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How Israel’s Ultranationalist Religious Far-Right Benefited from the Country’s Divide
What if Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed US Vice President and Alex Jones Secretary of State? This would almost be unthinkable at the...
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


Slogans and Bumper Stickers – Israel-Palestine Activism on Campus vs. Conflict on the Ground:
Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship. He...
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Mar 18, 202116 min read


An Epidemic Without a Name
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a term that was coined in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association in their Diagnostic and...
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Mar 2, 20198 min read


The Marriage Between Law and Activism in Palestine
The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US,...
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Nov 18, 20187 min read


Discrimination of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
My grandfather Fayez Hamdan Fayad will never forget the year 1948. A Palestinian refugee, he will always remember the time he was forced...
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Oct 19, 20185 min read


BPR Interviews: Leslie Lewin
Leslie Lewin is the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, a leadership development program founded in 1993 committed to developing mutual...
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Dec 16, 20166 min read


The Rise of Border Walls: Implications of a Physically Divided World
Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall along the United States and Mexican border has arguably become the most memorable talking point of...
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Oct 24, 20166 min read


BPR Interviews: Charles Freeman, Jr.
Charles “Chas” Freeman, Jr. is an American diplomat, author, and writer. He served as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992...
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May 12, 20168 min read


BPR Interviews: Hagai El-Ad
Hagai El-Ad is an Israeli human rights activist and currently serves as the director of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for...
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Mar 21, 20164 min read
Digging for the Holy Land: The politicization of archaeology along the Israel-Palestine border
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is...
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Nov 6, 20156 min read


Israel’s Economic Pivot
Over the past few years, the European Union has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians,...
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Aug 11, 20156 min read


Israel’s Chance in a Season of Change
In just a few short months this summer, the world has borne witness to a rapidly and profoundly altered status quo. In the United States,...
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Jul 26, 20156 min read


The Sound of Understanding: Music and International Relations
Political conflict and international relations aren’t usually the first things that come to mind when listening to classical music. As a...
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Feb 19, 20155 min read
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[Liveblog] Why Gaza Matters: Brown Teach-In
Images of death and destruction in Gaza have elicited anguished reactions and raised large questions that go well beyond the...
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Sep 10, 20141 min read


Can Normalized Language Make the Israeli-Palestinian Debate More Productive?
Writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a daunting task. Beyond the impassioned and divisive nature of the topic, the clash...
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Mar 19, 20145 min read


BPR Interview: Former Ambassador Michael Oren
Michael Oren, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013, talks to Brown Political Review’s Sam Rubinstein. Oren stepped...
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Dec 3, 20134 min read


Aid for Palestinians: Breaking Down Walls or Building Them Higher?
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect...
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Oct 10, 20134 min read


What Happens on Spring Break
Having a rough semester? Providence weather got you down? Worried about job prospects, the dire state of your love life, your thesis...
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Mar 22, 20135 min read
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