Five Questions

Sarit Michaeli and Yousef Munayyer discuss Israeli settler violence against Palestinian villagers under the protection of the IDF. Michaeli is the International Advocacy Officer at B'Tselem. 

Yousef Munayyer speaks with Khalil al-Anani regarding his new book on Islamism and revolutions in the Middle East. Al-Anani is a Senior Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC and Associate Professor of Political Science at the Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Doha, Qatar. 

Laryssa Chomiak and Yousef Munayyer discuss the constitutional crisis in Tunisia which started after Kais Saied sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament. Chomiak is the director of the Centre d’Études Maghrébines à Tunis (CEMAT).

Yousef Munayyer and Mona Harb discuss Lebanon's collapsing economy and the oligarchy's control over the country, as well as the lasting effects of the Beirut blast. Harb is Professor of Urban Studies and Politics at the American University of Beirut and a Nonresident Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC.

Yousef Munayyer and Diana Buttu discuss the recent Palestinian uprising, which started in Sheikh Jarrah, and its impact on Israeli and American politics. Buttu is a Palestinian lawyer and a former spokesperson for the Palestine Liberation Organization.

Yousef Munayyer and Jillian Schwedler discuss Jordan's royal family tensions and the current situation in the kingdom. Schwedler is a professor of political science at the City University of New York’s Hunter College and the Graduate Center.

Yousef Munayyer and Dalia Ghanem discuss the Algerian protests that ousted Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the future of democracy in the country. Ghanem is a resident scholar at the Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut, where her work examines political and extremist violence, radicalization, Islamism, and jihadism with an emphasis on Algeria.

Yousef Munayyer and Noura Erakat discuss the International Criminal Court's ruling allowing it to investigate war crimes in the West Bank and Gaza. Noura Erakat is a human rights attorney and an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University in the Department of Africana Studies and the Program in Criminal Justice.

Yousef Munayyer and Holly Dagres discuss the Iran nuclear deal and the possibilities of reviving it under the Biden Administration. Holly Dagres is a Non-resident Senior Fellow and IranSource Editor at the Atlantic Council.

Yousef Munayyer and Yara Asi discuss how Israel excluded Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip from receiving the Coronavirus vaccine. Yara M. Asi is Non-resident Fellow at Arab Center Washington DC, and a 2020-2021 Fulbright US Scholar to the West Bank.