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Articles by MEF Staff and Fellows

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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According to the Anti-Defamation League, Withing Our Lifetime, which Kiswani founded in 2015, “has hosted or co-sponsored some 100 anti-Israel rallies, many of which included explicit support for violence against Israeli civilians by U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations—Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Hezbollah, the Houthis and affiliated individuals, such as Leila Khaled and Hamas’s military wing spokesperson, Abu Obaida.”
Middle East Forum Online
Gaslighting in New York: Nerdeen Kiswani and Allies Obscure the Sources of Violence
At an Anti-Israel, Pro-Islamist Press Conference, People Demanded Rights for Themselves That They Deny to Jews
April 9, 2026
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Dexter Van Zile
In June 2025, Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which about 20 percent of its oil and gas shipments pass.
Middle East Forum Observer
Iran Plays Double Game on Hormuz as Factional Narrative Emerges
Tehran Appears to Be Moving Toward Conditional Access, While Retaining the Ability to Disrupt Maritime Traffic
April 9, 2026
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Mardo Soghom
The Iranians pipe most oil they produce to Kharg Oil Terminal, on Kharg Island about 15 miles off the coast of Iran in the northern Persian Gulf. Kharg is responsible for about 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports.
Middle East Forum Observer
Trump Should Blockade Iranian Shipping in Strait of Hormuz
It Would Be a Simple Decision for the President to Say No Cargo Can Leave the Strait Without U.S. Approval
April 9, 2026
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Jim Hanson
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