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      Hussein Ibish

      Hussein Ibish

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      Hussein Ibish is a US affairs columnist for The National. He is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He is a weekly columnist for Bloomberg and The National. He has made thousands of radio and television appearances and was the Washington, DC correspondent for the Daily Star (Beirut). Many of Ibish’s articles are archived on his Ibishblog website. His most recent book is What’s Wrong with the One-State Agenda? Why Ending the Occupation and Peace with Israel is Still the Palestinian National Goal (ATFP, 2009). Hussein was included in all three years (2011, 2012, and 2013) of Foreign Policy’s “Twitterati 100,” the magazine’s list of 100 “must-follow” Twitter feeds on foreign policy. Hussein is the editor and principal author of three major studies of Hate Crimes and Discrimination against Arab Americans 1998-2000 (ADC, 2001), Sept. 11, 2001-Oct. 11, 2002 (ADC, 2003), and 2003-2007 (ADC, 2008). He previously served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine, and executive director of the Hala Salaam Maksoud Foundation for Arab-American Leadership from 2004-09. From 1998-2004, Hussein served as communications director for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. He has a PhD in comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
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      CommentMay 08, 2025
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      CommentTrump's agenda to remake the US is in trouble

      Whether tariffs or immigration, most aspects of the plan are already facing strong opposition

      CommentMay 01, 2025
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      CommentCan the Democrats get their act together before next year's US midterms?

      As the opposition party, how the Democrats position themselves takes on a great degree of significance

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      CommentTrump is erecting a police state in America

      His administration is changing the relationship between the individual and the state

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      CommentNobody knows the rules of Trump's tariffs game

      Trump inherited a stable, functioning US economy and global trading system. Yet he is risking a large self-inflicted wound

      CommentApril 10, 2025
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      CommentTrump's doctrine that power equals fear is cascading through US society

      The US administration's squabble with a judge is the start of the biggest question facing the country right now: will the administration obey the courts?

      CommentMarch 28, 2025
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      It is reckless and lacks a clear plan consistent with current economic realities

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      The Trump administration’s nakedly political act will lead the country down a slippery slope

      CommentMarch 13, 2025
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      His willingness to face down both the Russian forces and Trump is nothing less than a heroic act

      CommentMarch 03, 2025
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      CommentWhat ‘Trump Gaza’ is meant to tell the Arab world

      The President’s absurd expulsion plan and subsequent U-turn served real purposes beyond trolling and confusion

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      CommentAmerica’s free speech principles don’t apply to Palestine supporters

      An executive order issued by the US President has formalised a long-standing norm

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      Stripping federal workers of due process rights would be an unprecedented ideological purge of the bureaucracy

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      It would appear that for the US President, Palestinians are Lego pieces to be moved around to enable the reconstruction of their homeland – to the benefit of Israel

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      CommentJanuary 15, 2025
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      The president-elect declined to rule out the use of force in seizing the Panama Canal, Greenland and to claim Canada as the 51st state in the US

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