BLOG Post #469: Israel and Genocide 31 Jul 20251 Aug 2025 What is Genocide? Many scholars and progressives are reluctant to call Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide. They will agree that Israel’s behavior is abominable and atrocious but nevertheless falls…
BLOG Post #449: The Limited Future of the Cease-fire in Gaza 26 Jan 202512 Feb 2025 (Note to Readers: This post first appeared January 26. I'm adding the final section to take account of the most recent developments.) The Israel-Hamas cease-fire has brought a measure of…
BLOG Post #440: Give Peace a Chance? No Way 22 Oct 202422 Oct 2024 Three Developments That Might Lead to Talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented a week or so ago: “We will do to Lebanon what we did to Gaza.” That…
BLOG Post #436: Cease-fire Agreements in the Middle East Seem More Remote than Ever 1 Sep 20241 Nov 2024 “Blood on His Hands” “After close to a year of neglect, Netanyahu doesn’t miss a single opportunity to ensure that there won’t be a deal. Not a day goes…
BLOG Post #432: Escalation and Miscalculation: How a Bigger War Might Happen in the Middle East 4 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 Fateful Choices Just a few weeks ago, the media were reporting that Israel and Hezbollah were edging closer to an agreement that would bring their deadly exchanges along the border…
BLOG Post #431: Two Wars With No Way Out 28 Jul 20241 Nov 2024 People involved in conflict resolution often say that every war must end. Most wars do end in some fashion, but plenty of wars—and the wars in Ukraine and Israel appear…
BLOG Post #429: No One Wants Another Middle East War, but Everyone is Preparing for One 30 Jun 202429 Jun 2024 Can Israel Be Restrained? Reports from the Middle East these days have two things in common: All the parties wish to avoid a war, yet all the movement is toward…
BLOG Post #427: Is It Time for This War to End? Evidently Not 11 Jun 2024 In a major speech May 31, Pres. Biden offered a three-phase plan for ending the Israel-Hamas war, saying “it is time for this war to end.” (I have appended…
BLOG Post #423: A Package Deal Full of Holes 17 May 2024 The Biden administration has been working on a package deal with Saudi Arabia that would guarantee a path to a Palestinian state in return for a permanent cease-fire and establishment…
BLOG Post #420 Are We on the Brink of World War III? 24 Apr 202423 Apr 2024 The Zone of Major Conflict I don’t think it is too alarmist to suggest that we could be at the beginning stage of World War III. The ingredients for another…
BLOG Post 419: The Israel-Iran Confrontation: Episode or War? 14 Apr 202414 Apr 2024 Condemnation of Iran’s attack on Israel seems to be nearly universal. The UN, NATO countries, Jordan and Egypt—it’s a pretty widespread view. We may all be thankful that the…
BLOG Post #418: Crimes Against Humanity in Gaza 9 Apr 20249 Apr 2024 Among the many brutalities in war prohibited under international humanitarian law are starvation of civilian populations and deliberate attacks on aid workers. Here are some new findings worth considering…
In the Human Interest - Mel Gurtov 
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