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NEW: "Censorship and Surveillance at US Universities" Torin Monahan details how university administrations bowed to political pressure to surveil and censor students and faculty who have stood up for Palestinian liberation since October 7, 2023.

The Sudanese writer, organizer and MERIP contributor Muzan Al Neel has passed away. In 2021 Al Neel reflected on the 2019 revolution and how it departed from the 2011 Arab Uprisings. Since that time, Al Neel played an active role in MERIP's world, her voice will be missed.

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Excerpt from Fred Halliday writing on Mario Offenberg's 1975 book, Kommunismus in Palastina: Nation und Klasse in der Antikolonialen Revolution. From the April 1977 issue of MERIP Reports. Poale Zion was the 'socialist Zionist' party. doi.org/10.2307/3011... @merip.bsky.social

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A new piece from grantee @merip.bsky.social—a personal exploration & analysis by Susann Kassem on "Israel's Ongoing War in South Lebanon" ⬇️ https://loom.ly/gVhwbTY

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❝ Susann Kassem tells of the struggles her extended family has faced as their homes and villages in the south of Lebanon and in Dahiyeh have been destroyed and terrorized by the IDF. ❞ @merip.bsky.social

Read it here www.merip.org/2026/04/our-...

Susann Kassem's account of life for displaced southern Lebanese during the one-sided ceasefire in @merip.bsky.social is a sensitive record of the interregnum between two Israeli invasions. The state & much of society sacrificed a whole community to Israeli fire & de facto occupation. Link ⤵️

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And our Lebanon Primer is a fantastic overview of the long history of resistance to Israeli violence threaded through the country’s modern history. www.merip.org/a-primer-on-...

Susann Kassem’s piece follows on Munira Khayyat’s earlier dispatch from South Lebanon after the 2024 ceasefire. www.merip.org/2025/01/disp...

Rima and Maya Mikdashi’s entries in our recent collection also highlight the limitless war Israel is seeking to wage on Lebanon. www.merip.org/2026/03/war-...

The latest MERIP Roundtable from last week, with Rima Majed calling in from Beirut, focused on the question of defending Lebanon’s sovereignty. www.merip.org/2026/03/the-...

I highlighted it in the newsletter today, but we have been making a point of highlighting the dynamics of Israel’s assault on Lebanon for over a year now. www.merip.org/2026/04/new-...

This is an utterly bracing read.

NEW: 'Our Compass is Broken'--Israel's Ongoing War in South Lebanon Susann Kassem chronicles the lives of ordinary Lebanese left defenseless against Israel's waves of war and invasion.

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ICYMI: The latest episode of the MERIP Podcast, covering Israel's expanded war on Lebanon and the state of resistance, was released yesterday. Check it out on our website, or your podcast service of chocie!

This was a really interesting discussion about Israel’s war on Lebanon, political struggles in Lebanon, and the role of technology and arms-length war-making in the region

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NEW PODCAST: The MERIP Roundtable is back for our third installment discussing the war on Iran and the region. Executive Director James Ryan is joined by Rima Majed and Ali Musleh to discuss the Israeli invasion of Lebanon and the state of resistance.

Rima Majed and Ida Nikou, two of our recent contributors, will be speaking tomorrow at this @haymarketbooks.org event on the war on Iran and Lebanon. Check it out! Stop the War Now!: Against the US and Israel's Wars on Iran and Lebanon www.haymarketbooks.org/events/790-s...

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Grantee @merip.bsky.social has published a collection of 11 essays on the US and Israeli war on Iran + the wider region. Explore the perspectives ⬇️ https://www.merip.org/2026/03/war-across-boundaries-perspectives-on-iran-and-a-region-under-siege/

ICYMI: Yesterday we released the second in our series of MERIP Roundtable podcasts on the Iran war. This episode featured Naghmeh Sohrabi, Kaveh Ehsani and Toby Jones in discussion with James Ryan on the experience of the war for ordinary Iranians. LISTEN NOW buff.ly/JT37hMK

ICYMI: Yesterday we released a collection of 11 short essays on the Iran war so far. Our contributors and editors reflected on a range of topics, from the myth of "precision" to the flaws in US strategy. Check it out now! buff.ly/W7wXqpv