Newsletter · January 2026

Upcoming Interview; Diana Buttu & Ramzy Baroud on Gaza; Why Israelis Are Leaving in Record Numbers

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The Implications of US Foreign Policy for the Middle East

Wednesday, February 4, 1:00pm ET REGISTER HERE Join ICAHD-USA co-chair Michael Spath for a conversation with Matt Duss, Executive Vice-President at the Center for International Policy Matt was previously a visiting scholar in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He served as foreign policy advisor to Senator Bernie Sanders (2017-2022), was President of the Foundation for Middle East Peace (2014-2017), and a National Security and International Policy analyst at the Center for American Progress (2008-2014).

Matt’s work has been published in, among others, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, The Nation, The American Prospect, and Foreign Policy.

This interview will also be recorded, and available on our Youtube channe l a few days after the webinar. NEWS, ANALYSIS & OPINION

A CONVERSATION WITH MATT DUSS

Israel Is Banning the 'Last Foreign Witnesses' to Its Genocide in Gaza

In a likely deadly move, the Israeli government told 37 foreign aid groups, including Doctors Without Borders, they could no longer operate in Palestine. Where is the outrage?

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Gaza as a linchpin: Six reasons why Netanyahu is prolonging conflict in the Middle East

Netanyahu and leading figures within his extremist coalition repeatedly claimed (https://www.jns.org/israel-emerged-from-war-stronger-than-ever-netanyahu-says-at-jns-event-in-florida/) that Israel has already ‘won’ the war. If that is the case, why insist on keeping the Gaza file open?

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Why Israelis are leaving in record numbers

Over 150,000 citizens have left the country in the past two years alone — many of them with a one-way ticket and no plans of returning.

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