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      Hussein Ibish

      Hussein Ibish

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      Hussein Ibish is a geopolitical analyst and an author, who is currently a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington. He was previously the Washington correspondent for the Daily Star Lebanon newspaper, and has served as a senior fellow at the American Task Force on Palestine and 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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      US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington DC. Yuri Gripas / EPA
      Why Democrats should proceed with caution in trying to impeach Donald Trump

      In the hands of a Republican-majority Senate, leader Mitch McConnell could call the shots in an impeachment trial involving the US president

      CommentSeptember 29, 2019
      A damaged refining tower at Saudi Aramco's Abqaiq crude oil processing plant following a drone attack. Faisal Al Nasser / Bloomberg
      Leading from behind: Iran should beware of underestimating Donald Trump

      If regime leaders in Tehran conclude they are dealing with a paper tiger, they will be making a grave miscalculation

      CommentSeptember 23, 2019
      National Security Adviser John Bolton with US President Donald Trump. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
      With the 2020 election looming, the clock was ticking on the Trump-Bolton relationship

      The national security adviser had to go because the US administration's foreign policy was increasingly deviating from his uber-hawkish views

      CommentSeptember 17, 2019
      US President Donald Trump with the apparently doctored map of Hurricane Dorian that appears to have been extended with a black line to include parts of the Florida panhandle and the state of Alabama. Reuters
      Sharpiegate: Donald Trump has crossed a line

      As a storm brews over an apparently doctored map showing the path of Hurricane Dorian, why can't the US president admit when he gets it wrong? asks Hussein Ibish

      CommentSeptember 09, 2019
      Six of Harvard's schools will host online-only classes in the next academic year.
      How a 17-year-old Harvard student has become symbolic of the bias of an entire system

      Thought police officials have gone far beyond their legitimate security mandate in banning Ismail Ajjawi from entering the US

      CommentSeptember 01, 2019
      US President Donald Trump declared he was "the chosen one" to defend his ongoing trade war with China. Reuters
      There are no meaningful checks on Donald Trump's outlandish behaviour

      He might value being unpredictable but investors never do. Meanwhile seemingly immutable norms lie in tatters

      CommentAugust 25, 2019
      2019 US representative Rashida Tlaib. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
      In refusing to go to Israel, Rashida Tlaib has squandered her moral victory

      The visit to her grandmother could have been an historic trip, which could have been recorded, immortalised and publicised to show Palestinian life under occupation

      CommentAugust 18, 2019
      Two years ago, neo-nazi demonstrations in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly when a far-right protester drove a car through a crowd, killing one and injuring dozens. REUTERS
      The myth of the great replacement: how white nationalism has gone mainstream

      This theory is based on the premise that white people are under siege from an influx of non-white immigrants

      CommentAugust 11, 2019
      Middle East envoy Jared Kushner. Brendan Smialowski / AFP
      Kushner's real purpose has little to do with a peace plan and everything to do with US domestic politics​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

      The Middle East envoy, on a tour of the region, champions a shift away from a two-state solution to wholesale support of Israeli annexation

      CommentAugust 04, 2019
      Former Special Counsel Robert Mueller during a break in testimony before a House Judiciary Committee. Reuters/Leah Millis
      Despite Trump's cries of victory, no one emerged a winner from Mueller's testimony

      Those hoping for impeachment were let down, while the damning facts about the president were confirmed

      OpinionJuly 27, 2019
      Donald Trump said that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and Ayanna Pressley should “go back” to their home countries. AP Photo
      Trump's "go home" comments present Republicans with a stark choice

      Members of the GOP must now must adopt or accommodate the US president's racial attitudes – or leave

      CommentJuly 21, 2019
      Guests at Donald Trump's social media summit. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
      Trump's social media summit reveals a new and darkly authoritarian, post-truth information order

      The first Twitter President still feels persecuted by the very online platforms he exploits

      CommentJuly 14, 2019
      White House senior adviser Jared Kushner speaks at the Peace to Prosperity conference in Manama, Bahrain. Peace to Prosperity Workshop / Handout via Reuters
      US policy towards Palestinians isn't misguided – it's carefully crafted to erase any notion of statehood

      At best, it seeks an end-of-conflict agreement involving large-scale Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian territory and no sovereign Palestinian state

      CommentJuly 07, 2019
      Activists protest in front of a detention centre in Homestead, Florida where migrant children, who have been separated from their families, are being held. AFP/Rhona Wise
      The treatment of migrant children reveals the fear of white America

      The US government's immigration policies are rooted in a refusal to accept demographic change and loss of power

      CommentJune 30, 2019
      Supporters of President Donald Trump wave to drivers at a roadside rally in Florida. Reuters/Brian Snyder
      Trump launches his 2020 re-election show, but now voters know what they're tuning in to

      Since his inauguration, the US president has attacked institutions and attempted to shield himself from any form of oversight

      CommentJune 24, 2019
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