Turkey’s Airspace Action Against Israel, and Its Support for Hamas, Should Compel President Trump to Act Immediately in Response
The Very Fact That the IDF Has to Keep Returning to Areas in Which It Has Already Operated Underlines How Complex the Challenge Is
Why Are So Many in the West Quick to Highlight Israeli Airstrikes but Slow to Highlight Hamas Repression of Palestinians?
Muqtada Al-Sadr Has Cultivated an Image as an Iraqi Nationalist, but Many Doubt the Sincerity of His Political Evolution
Conference in Detroit Elevates Convicted Terrorists and Extremist Leaders, with U.S. Politicians Lending Legitimacy to a Platform That Glorifies Violence and Undermines American Values
The Iranian Rial Collapsed as the Process of Triggering the United Nations ‘Snapback’ Mechanism Began with the E3
The Choice Isn’t Between Diplomacy and Security, but Between Accepting Normalized Terror Operations and Imposing Real Costs
Intelligence Agencies Warn That the Technology Could Accelerate Development of Ballistic Missiles Capable of Carrying Nuclear Warheads
Spotlight: The End Game in Gaza
Is the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza finally nearing its end? Israel has announced it intends to occupy Gaza City and parts of the Strip beyond the 75 percent it currently controls via a final push by the IDF to remove Hamas dead-enders. If they succeed, what comes next?
Questions abound: Will a significant percentage of Gazans accept opportunities to leave and settle elsewhere? What role will the Gulf Arab states play in security and rebuilding? Will the United States and Europeans become directly involved, or play only diplomatic roles? MEF staff and fellows analyze the situation and potential outcomes.
Questions abound: Will a significant percentage of Gazans accept opportunities to leave and settle elsewhere? What role will the Gulf Arab states play in security and rebuilding? Will the United States and Europeans become directly involved, or play only diplomatic roles? MEF staff and fellows analyze the situation and potential outcomes.
It Is Not Possible to Negotiate with an Entity and at the Same Time Determinedly Seek Its Wholesale Destruction
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.
Summer 2025 Volume 32: Number 3
Summer 2025 Volume 32: Number 3
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DHS: ‘We Take the Results of the MEF Report Very Seriously’ -
Moroccan Journalist Interrogated over Israeli Passport Stamps, Held 32 Hours without Food or Water in Calculated Act of Authoritarian Harassment -
The Alwaleed Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding Is Ground Zero for Operatives from Qatar, Turkey, and Malaysia
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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A Myth Needs to Be Continually Retold and Revived to Stay Alive -
By Suspending Work Visas for El Al’s Israeli Security Staff, Macron Appeases Radicals Rather than Ensuring Aviation Safety -
Rife with Antisemitic Tropes, the Books Omit References to Hamas’s Slaughter of Israelis, the Holocaust, and Jordan’s Peace Treaty with Israel -
From Their Support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) Movement, to Hosting Terrorists, to Accepting Terrorist Tainted Funding, Some of the Nation’s Top Universities Have Become Part of the Palestinian Resistance
Gaza
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Called Repeatedly on Its Falsehood, the United Nations Responded Not with Correction, but with Changing the Definition of Famine to Fit Their Preferred Narrative -
Biblical Scholars and Israel Experts Blast Catholic Priest for Distorting History -
U.S.-Backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Cyprus Could Be a ‘Humanitarian Transit Area’ in a $2B Scheme to ‘Temporarily’ House Palestinian Refugees -
Contrary to What Some Academics and Journalists Claim, the Root of the Conflict Is Explained by Long-Standing Israeli Concerns
Islam
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Persian Gulf Countries in the Last Several Decades Have Built Mosques and Cultural Centers to Hold Sway in Europe and America -
This Is What Happens When You Think “the West” Is Just the Direction Where the Sun Sets -
If an Islamic Council Governed the Pilgrimage, Shi’i, Ibadi, and Other Muslim Communities Could Contribute to Ritual, Logistics, and Interpretation -
Today’s Islamism Promises Authenticity but Is Postmodern in Form, Postcolonial in Posture, and Pretends to Retrieve the Sacred Through the Techniques of the Profane
Muslims in the US
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Tarek Mehanna’s Time in Prison Did Not Lessen His Commitment to Radicalism -
Nearly Seven Months Have Elapsed Since an Illegal Immigrant from Mauritania Shot and Wounded a Visibly Orthodox Jewish Man in a Chicago Terror Attack -
The Biden Administration Didn’t Seem to Care Even When FBI-Watchlisted SIA Terrorists Were Netted in Record-Breaking Numbers, Many Accidentally Released
