AIPAC doesn’t want you to know who runs it. But we found out, and what we discovered is bigger than one organization. DAWN's “Faces of AIPAC” project reveals 50 people who run AIPAC—a network of networks in leadership positions across pro-Israel institutions. Learn more: aipacwhoweare.org

With Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords, "the so-called 'Circle of Peace' is no longer confined to a specific geography, but is now global in dimension and scope," writes Saahil Menon.

"The Islamic Republic is not easing its grip; in key areas it is hardening it," writes @sinatoossi.bsky.social. But "public debate about its strategic choices, from foreign alignments to cultural and social norms" is expanding in unprecedented ways.

Responding to new U.S. sanctions on International Criminal Court judges, "@sarahleah1.bsky.social, the executive director for DAWN, said Rubio is 'coddling Israeli war criminals.' She added that the court should 'not wait to prosecute him for interfering with justice.'"

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"Our research revealed that AIPAC's board is not just a group of any 50 individuals – it is a nexus connecting virtually every major pro-Israel institution in America," said DAWN's Isabelle Hayslip. "Documenting AIPAC's leadership also exposes who controls the entire pro-Israel ecosystem."

"These 50 officers and directors shouldn't try to hide behind the AIPAC name. US nonprofit law makes them personally responsible for the organization's conduct ... its board members and officers are legally on the hook. That is why we are putting faces to the names."" said DAWN's Raed Jarrar.

"AIPAC has obfuscated the identities of its directors and officers from the American public, so today we're providing the transparency this organization refuses to offer ... The public has a right to easily know who they are," said @sarahleah1.bsky.social, DAWN's executive director.

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AIPAC should stop hiding board members and executive staff who lead its operations from its public website, said DAWN, in launching "The Faces of AIPAC, identifying 50 individuals who run one of D.C.'s most powerful lobbying forces—to make available to the public those responsible for AIPAC's work.

AIPAC should stop hiding board members and executive staff who lead its operations from its public website, said DAWN, in launching "The Faces of AIPAC, identifying 50 individuals who run one of D.C.'s most powerful lobbying forces—to make available to the public those responsible for AIPAC's work.

Egypt's failure to end the genocide in Gaza "should not land on the shoulders of a similarly oppressed society," writes Ahmed Abdelhalim. "The Egyptian regime—not its people—has let down Gaza."

"Winter in the Gaza Strip has become a life-threatening nightmare," writes Ola Almadhoun, as Israel continues its blockade of Gaza, despite a ceasefire. "For women and girls in particular, winter has become a season of danger, deprivation and systemic neglect."

As a major winter storm hits Gaza, the lack of shelter and other humanitarian supplies due to Israel's ongoing blockade is worsening the catastrophe in the Strip, writes Ola Almadhoun. The crisis is particularly impacting women and girls across Gaza.

The U.S. State Department should enforce the Leahy Law to sanction the Israel Defense Forces' 202nd Tzefa Battalion and its 9th Sniper Platoon and prohibit them from further U.S. military aid for their role in gross violations of human rights, said DAWN today.

Abdelkader Cheref writes that UN Security Council Resolution 2797, which endorses Morocco's 2007 autonomy plan in Western Sahara, "is likely to be short-lived" without addressing the root of Morocco-Algeria tensions: Sahrawi self-determination in the territory.

Today, 2 PM, ET: “Politics in an Accidental Crucible,” a discussion on Jordan. Register below.

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Don't miss our online event tomorrow, Dec. 11, 2 PM ET: “Politics in an Accidental Crucible:” A discussion of Sean Yom’s new book, “Jordan” With @seanyom.bsky.social, @mattlac.bsky.social, Ben Schutze, Jamal al Tahat, Yara Bataineh, @sarahleah1.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

“Fallujah remains a symbol of US war crimes...Gaza is the direct result of decades of US breaches of international law and the destruction of mechanisms meant to uphold it. When the US got away with so much in Iraq, Israel knew it could get away with everything it’s doing in Gaza,” says Raed Jarrar.

Myth and paradox define Jordan, as Ezra Karmel writes in his review of @seanyom.bsky.social's new book, "Jordan: Politics in an Accidental Crucible." "In contrast with the myths that flatten Jordan, these paradoxes reveal its complexity."

Syria's new government has made many promises one year after Assad's fall, which mark "the line between a revolution that merely changes leaders and one that shifts the very foundation of an entire nation," writes Joud Monla-Hassan.

"Newly surfaced evidence revealing the role of Polisario fighters in Syria's war, who once backed the former dictator Bashar al-Assad, complicates stalled transitional justice efforts and Syria’s return to the regional fold," reports @renanetjes.bsky.social.

Join us Thursday, December 11, 2 PM ET online for: “Politics in an Accidental Crucible:” A discussion of Sean Yom’s new book, “Jordan” With @seanyom.bsky.social, @mattlac.bsky.social, Ben Schutze, Jamal al Tahat, Yara Bataineh and @sarahleah1.bsky.social Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

"In a world that has allowed so much to be destroyed, Palestinians in Gaza continue to teach us one unshakable truth: Even amid genocide, learning is a form of freedom," Ghada al-Rozzi writes from Gaza.

Jordan's geopolitical and strategic outlook headed into 2026 should be viewed with "more optimism than initially expected," writes Aaron Magid. "Still, Amman faces considerable challenges," particularly with ongoing economic stagnation.

"For all their utopian dreams, the megaprojects championed by MBS don’t signal the future, but the trap represented by Saudi Arabia’s political economy." My @wpr.bsky.social column on MBS and the staggering waste of his development "vision." Gift link: www.worldpoliticsreview.com/mbs-trump-sa...

With the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening, Cairo continues to redefine the past to both "justify its policies [and] effectively redefine what Egyptian history, the nation, the state and the military mean today," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social.

"Jordan’s continued reliance on the Mandate-era Crime Prevention Law exposes a deep crisis of governance," writes DAWN's Jamal al Tahat. If unaddressed, Jordan could become another "Middle Eastern state undone by its refusal to adapt."

“The international community’s approach to Israel-Palestine has, for the most part, prioritized resolving national-political aspects of the conflict over steps to ensure an end to Israeli crimes,” say DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social & Michael Omer-Man in their new book "From Apartheid to Democracy."

Pulling excerpts from his new book, "The Obliteration Doctrine," Dan Steinbock describes Israel's military strategy in Gaza as one of "obliteration." As he argues, "the result has been genocide."

The Grand Egyptian Museum's opening in Egypt, paired with pro-regime propaganda, "serves to justify its foreign and domestic policies," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social. That includes sidelining President El-Sisi's most pressing nuisance: the people.

With the Grand Egyptian Museum's opening, Cairo continues to redefine the past to both "justify its policies [and] effectively redefine what Egyptian history, the nation, the state and the military mean today," writes @magedmandour.bsky.social.

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Accountability in Gaza "starts with effective fact-finding efforts and access to sound data from within the Gaza Strip," writes @ramonawadi.bsky.social. But Israel's deliberate attacks on the infrastructure reporting on deaths hampers efforts today.

The Trump administration is enabling and exploiting the Saudi regime's repression. Following Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Washington, read the latest article from ALQST founder Yahya Assiri in @dawnmenaorg.bsky.social. dawnmena.org/dawn-stateme...

"Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in its recent 13-month war in Lebanon, photos of munition remnants in south Lebanon seen by the Guardian suggest ... Israel blanketed Lebanon with 4 million cluster bombs in the final days of the 2006 war."

"Trump was 'reflecting his belief that the press is there to be subservient to him, to shut up when he demands they shut up when he finds the question embarrassing,' said @sarahleah1.bsky.social, executive director of DAWN, a non-profit founded by Khashoggi in 2018."

"MBS's return to Washington represents the normalization of repression, a turn to a world increasingly desensitized to violence and impunity, especially after Oct. 7 and the atrocities committed by Israel," writes Yahya Assiri.

“President Trump has Jamal Khashoggi’s blood on his hands,” said Raed Jarrar, advocacy director for DAWN, which was founded by Khashoggi. "Trump has made himself complicit in every execution and imprisonment MBS has ordered since," Jarrar added, responding to Trump's defense of Mohammed bin Salman.

“The change in Saudi Arabia seems to be from killing journalists behind closed doors to executing them in plain sight.” — Abdullah Alaoudh (@aalodah.bsky.social), Senior Director for Countering Authoritarianism at @mideastdc.org

As Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) visits the White House, DAWN joins rights advocates outside the Saudi Embassy in D.C. to remind the world that MBS ordered Saudi agents to kill DAWN's founder Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul in 2018.

“MBS’ visit mainly aims to refurbish his image in the U.S. ... both Trump and MBS will sit in the White House, in an embarrassing exchange of huge Saudi funds for more public popularity for both ... This will not serve the interests of the people of Saudi Arabia.” — Hala Aldosari, DAWN Fellow.

Khamis Ayyad is one of 13 Americans killed by Israeli forces in Palestine since 2003. The Israeli government has not held anyone criminally accountable for these crimes. DAWN is calling on Congress to demand that the State Department investigate these killings: dawnmena.org/u-s-congress...

“It's a tragic irony that while Saudi Arabia carries out a record number of executions — including prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, just a few months ago — MBS comes to Washington for his first visit since his regime’s ruthless murder of Jamal Khashoggi.” — @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org

“The historian Tacitus wrote of the Roman conquest of Britain: ‘They created a desert, and called it peace.’ Who can be surprised that a lopsided ‘ceasefire’, with no Palestinian input and with the U.S. as the guarantor, allows Israel to fire at will?” — Michael Lynk, Former UN Special Rapporteur.

"What [a US-Saudi security pact] does is further normalize an American political economy in which state power defends capital rather than citizens and foreign policy becomes a tool for private advantage, subsidized by the American public," writes DAWN's @sarahleah1.bsky.social in @foreignpolicy.com.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman "enjoys (a) complete lack of accountability,” says @sarahleah1.bsky.social, ahead of his White House visit. “(The executions) are meant to instil fear and show that the consequences for behavior deemed unacceptable by the Saudi government are severe & harsh."

“It's a tragic irony that while Saudi Arabia carries out a record number of executions — including prominent journalist Turki al-Jasser, just a few months ago — MBS comes to Washington for his first visit since his regime’s ruthless murder of Jamal Khashoggi.” — @aalodah.bsky.social, @mideastdc.org

Today, 1 PM ET: Don't miss this DAWN and @mideastdc.org online event: Rightsizing the U.S.-Saudi Arabia Relationship: What to Make of Mohammed bin Salman's Washington Visit With @aalodah.bsky.social, Hala Aldosari, and @sarahleah1.bsky.social Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...