Hussein Ibish

Organisations that counter the extremists' vitriol struggle to find funding, says Hussein Ibish

Netanyahu's upcoming speech to Congress highlights the fact that the US-Israel relationship is developing in a direction that isn't doing either country any favours, writes Hussein Ibish

Yemen as we've known it almost certainly can’t survive the emerging triple threat of civil war, terrorism and secession, writes Hussein Ibish

Israel and Hizbollah appear uninterested in any further escalation of conflict but Iran might not be satisfied with an immediate return to the status quo, writes Hussein Ibish

A new military barrier with Iraq is not going to shield Saudi Arabia from the changing currents in the Middle East argues Hussein Ibish

United States strategy in the campaign against ISIL, particularly in Syria, is reaching a crisis point, writes Hussein Ibish

It isn't obnoxious satire but terrorist atrocities that promote Islamophobia in France and around the world, writes Hussein Ibish

Palestinians and their profoundly moral cause are in deep trouble, writes Hussein Ibish

The path to peace isn’t laid by narratives aimed at blaming the other side when all parties have their fair share of responsibility for the continuing conflict, writes Hussein Ibish

The Palestinians are right to be flexible on the wording of the UN resolution to end the occupation, writes Hussein Ibish.

Abu Ain merely suffered the fate of an ordinary Palestinian caught up in an incident whose dynamics are hard-wired into the inherent injustice and abuses of an occupation defined by aggressive settlement, writes Hussein Ibish

Being America's defence secretary is a high-profile and powerful job. But then, says Hussein Ibish, there are plenty of reasons why no-one in the US wants to do it

The campaign to “Arafat-ise” Abu Mazen was a flop before it began. But it’s a troubling reminder of how deeply all sides are trapped in their own failed policies, writes Hussein Ibish

The project to destroy ISIL, if it is to succeed, must be linked to a categorical and practical rejection of the Assad dictatorship, says Hussein Ibish.

Hussein Ibish muses on the return of David Lynch's television series Twin Peaks.