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Credible and constructive policy analysis and educational resources on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Israeli politics, U.S.-Israel relations, and more.
Amid the presidential turnover and ceasefire in Gaza, we are pleased to share our policy recommendations for the new administration and Congress—aiming to stabilize areas of conflict while creating a foundation for new diplomatic and political horizons. israelpolicyforum.org/policy-recs-fo…
"The number of incidents involving armed settlers assaulting Palestinian villages has increased dramatically over the past three years," writes Nimrod Novik time.com/7304755/violen…
Infuriating, heartbreaking, concerning -- 👇
Gaza is starving, the Knesset urges West Bank annexation, ceasefire talks collapse, France symbolically recognizes Palestine and Bibi responds by rejecting Palestinian nationalism in any form. The absence of US leadership in the region is glaring.
US leadership is required to put the Gaza war in the rearview mirror, to make any progress on normalization, to counter Iranian influence, and to figure how to get to Palestinian statehood in a way that Palestinians deserve and Israel can accept-But right now we have none of that
Every actor involved in the French Palestinian recognition fiasco is behaving in predictable ways. What unites them all is a vacuum of any responsible leadership, writes @mkoplow in this Koplow Column. israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/25/pal…
Gaza is starving, the Knesset urges West Bank annexation, ceasefire talks collapse, France symbolically recognizes Palestine and Bibi responds by rejecting Palestinian nationalism in any form. The absence of US leadership in the region is glaring.
Weekly Briefing | Gaza Hunger Intensifies, Negotiators Recalled From Qatar, Coalition Crisis Continues, and More ipf.li/jul25
"After 22 months of war, it’s anarchy in Gaza. And without addressing the core issue of what should happen next in Gaza, there won’t be a solution." - @ShiraEfron in @nytimes
What does collaboration look like? The GHF has a better record of not having its trucks looted, but that is largely because their distribution sites and approach routes are in closed military zones. Do they have a solution for reaching warehouses past IDF lines of control?
So, @UNReliefChief, we agree that we should collaborate? Great. We are ready to get started as soon as you say the word. Read the latest exchange between Tom Fletcher of @UNOCHA and GHF Chairman @JohnnieM. "GHF stands ready to assist your teams in safely and rapidly moving the…
France's intention to recognize Palestinian statehood is public relations and political virtue signaling dressed up as diplomacy. Unfortunately, Israel is engaged in the same exercise, and the U.S. is nowhere to be found. A sad sign of the times israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/25/pal…
Every actor involved in the French Palestinian recognition fiasco is behaving in predictable ways. What unites them all is a vacuum of any responsible leadership, writes @mkoplow in this Koplow Column. israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/25/pal…
Worth reading very closely. Three key questions: 1) What can be done (even partially) now, without waiting for a ceasefire? 2) Which of these are possible without returning control of aid to Hamas? 3) Are states/private sector as ready to scale up as the U.N. says it is?
Enough. Gaza is starving. Ceasefire now. We must save as many lives as we can – and we have a plan. My update to UN Member States on the steps necessary to stop this horror👇 unocha.org/considerations…
The IDF’s campaign in Gaza appears increasingly purposeless to a growing number of critics. Netanyahu and his supporters are still adamant that only military force will free the remaining hostages and finally destroy Hamas. The Gaza war, 21 months in @FT ft.com/content/dcf21d…
🧵from Israel Policy Forum Policy Associate @GabrielEpsteinX on the failing Gaza aid mechanisms:
The major aid vectors in Gaza–the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) and the U.N.-facilitated mechanism–are failing. Each has unique challenges, but they share two key ones: lack of capacity and the breakdown of law and order. 🧵
On this #IsraelPolicyPod, @NeriZilber and @ReichmanShanie discuss the crisis inside the Netanyahu governing coalition, the chances of a snap election being called, the escalation last week between Israel and Syria, and more. israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/24/coa…
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation mechanism has been deeply flawed and alone is insufficient in meeting the urgent needs in Gaza. Aid should be coordinated through all available channels with urgency, but without an end to the…
Ezra Klein is right that Israel is fracturing American Jews. But he misses that for most Jews, it is a more complex and less binary issue, and also that what makes sense for American Jews and for Israeli Jews are not the same thing israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/24/is-…
Ezra Klein was right in identifying a growing American Jewish divide over Israel, but mischaracterizes its nature and cause. @mkoplow unpacks the dynamics of the American Jewish community's complex relationship with Israel in this week's Koplow Column. israelpolicyforum.org/2025/07/24/is-…
A welcome shift from argument that GHF mechanism was a game changer to provide aid and bypass Hamas. It remains insufficient to do either. More can and should be done thru all channels, but without ending war + postwar planning the crisis will deepen. israelpolicyforum.org/gaza-humanitar…
Gaza may well be approaching a real hunger crisis. Shocked to be reading this from me? I don’t blame you. Let’s break down why, unlike past lies about the situation in Gaza, new research is real cause for concern, and what it means for Israel. Yesterday, @YannayASpitzer, an…