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  • Debra Shushan

    Dr. Debra Shushan is a Middle East and US foreign policy expert. A senior resident affiliate at Georgetown's Center for Jewish Civilization, she’s taught at top colleges and directed Israel-Palestine policy & advocacy at Jewish non-profits. Yale PhD.

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    Activist, organizer. Author of Chop Wood Carry Water Daily Actions. Political content creator. @jesscraven101 on all socials.

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    Rabbi Executive Director, cultural commentator, and musician exploring Judaism, justice, race, spirituality, music, and public life with honesty, compassion, and hope.

  • Stephanie G Wilson, PhD

    Historian. Fireside chats with gloves-off leaders who fight fascism and the MAGA Murder Regime.

  • Joe Cirincione

    Joe Cirincione is a national security analyst and author with over 45 years of experience. I have been a congressional staffer, a program director, a philanthropist, an advisor the the State Department and three presidential campaigns. Now, I write.

  • Daniel Levy

    Daniel Levy is the President of the U.S./Middle East Project and a former Israeli negotiator with the Palestinians at Taba under Prime Minister Ehud Barak and at Oslo B under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.

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    Professor of History, Brown University

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    Combat Vet. Anti-oligarchy. Pro-human. I do news, interviews & thoughts. Research fueled by coffee. https://ko-fi.com/angrymalevet

  • Trita Parsi

    Trita Parsi is the Executive VP of the Quincy Institute and an award-winning author. Washingtonian Magazine has named him one of the 25 most influential voices on foreign policy. Noam Chomsky calls him "one of the most distinguished scholars on Iran"

  • אברום בורג

    Author, teacher, public and political activist, the founder and Co Chair of All its Citizens party, marathon runner, the Former Speaker of the knesset

  • Matt Duss

    Writer, musician, foreign policy analyst.

  • Mo Husseini

    I write and rant about stuff.

  • Omar Baddar

    Progressive comms professional & political analyst specializing in media, messaging, & U.S. Middle East policy.

  • Gili Getz
  • Sari Bashi
  • Jaser Abu Mousa

    Middle East Institute Senior Fellow | Yale Peace Fellow | Political Analysis | Project Management | Security Management | Risk Management | Crisis Response and Lead. What I write here is my own views. https://mei.edu/person/jaser-abumousa/

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    Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) is a senior adviser at the International Crisis Group. He previously served for a decade as an attorney at the U.S. Department of State.

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  • Dania Thafer

    Executive Director of Gulf International Forum - Professorial Lecturer at Georgetown University

  • Josh Paul of A New Policy

    Josh Paul is co-founder of A New Policy. He resigned from the State Department in October 2023 over U.S. complicity in Gaza. He previously held roles in Iraq, the West Bank, the Pentagon, and as a Congressional staffer.

  • Tamar Glezerman

    A writer, director & peace activist from Tel-Aviv, living in NYC. After losing her aunt on Oct 7, Tamar co-founded Israelis For Peace to mobilize for a ceasefire & hostage deal, an end to the occupation & a shared Israeli-Palestinian future.

  • Margo Hughes-Robinson
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