Israelis were part of a bad dream we could simply wake up from and carry on as usual. Above, a crowded street scene with families, cyclists, and people sitting at outdoor cafes enjoying food and drinks on a sunny day in Tel Aviv, Israel, September 30, 2025.
We Won the War, but We’re Losing the Peace
We Are Beginning to Forget the Central Lesson of October 7—That an Existential Threat Cannot Be ‘Managed’
November 11, 2025
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Gregg Roman
The Sayyida Zaynab shrine photographed from a distance in October 2025. Notice that the "Oh Zaynab" banner is missing.
Middle East Forum Online
The Last Banner of Zaynab
Syria’s Shia Find Themselves Tolerated but Subdued
November 11, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
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University of Texas students protest Israel's war in Gaza.
Middle East Forum Observer
Why Young Activists Believe Palestinian Freedom Requires Israeli Destruction
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November 6, 2025
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Many countries sidestep United Nations involvement due to a recognition that U.N. rules-of-engagement and bureaucracy benefit only the lazy and malign.
Middle East Forum Online
Keep the United Nations Out of Gaza
Neither the State Department nor Other Foreign Ministries Should Accept the Fiction That U.N. Mandates Are Necessary or Effective
November 5, 2025
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While factors like weather, port access, and corruption have always been considerations, the dramatic increase in organized piracy over the past 25 years—first with Somalia and now with the Houthis—elevated geopolitics to a central strategic concern. A Maersk Line container ship in the Mediterranean.
Middle East Forum Online
Navigating the New Geopolitics of Global Trade: An Interview with Gregg Roman
Geopolitical Risk Emerges from What the ‘Business Side of Politics’
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Despite Israel’s success and protection of civilians, diplomats, correspondents, academics, and human rights activists pile on with accusations of genocide and atrocity. The basis for such calumny is the so-called Gaza Health Ministry, a wholly controlled subsidiary of Hamas.
Middle East Forum Online
Why Fall for Hamas’s False Statistics?
Fear and Lack of Access Explain Why So Many Accept Hamas Health Ministry Statistics
November 5, 2025
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Supporters wave Iranian, Lebanese, and Hezbollah flags during a pro-Iran demonstration in South Lebanon on June 29, 2025.
Middle East Forum Online
Hezbollah’s Refusal to Disarm Risks Lebanon’s Stability
Lebanon’s Plan to Demilitarize Hezbollah by Year-End Could Falter, Risking Renewed Tensions with Israel and Economic Crisis
November 5, 2025
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Amatzia Baram
Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race on November 4, 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
Gotham’s Red-Green Takeover: The Mamdani Experiment Begins
Mamdani’s Leftist Revolutionary Comrades and Islamist Allies in Civilizational Jihad Are over the Moon with the Opportunity They Have Won
November 5, 2025
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Gregg Roman
German taxpayers have funded Sukkat Salam, a Stuttgart-based NGO that presents itself as a Jewish-Muslim peace initiative but has been accused of promoting antisemitic narratives, supporting BDS, and mourning Islamist terrorists under the guise of “dialogue” and “solidarity.”
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German Government Agency Whitewashes Extremism of Left-Wing Jewish-Muslim Group
Sukkat Salam Promotes Islamist Agenda under Guise of Interfaith Progressivism
November 5, 2025
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Benjamin Weinthal
A container ship is loaded with cargo in Port Sudan.
Middle East Forum Observer
The Houthi-Sudan Nexus Grows
One Scholar Notes Ship-Tracking Data Show the Houthi-Sudan Alliance, Begun in Late 2024, Is Driven by Mutual Opportunism
November 5, 2025
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Fernando Carvajal
The Middle East Forum will remain on watch to ensure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s promise of “no more containment” is fully implemented through all levels of the Israeli security apparatus.
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Netanyahu’s ‘No More Containment’ Doctrine Vindicates Middle East Forum’s Long-Standing ‘Victory’ Campaign
For Nearly a Decade, MEF Has Systematically Argued Against the ‘Doctrine of Managed Decline’
November 4, 2025
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attends canvassing ahead of the vote Queens Borough on October 19, 2025.
Middle East Forum Observer
What Middle Eastern Analogy Best Explains Zohran Mamdani?
He Is Not an Islamist, but He Is a Muslim Tribalist Who Believes the White Race Has Exploited Middle Eastern Muslims
November 4, 2025
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Shay Khatiri