Iran Consolidates Its Influence in Iraq Through Shi’Ite Militias, Using the Country as a Hub for Regional Power Projection
An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah bunker reportedly has killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
Israel Should Decentralize Governance in the West Bank to Empower Local Leadership in Palestinian Communities
NATO Has Never Removed a Member, but Turkey No Longer Is Compatible With the Alliance
While It Doesn’t Mention ‘Hezbollah,’ the Editorial Highlights the Conflict Between ‘the Jews’ and the Shia-Led ‘Axis of Resistance’
Accusations Aim to Freeze Exiles’ Assets Abroad and Deny Them Access to Banking
Hezbollah Repeatedly Attacks Israel to Destroy It and Israel Has a Right of Self-Defense Under the United Nations Charter
Istanbul-Born Suspect Had Top Security Clearance at the Joint Warfare Analysis Center
Spotlight: The False Narratives of the Palestinians
False narratives of Palestinian settlement in parts of the modern state of Israel claim that “Palestinians” are the original inhabitants, while Israelis are “colonizers” with no historical claim to the land. Yet, as Daniel Pipes wrote in 2024, “Palestinians … are not an aboriginal, autochthonous, first, indigenous, or native people; most of them are as recently arrived as Zionists. They are also as ethnically diverse.”
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
Whatever Its Goal—Be It to Destroy Israel or Only Reduce Its Size—The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Is Israel’s Most Intimate and Permanent Enemy
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.
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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The U.S. State Department Has Designated Four Iran-Backed Shi’a Militias as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Following Years of Advocacy by the Middle East Forum -
Middle East Forum Report Exposes Terror Ties Among Faculty as University Reels from President’s Resignation and $790M Federal Funding Freeze -
DHS: ‘We Take the Results of the MEF Report Very Seriously’
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Turkey Aims to Establish Itself as a Sub-Regional Power to Fill the Void Left by a Weakened Russia and a Diminished Iran -
Although the Majority of Americans Do Not Hold Antisemitic Views, 60 Percent of the College-Age Demographic Do -
Well Before the October 7 Attack in Israel, University Administrators Were Cowed by Vocal Campus Pro-Palestinian Activists
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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Catholic Clergy Make Ill-Founded Accusations of Genocide Against Israel, While Promoting Conditions That Would Guarantee Israeli Genocide -
There Is Not Much Freedom of Speech in Gaza, and Europe Is Not Doing Much Better -
Qatar’s Role as a Mediator Is Meant Less to Resolve Conflict and More to Win Immunity and Escape Accountability for Action -
All the Offers of ‘Peace’ to Islamic Terrorism Will Not Save the Western Skin
Gaza
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Italy and Spain Should Direct Their Warships to Halt Escort Operations Inside Israel’s Territorial Sea -
Israel Is on the Cusp of Comprehensively Defeating Hamas, and It Must Gain Control of Gaza That Lasts Indefinitely -
The Flotilla to Gaza Is Designed to Create a Media Spectacle, Not to Deliver Aid -
Judging by Its Operations, the Israel Defense Forces Believes It Has Total Control over the Area
