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Middle East Forum Observer
UNRWA Is Complicit in Terror; Disband It
August 7, 2024
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Gregg Roman
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What Will Iran Do Next?
August 7, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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To Defeat the Houthis, Starve Their Military Resupply
August 7, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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A Gazan Activist in Northwest Syria: Interview
August 6, 2024
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Middle East Forum Observer
Student Radicals from DSA Prepare for Another Round of Pro-Hamas Activism
August 5, 2024
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Dexter Van Zile
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Why Turkey’s Erdoğan Threatened Israel with a Proxy War
August 2, 2024
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Jonathan Spyer
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Iran-Led Axis Is Likely to Launch Joint Attack, but Can’t Reverse Israeli Gains in Gaza
July 31, 2024
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Lazar Berman
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Blinken Says U.S. Not Responsible for Ismail Haniyeh Killing; That’s Too Bad
July 31, 2024
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Michael Rubin
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Two Cheers for the Mossad
July 31, 2024
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Rafael Bardaji
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What Does Haniyeh’s Assassination Imply?
Israel has wavered between ‘total victory’ over Hamas and pursuit of a deal. The strike in Iran may end that argument.
July 31, 2024
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Daniel Pipes
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The war’s link to Gaza is not that Israel wanted to use the war with Iran as a distraction from Gaza, but rather that the 7 October attack launched by Hamas and the subsequent conflict with the wider “axis of resistance” led to a shift towards a much higher risk tolerance and confrontational posture on Israel’s part towards Iran and the axis. An Israeli F-16 takes off for a mission against targets in Iran.
Middle East Forum Online
Israel’s War with Iran: A Distraction from Gaza?
Contrary to What Some Academics and Journalists Claim, the Root of the Conflict Is Explained by Long-Standing Israeli Concerns
July 7, 2025
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Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi
Former CIA Director and retired General David H. Petraeus in 2023.
Middle East Forum Observer
How Washington’s Recklessness Turned Syria Into a Jihadi State on the Mediterranean
The Strengthening of Jihadist Networks Further Destabilized Syria and Led to the Collapse of a Counterterrorism Policy
July 7, 2025
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Ribal al-Assad
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Middle East Forum Observer
Theatrics of Survival: How Khamenei’s Regime Masks Defeat with Borrowed Symbols
The Islamic Republic’s Leaders Have Turned Nationalist Following Their Crushing Defeat by Israel Last Month
July 7, 2025
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Mardo Soghom
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