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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows

Ahnaf Kalam
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Political Islam Now Commands the Middle East
October 21, 2023
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Jonathan Spyer
Winfield Myers
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Hamas’s Friends in America
October 21, 2023
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Susannah Johnston
Winfield Myers
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A Primer on Hamas; Part 1: What Is Hamas?
October 20, 2023
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Mark Durie
Winfield Myers
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Amid Israel’s War with Hamas, the North May Be the Most Important Front
October 20, 2023
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Jonathan Spyer
Winfield Myers
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The Problem of America’s ‘Frenemies’ and Hamas
October 20, 2023
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Clifford Smith
Winfield Myers
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Behind Israel’s Momentous Failure
October 20, 2023
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Amatzia Baram
Ahnaf Kalam
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Israel Slated to Shut ‘Pro-Hamas’ Network Al Jazeera Run by Qatar
October 20, 2023
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Benjamin Weinthal
Ahnaf Kalam
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U.S. Keeps Turkey at Arm’s Length, Sidelining the Erdoğan Government at Major Events
October 19, 2023
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Abdullah Bozkurt
Winfield Myers
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The Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Contrarian Syrian Druze Perspective
October 19, 2023
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Winfield Myers
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Israeli Victory Is the Only ‘Proportional’ Response
October 18, 2023
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