Emory University Middle Eastern and South Asian Studies Department

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/29/opinion/gaza-israel-palestinians-starvation.html

--M.T. Samuel

Opinion | Starvation Is Stalking Gaza’s Children Lack of aid in Gaza is causing starvation deaths as relief officials seek to determine whether to declare a famine.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/03/03/california-prisoner-gaza-gofundme/

--M.T. Samuel

Donors raise $100K for prisoner who sent 13-cent hourly wages to Gaza A man incarcerated in California for 40 years who gave $17.74 he earned for 136 hours of janitorial work to those he saw suffering inspired a GoFundMe campaign.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-aircraft-airdrop-thousands-of-meals-into-gaza/

--M.T. Samuel

U.S. military aircraft airdrop thousands of meals into Gaza in emergency humanitarian aid operation Three planes from Air Forces Central dropped 66 bundles containing about 38,000 meals into Gaza on Saturday.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/gaza-and-end-rules-based-order

--M.T. Samuel

Gaza and the End of the Rules-Based Order What the Israel-Hamas war means for the future of human rights and international law.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/16/egypt-building-walled-enclosure-in-sinai-for-rafah-refugees-videos-suggest

--M.T. Samuel

Egypt building walled enclosure in Sinai for Rafah refugees, photos suggest Monitoring group releases evidence of work that appears intended to house Palestinians in event of Israeli assault on city

https://carnegieendowment.org/2024/02/16/governing-gaza-after-war-regional-perspectives-pub-91663

--M.T. Samuel

Governing Gaza After the War: The Regional Perspectives In the third of this four-part series, experts analyze critical issues on what happens after the fighting abates, from regional points of view.

https://theintercept.com/2024/02/09/deconstructed-gaza-university-education/

--M.T. Samuel

No University Left Standing in Gaza Dr. Ahmed Alhussaina of Israa University joins Natasha Lennard to discuss Israel’s attacks on academic life in Gaza.

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/middle-east/how-gaza-reunited-middle-east

--M.T. Samuel

How Gaza Reunited the Middle East A new pan-Islamic front may be America’s biggest challenge.

https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-02-09-2024-d3229eec6a85c071248d3ddc2de2a73e

--M.T. Samuel

Israel seeks to evacuate Palestinians jammed into a southern Gaza city ahead of an expected invasion Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern Gaza town.

https://apnews.com/article/iraq-us-talks-to-end-coalition-mission-f782db4c6550ab31ef02ef3c1793ee7b

--M.T. Samuel

Iraq and US begin formal talks to end coalition mission formed to fight the Islamic State group Iraq's prime minister says his government and the United States have held a first session of formal talks in Baghdad aimed at winding down the mission of a U.S.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/1/28/iran-launches-three-satellites-amid-rising-tensions-with-western-powers

--M.T. Samuel

Iran launches three satellites amid rising tensions with Western powers Satellites will be used to test communication and geopositioning tech, and efficacy of delivering cargoes, Iran said.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/01/25/the-hidden-rivalry-of-saudi-arabia-and-the-uae/

--M.T. Samuel

The Hidden Rivalry of Saudi Arabia and the UAE The two countries look like allies—but are increasingly regional competitors.