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src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/authors/2016/Rasha%20About%20Jalal.jpg/Rasha%20About%20Jalal.jpg?h=55541bb6&itok=Y5xduLjG" width="480" height="480" alt="Rasha About Jalal.jpg" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/rasha-abou-jalal.html" title="Rasha Abou Jalal">Rasha Abou Jalal</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Gaza City</strong>, reporting on <strong>the Israeli-Palestinian conflict</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/abeer-ayyoub.html" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-09/01%20%282%29_0.jpeg?h=ffa8e298&itok=Z0CqV2-8" width="480" height="480" alt="Abeer" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/abeer-ayyoub.html" title="Abeer Ayyoub">Abeer Ayyoub</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Istanbul</strong>, reporting on <strong>Palestine</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/naima-morelli.html" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-07/16-545x365.jpg?h=67d711c4&itok=TFUItxnL" width="480" height="480" alt="Naima Morelli headshot" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/naima-morelli.html" title="Naima Morelli">Naima Morelli</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Rome</strong>, reporting on <strong>Middle East culture</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> <div class="card card--profile"> <span class="profile-link"> <div class="card__content card__content--top"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/authors/fatima-abdulkarim" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/fatima.png?h=55541bb6&itok=_p2epqsv" width="480" height="480" alt="Fatima Abdulkarim" /> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="card__content card__content--bottom"> <div class="card__name"> <h2 class="heading h6"> <a href="/authors/fatima-abdulkarim" title="Fatima AbdulKarim">Fatima AbdulKarim</a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__job-title"> </div> <div class="card__body"> In <strong>Ramallah</strong>, reporting on <strong>the West Bank</strong> </div> </div> </span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain"> <div class="divider divider--default u-position--relative u-padding--8" style="color:currentColor;" aria-hidden='true'> <hr class="u-position--absolute" style='background-color=currentColor'> <div class="divider__diamonds"> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> <span class="divider__diamond"></span> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="views-element-container"><div class="js-view-dom-id-2ba695bf8109df662b088ca1c86ea4d5709f1a2c43f4348554d4a25e5a9a74a4 view--taxonomy-term view--taxonomy-term--chrono"> <section class="section section--taxonomy-term-chrono section--gallery-4 section--constrain"> <div class="section--content section--content--constrain view-content grid--featured-content grid--gallery-4"> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/israels-smotrich-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank-what-we-know" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-1248867985.jpg?h=a7dfd05f&itok=SyT2Q4FR" width="870" height="489" alt="Israel's Finance Minister and leader of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich attends a meeting at the parliament, Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 20, 2023. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/israels-smotrich-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank-what-we-know" > Israel's Smotrich calls for annexation of occupied West Bank: What we know </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/israels-smotrich-calls-annexation-occupied-west-bank-what-we-know" > Israeli far-right minister and long-time supporter of Israeli settlements Bezalel Smotrich said on Monday that he had ordered preparations for an Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/israel" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#israel"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Israel</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/mbs-condemns-israels-genocide-gaza-saudi-frustrations-mount" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2178017164.jpg?h=2376c454&itok=UQ2_seZc" width="870" height="489" alt="Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrives to attend a EU - Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit in Brussels on October 16, 2024. Avoiding a "general conflagration" in the Middle East will be top of the agenda when European Union and leaders of countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), which brings together Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, meet in Brussels on October 16, 2024. (Photo by JOHANNA GERON / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNA GERON/POOL/AFP via Get" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/mbs-condemns-israels-genocide-gaza-saudi-frustrations-mount" > MBS condemns Israel's 'genocide' in Gaza as Saudi frustrations mount </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/mbs-condemns-israels-genocide-gaza-saudi-frustrations-mount" > Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler has called for the establishment of a Palestinian state following phone calls with US President-elect Donald Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian last week. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/saudi-arabia" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#saudi-arabia"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Saudi Arabia</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/israel-steps-strikes-lebanon-syria-gaza-despite-diplomatic-push" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2181578504.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=h0zZVQvu" width="870" height="489" alt="People check the destruction at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the eastern village of Bazzaliyeh in the Hermel district of Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, near the border with Syria, Nov. 1, 2024." /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/israel-steps-strikes-lebanon-syria-gaza-despite-diplomatic-push" > Israel steps up strikes in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza despite diplomatic push </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/israel-steps-strikes-lebanon-syria-gaza-despite-diplomatic-push" > Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip have witnessed heavy airstrikes in the past days, amid renewed efforts to appease the situation in the region. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/lebanon" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#lebanon"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Lebanon</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/despite-israels-war-gaza-jordan-stability-holds-security-forces-grip-firm" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-1850019966.jpg?h=cda68960&itok=rwLYwxPR" width="870" height="489" alt="People wave Palestinian and Jordanian flags and chant slogans as they march during a demonstration near the US embassy in the capital Amman in solidarity with the people of Gaza on December 15, 2023, amid the continuing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by Khalil MAZRAAWI / AFP) (Photo by KHALIL MAZRAAWI/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/despite-israels-war-gaza-jordan-stability-holds-security-forces-grip-firm" > Despite Israel's war in Gaza, Jordan stability holds & security forces' grip firm </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/despite-israels-war-gaza-jordan-stability-holds-security-forces-grip-firm" > Not a single Jordanian has died in anti-Israel protests, and the Hashemite Kingdom鈥檚 security forces have remained loyal to King Abdullah II. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/aaron-magid.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-11/Picture%20of%20me.jpg?h=a7e6d17b&itok=ulwTnYax" alt="Aaron Magid" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/aaron-magid.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Aaron Magid</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s"></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/uncertain-future-gazas-hopes-and-fears-trump-wins-presidency" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2182747748.jpg?h=c67cbe6b&itok=WJltXR0E" width="870" height="489" alt="A Palestinian man carries away an injured child from a home that was hit in an Israeli strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on November 7, 2024. Israel's military has been conducting a sweeping air and ground assault in northern Gaza since October 6, 2024, particularly around Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, saying it aims to prevent Hamas regrouping. (Photo by AFP) (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/uncertain-future-gazas-hopes-and-fears-trump-wins-presidency" > Uncertain future: Gaza鈥檚 hopes and fears as Trump wins presidency </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/uncertain-future-gazas-hopes-and-fears-trump-wins-presidency" > Palestinians hope for a sign that the US president-elect might shift American policy toward halting the Gaza conflict and addressing their humanitarian crisis, but they are not optimistic. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/abeer-ayyoub.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-09/01%20%282%29_0.jpeg?h=ffa8e298&itok=Z0CqV2-8" alt="Abeer Ayyoub" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/abeer-ayyoub.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Abeer Ayyoub</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Istanbul</strong>, reporting on <strong>Palestine</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/qatar-tells-hamas-leaders-leave-gaza-cease-fire-talks-deadlocked" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2164565495.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=PyMh1Ad7" width="870" height="489" alt="Mourners offer their condolences to senior member of Hamas' political bureau Musa Abu Marzuk (C) during the funeral of the slain Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Doha on August 2, 2024. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/qatar-tells-hamas-leaders-leave-gaza-cease-fire-talks-deadlocked" > Qatar tells Hamas leaders to leave as Gaza cease-fire talks deadlocked </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/qatar-tells-hamas-leaders-leave-gaza-cease-fire-talks-deadlocked" > The Biden administration sees the militant group's presence in Qatar as "no longer viable or acceptable" given its repeated refusal to release even a small number of the remaining hostages. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/qatar" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#qatar"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Qatar</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/how-pro-iran-armed-groups-reacted-trumps-victory" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-1052560560.jpg?h=1d34674f&itok=91vrUlA2" width="870" height="489" alt="US President Donald Trump arrives at a Make America Great rally in Mesa, Arizona, Oct. 19, 2018. " /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/how-pro-iran-armed-groups-reacted-trumps-victory" > How pro-Iran armed groups reacted to Trump's victory </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/how-pro-iran-armed-groups-reacted-trumps-victory" > Representatives from Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis doubt that the US president-elect will fulfill his campaign promise to end the ongoing wars in the region. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/lebanon" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#lebanon"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">Lebanon</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--analysis card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/gaza-and-lebanon-iran-inside-netanyahus-gamble-donald-trump" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2182755373.jpg?h=6c420bb8&itok=tNL_QhhJ" width="870" height="489" alt="AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--analysis u-text-color--analysis"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Analysis </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/gaza-and-lebanon-iran-inside-netanyahus-gamble-donald-trump" > Gaza and Lebanon for Iran: Inside Netanyahu鈥檚 gamble on Donald Trump </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/gaza-and-lebanon-iran-inside-netanyahus-gamble-donald-trump" > Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clearly has high hopes for President-elect Donald Trump, but is nervously watching the new administration take shape. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/ben-caspit.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Ben-Caspit-headshot.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=N91f5MFO" alt="Ben Caspit" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/ben-caspit.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Ben Caspit</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>Tel Aviv</strong>, reporting on <strong>national security, Israeli politics, defense</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/11/leverage-wanes-what-can-lame-duck-biden-accomplish-middle-east" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-1731162446.jpg?h=4da77564&itok=dADskii6" width="870" height="489" alt="US President Joe Biden (L) sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023." /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/11/leverage-wanes-what-can-lame-duck-biden-accomplish-middle-east" > As leverage wanes, what can lame-duck Biden accomplish in Middle East? </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/11/leverage-wanes-what-can-lame-duck-biden-accomplish-middle-east" > As it seeks end-of-term wins in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon, the Biden administration must contend with an Israeli leader accused of waiting out the clock. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <a class="country country--with-icon country--no-border" href="/united-states" > <svg class="icon icon--country" > <use xlink:href="/themes/custom/alm/dist/icons.svg?v1.0#united-states"></use> </svg> <div class="country--name">United States</div> </a> </div> </article> <article class="card card--feature card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/10/gaza-war-looms-large-over-pennsylvanias-muslims-harris-struggles-win-votes" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/2024-11/GettyImages-2181171728%20%281%29.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=xDSTGtZw" width="870" height="489" alt="MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images" /> </a> </div> <div class="node_view"></div> </div> <div class="card__type card__type--feature u-text-color--feature"> <span class="eyebrow u-text-transform--uppercase"> Feature </span> </div> <div class="card__heading"> <h2 class="heading"> <a class="heading__link" href="/originals/2024/10/gaza-war-looms-large-over-pennsylvanias-muslims-harris-struggles-win-votes" > Gaza war looms large over Pennsylvania鈥檚 Muslims as Harris struggles to win votes </a> </h2> </div> <div class="card__summary"> <a class="link link--card-summary" href="/originals/2024/10/gaza-war-looms-large-over-pennsylvanias-muslims-harris-struggles-win-votes" > Muslims are divided in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where the vice president, former president and third-party candidate all have the potential to win a sizable chunk of the vote. </a> </div> <div class="card__meta"> <div class="authors"> <div class="authors__avatar"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > <picture class="image" > <img class="image" src="https://www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/IMG_9342.jpg?h=502e75fa&itok=hsMyFzZN" alt="Adam Lucente" /> </picture> </a> </div> <div class="authors__name"> <a class="link" href="/authors/adam-lucente.html" > <div class="name"> <span class="byline-pretext byline-pretext__inline">By</span> <span class="subtitle--l">Adam Lucente</span> </div> <div class="tagline body--s">In <strong>New York City</strong>, reporting on <strong>regional news, militancy, climate change</strong></div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="card card-- card--default card--small"> <div class="card__image"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"> <a href="/originals/2024/10/palestinians-gaza-await-us-election-hope-skepticism-harris-favored-over-trump" hreflang="en"><img loading="lazy" 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