IMEU Institute for Middle East Understanding
Political analyst Diana Buttu provides insight on the ongoing protests by Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem provoked by increased restrictions imposed on Muslims who want to worship at the Noble Sanctuary mosque complex, the third holiest site in Islam, by Israel's occupying army.
on July 27, 2017
Regarding the ongoing hunger strike by Palestinian political prisoners in Israeli jails, which is now in its fourth week, the IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with Qadura Fares, Director of the Palestinian Prisoner’s Club.
on May 15, 2017
There have been a series of protests against the Palestinian Authority (PA) recently, which Palestinian police violently dispersed. What are these demonstrations about? What are the protesters asking for? Diana Buttu, political analyst and former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, weighs in.
on March 16, 2017
Ahead of the meeting between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House and Thursday’s confirmation hearing for Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, the IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with Yousef Munayyer, Executive Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.
on February 13, 2017
Following reports that President-elect Trump may move the US embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem soon after he takes office, the IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with Mouin Rabbani, Senior Fellow with the Institute for Palestine Studies, Policy Advisor to Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network, and former Senior Middle East Analyst with the International Crisis Group.
on December 14, 2016
Regarding President Obama’s deliberations over whether to take action at the UN on Palestine/Israel before he leaves office, including possibly supporting a Security Council resolution condemning Israel’s illegal settlement enterprise, the IMEU offers the following Q&A with Shibley Telhami, Anwar Sadat Professor for Peace and Development at the University of Maryland and non-resident senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about his recently released poll on US attitudes towards Israel and the Palestinians.
on December 13, 2016
Ahead of the incoming administration of president-elect Donald Trump, the IMEU shares the following expert Q&A on its potential implications for Israel and the Palestinians, featuring Yousef Munayyer, political analyst at the Arab Center of Washington, DC, and executive director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, Phyllis Bennis, director of the New Internationalism project at the Institute for Policy Studies, and Zaha Hassan, human rights lawyer and Middle East Fellow at New America.
on November 14, 2016
Following President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's final meeting at the White House, the IMEU offers the following expert Q&A with Diana Buttu, Ramallah-based political analyst and former advisor to Palestine Liberation Organization Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian negotiators.
on September 21, 2016
The IMEU offers the following Q&A with co-founder of the Palestinian civil society Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, Omar Barghouti, on recent developments involving BDS and the BDS National Committee's goals for the future.
on March 21, 2016