Emad Moussa

Emad Moussa

Moussa

Dr Emad Moussa is a Palestinian-British researcher and writer specialising in the political psychology of intergroup and conflict dynamics, focusing on MENA with a special interest in Israel/Palestine. He has a background in human rights and journalism, and is currently a frequent contributor to multiple academic and media outlets, in addition to being a consultant for a US-based think tank.

Analysis: Israel is attempting to frame efforts to evict Palestinian Bedouins from their land as a 'legal dispute', but displacing Palestinians has always been at the crux of its concerted and ongoing settler-colonial project.

20 January, 2022

Analysis: With little international resistance, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is seeking to deepen Israel's control of the Golan Heights in a way that marks Israel's presence there as a point of no return.

17 January, 2022

In-depth: Dating back to the fourth century, the Palestinian Christian community is at risk of disappearing in Gaza.

21 December, 2021

In-depth: Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Hebron was decried for legitimising the policies of segregation, dispossession, and settler violence which typify Israel's military occupation.

07 December, 2021

Analysis: The war in May gave a boost to Hamas' political standing, shifted power dynamics with Israel, and created an effective deterrent, but whether these gains can be converted into concrete improvements for Gaza remains to be seen.

23 July, 2021

Book Club: In his latest interdisciplinary, extensively researched book Sectarianism without Sects, Azmi Bishara methodically wades through the phenomenon of sectarianism with a new light, reconceptualising it in the Arab Middle Eastern context.

16 July, 2021

Analysis: The discovery of natural gas in Gaza once promised economic and energy independence. But as with every other aspect of Palestine's development, its potential was shackled by Israeli restraints.

26 May, 2021

Analysis: Palestinian political renewal is crucial to creating a unified national strategy to face Israel's occupation. Cancelling the elections effectively means maintaining the status quo.

20 May, 2021

In-depth: Deeply intertwined with the history of the Palestinian struggle, the UN agency has faced defunding and political delegitimisation in a bid to deprive refugees of their rights.

20 April, 2021

Analysis: When elected to the Knesset two years ago, few Israelis knew who Mansour Abbas was. Now the Islamist leader could shape the fate of Israeli politics.

08 April, 2021