Today is the launch date for "Wahhābism: The History of a Militant Islamic Movement"! Many thanks @PrincetonUPress & to Profs. Michael Cook and David Commins for the kind blurbs! Copies available here ( & here ( 1/10

RT @jihadica: "The Centrality of Iraq and Syria to the Islamic State’s Caliphate" - new for @jihadica by @ODhabien on the place of Iraq &…

RT @caleb_weiss7: 1. The new UN report on the global activities of IS and AQ is out, so here is a big thread on what stood out the most to…

“One indirect benefit of [Trump’s Gaza] plan, some of its advocates within the Trump administration say, is if it spurs Arab nations to help solve the security and financial challenges of rebuilding Gaza” 👈

RT @JosephALedford: The Hoover Applied History Working Group held our annual symposium on Tuesday, featuring a special session with renowne…

Is Trump playing 3D chess with his Gaza proposal? According to Greg Gause, the logic may be this: Trump is telling “the Gulf leaders: You do not want me to push all the Palestinians out of Gaza? OK, pony up to rebuild the place and, while you are at it, make sure that Hamas is not in control there. To the Saudis, he will say that it will be easier to get the Gaza job done if they establish diplomatic relations with Israel” 🤔

“Saudi Arabia has launched a scathing state media campaign against Benjamin Netanyahu … triggered by Netanyahu joking in an interview last week about creating a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia” More signs Saudi resistance to normalization intensifying

RT @jhaboush: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince MBS helped the US secure the release of Marc Fogel from Russia, senior Trump aide Steve Witkoff t…

RT @ariel_oseran: BREAKING: Egypt reveals first details of its comprehensive proposal for the Gaza Strip, countering U.S. President Trump's…

Congratulations to @joel_rayburn on his nomination for Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs

RT @smod4real: Never realized how much the Chiefs depended on funding from USAID

RT @afalkhatib: Hamas's fascist brigades insist on destroying what's left of Gaza, parading clearly starved, ill-treated, and abused hostag…

Netanyahu: "I think peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia is not only feasible, I think it's going to happen” Perhaps, but also saying “the Saudis can create a Palestinian state in Saudi Arabia; they have a lot of land over there” is a nonstarter

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Foreign ministers of 5 Arab states to @marcorubio: “deportation of Palestinians from their land [will] push the the region towards more tension, conflict, and instability … further displacement … increases the likelihood of radicalization and social unrest in the region as a whole” Trump may have underestimated Arab resistance to his resettlement plan

RT @aboehler: Elizabeth Tsurkov is a Princeton student held hostage in Iraq! The @IraqiPMO consistently made false promises to the prior ad…

RT @emma_tsurkov: It's been 687 days since my sister @Elizrael, a Princeton student, was kidnapped in Baghdad. 687 days of incompetence and…

RT @Tyler_A_Harper: It truly takes a lot to surprise me in academia but I’m genuinely shocked by Kendi being handed a new anti-racism cente…