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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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      Three Israeli soldiers enjoy ice-cream at a shop inside the Ben & Jerry's factory in Be'er Tuvia in southern Israel, on July 21. AFP
      The row over selling ice-cream in the West Bank is a big deal

      Ben & Jerry's said that they are no longer willing to sell products in Israeli settlements in the West Bank

      CommentJuly 27, 2021
      An anti-vaccine protester dressed up as Joe Biden holds a sign outside Houston Methodist Hospital in Texas last month. AFP
      The dark forces behind the Republicans' anti-vax agenda

      Leaders, followers and propagandists are not simply being hesitant or anti-establishment

      CommentJuly 19, 2021
      US President Joe Biden in Dallas, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2020. AFP
      Where's the US headed in next year's crucial midterm election?

      The vote will see 'culture wars' face off against pragmatic, pocketbook concerns

      CommentJuly 11, 2021
      Donald Trump at a rally on July 3, in Sarasota, Florida. Getty Images / AFP
      Are Trump's legal woes paving the way for a new Republican leader?

      The former president's business and political brands are separate, but only for now

      CommentJuly 04, 2021
      US President Joe Biden speaks during an event to commemorate Pride Month, in the East Room of the White House on June 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. / AFP / Nicholas Kamm
      A breakthrough for Biden and his first major presidential misstep

      A parallel dynamic on bipartisanship is developing over voting rights

      CommentJune 28, 2021
      Houston resident Prescylia Mae sings during a re-enactment march of the emancipation proclamation celebrations in Galveston, Texas, US, June 19. Reuters
      Juneteenth: a national holiday for national reflection

      It is a milestone for the integration of the African-American experience into the American narrative

      CommentJune 20, 2021
      Donald Trump and Gen Mike Flynn are still trying to delegitimise the US electoral process. AP Photo
      Will Americans see another 'coup attempt' in 2024?

      The idea is being rapidly normalised in a big section of US culture

      CommentJune 13, 2021
      Palestinian activist Mona Al Khodr, centre, takes part in a rally to demand the reopening of the Israeli Police checkpoint at the entrance of the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in east Jerusalem, on May 29, 2021. AFP
      The whole world should worry about Sheikh Jarrah

      This is anything but the simple “property dispute”

      CommentJune 07, 2021
      Violent insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump scale the west wall of the the US Capitol in Washington on January 6,. AP
      Why Republicans are stopping an impartial inquiry into the Capitol storming

      Republican opposition to a bipartisan commission will be disastrous

      CommentMay 30, 2021
      US President Joe Biden with US Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Debbie Dingell in Detroit, Michigan, US, May 18. Reuters
      America's attitude to Palestine-Israel has subtly shifted

      Many factors have contributed to this new polarisation on Israel

      CommentMay 23, 2021
      Liz Cheney at Capitol Hill after House Republicans voted to oust her from her leadership role, May 12, Washington, DC AFP
      Why Liz Cheney's gambit is a very long shot

      Ms Cheney faces the danger of losing her House seat in Wyoming next year to a pro-Trump candidate

      CommentMay 16, 2021
      Supporters cheer and wave as former president Donald Trump is introduced at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando in February. AP Photo
      Why Republicans are becoming more extreme without Trump

      The party will begin its return to rational conservatism only if its members accept the 2020 election result

      CommentMay 02, 2021
      US President Joe Biden during a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on March 1. AP
      Biden's first 100 days have been great but for this one thorn in his side

      Republicans blame him for what they inaccurately describe as 'the worst border crisis in history'

      CommentApril 25, 2021
      Sergeant William Olas Bee, a US Marine from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, has a close call after Taliban fighters opened fire near Garmsir in Helmand Province of Afghanistan, May 18, 2008. Reuters
      Afghanistan is the latest example of why the US needs clear policy goals

      Mr Biden is probably doing the right thing bringing all the troops home

      CommentApril 19, 2021
      The US is looking to gradually revive its relations with the Palestinian people. EPA
      Biden's modest but necessary steps to revive US-Palestine ties

      Washington's cautious approach towards reviving peace diplomacy in the region reflect its limited options

      CommentApril 11, 2021
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