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Yousef Munayyer is head of the Palestine/Israel program at Arab Center Washington, D.C.
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October 15, 2025
Yousef Munayyer
Giving Peace a Real Chance Must Include Refusing to Normalize Genocide
The ceasefire is obviously a good development—for now. But real peace includes reinstituting norms against war crimes.
August 25, 2025
Yousef Munayyer
Killing Medics and Journalists: What Impunity for Genocide Looks Like
Israel’s Monday morning strike on a Gaza hospital—a so-called “double-tap” assault—was designed for maximum killing. When is enough?
July 31, 2025
Yousef Munayyer
Finally, the Dam Shoring Up Support for Israel Seems to Be Breaking
The international community is at long last coming to agreement around the genocide in Gaza. But will it end military support and impose sanctions?
June 19, 2025
Yousef Munayyer
Can the United States Really Be Marching Toward This Madness Again?
The eerie echoes of Iraq and 2003 are numerous. But there are some key differences—and they make going into Iran an even greater act of folly.
May 14, 2025
Yousef Munayyer
Trump Has Big Mideast Goals, and He Knows the Obstacle Is Netanyahu
Who would have guessed that the Trump-Netanyahu split would have come this fast, over this many things? It’s the biggest surprise of Trump 2.0, by far.
November 4, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
The Harris Campaign’s Missed Opportunity on Palestine Voters
If it seems hard to understand the Palestine voter, it is likely because they have been living very different lives from most Americans over the past year.
October 7, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
A Year That Has Brought Us to the Breaking Point
Alongside the mass graves and beneath the tons of rubble, there may lie another victim: the very possibility of a jointly imagined coexistence.
September 25, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
How Antony Blinken Said No to Saving Countless Lives in Gaza
The secretary of state overruled his own experts, allowing bombs to continue to flow to Israel. How many more people would be alive today if he hadn’t?
August 15, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
Harris’s Vibes Are Great, but Vibes Won’t Cut It on Israel Policy
Unless Harris takes some steps to break from Biden’s Israel policy, the same issue that helped tank him could put major obstacles in her path to victory.
May 20, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
Israel Policy Could Cost Biden the White House—and Us Democracy
In an election as close as this one, every vote counts—and Biden is bleeding youth support over Israel. It’s not too late. But it’s getting there.
February 8, 2024
Yousef Munayyer
Is Joe Biden Uniquely Indifferent to Palestinian Suffering?
He’s called the “empath in chief.” Try telling that to many Palestinian Americans and their supporters.
October 25, 2023
Yousef Munayyer
We’re Seeing the Calamitous Cost of Ignoring Palestine
The Biden administration thought the Palestine question could be downplayed in pursuit of other objectives. And here we are.
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