The Question Now Facing Israel Is This: Will the War in Gaza Recommence?
The U.S. Agency for Global Media, Which Oversees VOA, Should Revise Its Organization and Emphases—or Congress Must Do So
Is the UAE Sending a Message to the U.K.?
Americans Have the Right to Know Whether Obama and Biden Colluded with Tehran to Undermine U.S. National Security
Change Comes after Think Tank Highlights Separatist Agenda
U.N. Reports Involving Israel Are Notorious; U.N. Rapporteurs Engage in Base Antisemitism
The Late Shah’s Son Could Be a Coalition Builder as Many Iranians Reconsider the Monarchy as Iran’s Golden Age
Burning Qur’ans is Bad, but Setting up People for Retribution Worse
Spotlight: The Trump Administration Redux
President Trump blew back into the White House promising across-the-board changes in the way America does business—and diplomacy—across the globe. What are his plans for the Middle East? Does the Israel-Hamas ceasefire portend a policy of strongarming allies, or will the administration adopt a more nuanced approach in time?
Will Trump revive and expand the Abraham Accords? What of the future presence of U.S. troops and naval assets? How will he deal with Syria and America’s Kurdish allies, or with Iran and its diminished network of proxies? MEF’s network of experts analyze these and other developments throughout the region.
Will Trump revive and expand the Abraham Accords? What of the future presence of U.S. troops and naval assets? How will he deal with Syria and America’s Kurdish allies, or with Iran and its diminished network of proxies? MEF’s network of experts analyze these and other developments throughout the region.
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas announced on Jan. 15 has implications nearly as momentous as the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre that precipitated it.
The deal comes after fifteen months of protracted indecision by the government of Israel, during which Jerusalem followed two contradictory policies toward Hamas: Destroy the organization. Make a deal with it.
The deal comes after fifteen months of protracted indecision by the government of Israel, during which Jerusalem followed two contradictory policies toward Hamas: Destroy the organization. Make a deal with it.
Middle East Quarterly - Current Issue
Founded in 1994 by Daniel Pipes, MEQ is the Middle East Forum’s journal intended for both scholars and the educated public. Policymakers, opinion-makers, academics, and journalists write for and read the Quarterly, which is known for exclusive interviews, in-depth historical articles, and book reviews on subjects ranging from archaeology to politics and on countries from Morocco to Iran.
Winter 2025 Volume 32: Number 1
Winter 2025 Volume 32: Number 1
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Moving the Palestinians to Egypt and Jordan Would Be a Massive Undertaking
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U.S. President Donald Trump Engages in a Double Pander, Giving Both His Pro-Israel and His Islamist Constituencies What They Most Want
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MEF Chief Editor Jim Hanson Explains This Deal Will Almost Certainly Fall Apart
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MEF Chief Editor Jim Hanson Discusses the Possibilities with FOX News
Middle East Forum Observer
Founded in 2024, the Observer provides rapid analysis on leading Middle East developments, from Marrakech to Mashhad and the Bab el-Mandeb to the Black Sea.
Launched in 2006, Islamist Watch is a project of the Middle East Forum. We work to combat the ideas and institutions of lawful Islamism in the United States and throughout the West. Arguing that “radical Islam is the problem, moderate Islam is the solution,” we seek to expose the Islamist organizations that currently dominate the debate, while identifying and promoting the work of moderate Muslims.
CAMPUS WATCH, a project of the Middle East Forum, reviews and critiques Middle East studies in North America with an aim to improving them. The project mainly addresses five problems: analytical failures, the mixing of politics with scholarship, intolerance of alternative views, apologetics, and the abuse of power over students. Campus Watch fully respects the freedom of speech of those it debates while insisting on its own freedom to comment on their words and deeds.
Antisemitism
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The Coalition Joins Progressives, Socialists, and Communists with Islamists, Muslims Who Actively Pursue the Political Goals of Islamic Supremacism
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Focusing On Issues We Find Offensive but Which Do Not Affect Non-Muslims Creates Confusion Concerning Aspects of Islam That Affect So-Called Infidels
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Haddad’s Schmooze Fest with Palestinian Islamic Jihad Financier and Islamist Operative Sami al-Arian Shows His Inability to Discern Scholarship from Activism
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Anti-Western Propaganda Destroys the Lives of Those It Holds Captive
Gaza
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Trump May Believe Transferring Palestinians from Gaza Will Bring Peace, but the History of Population Transfer Suggests Such Expectations Are Unrealistic
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New Ideas Are Needed, and This Might Spark More Viable Solutions
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Trump Should Consider the Factors Involved Before Spontaneously Threatening Foreign Policy Changes
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Hamas Now Stands to Rebuild Its Rule over Gaza, and to Reconstitute Its Hold on the Strip
Islam
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Muhammad Detested Dogs, to the Point of Calling for Their Arbitrary Extermination
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[T]he Whole Complex Process of European Expansion and Empire … Has Its Roots in the Clash of Islam and Christendom
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The Three Suspects Allegedly Wanted to Avenge the Arab-Berber Troops Defeated in 732 by Charles Martel at the Battle of Poitiers
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If It Looks Like a Duck, Walks Like a Duck, and Quacks Like a Duck, Then It’s Probably a Duck
Muslims in the US
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CAIR Encourages Illegal Immigrants to Evade Law Enforcement
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The Executive Order’s Central Thrust Is to Restore, Repair, and Expand National Security Vetting Across Every Agency That Might Touch Immigration
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Pro-Hamas, Anti-jewish College Demonstrators Here on Visas Are on Notice That Their U.S. Welcome Is Over, Even with Expected Lawsuits
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Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan Allegedly Plotted to Bomb Israeli Consulate in NYC