Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi

Amjad Iraqi is a senior Israel/Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group. He was previously a senior editor at +972 Magazine, an associate fellow at Chatham House’s MENA Programme, and an advocacy coordinator at Adalah. He is also a policy member of Al-Shabaka. Amjad has written for the London Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, and The Guardian, and has appeared on “The Ezra Klein Show”, among other outlets. He is a Palestinian citizen of Israel, currently based in London.

Recent Articles
Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, May 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
We’re already in a regional war. Only a Gaza ceasefire can end it
As long as Palestinians were the primary casualties, Israel’s allies indulged its military hubris. Now they fear the bitter fruits of their mistake.
By Amjad Iraqi August 6, 2024
Israeli soldiers from the 8717 Battalion of the Givati Brigade operating in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, during a military operation in the Gaza Strip, December 28, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israel’s right to tyranny
In justifying the violent unraveling of Gaza as ‘self-defense,’ Western capitals have once again signed off on Israelis’ license to act like despots.
By Amjad Iraqi January 17, 2024
Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
A psychological barrier has just been shattered in Israel-Palestine
Hamas’ bloody assault and the ensuing Israeli onslaught on Gaza have been described as a ‘game changer.’ This isn’t an overstatement.
By Amjad Iraqi October 11, 2023
Palestinians gather around parts of an Israeli armored vehicle after it was destroyed during clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in the West Bank city of Jenin, June 19, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
In Jenin, Israel is unveiling the next phase of apartheid
Palestinians in West Bank cities are fast discovering that if their expulsion won’t be possible, Gazafication will be their future.
By Amjad Iraqi June 30, 2023
Members of the Palestinian community protest against the violence in their community, outside the Knesset, May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Why Israeli police aren’t the solution to Palestinian crime
​The fixation on policing has funneled us into a debate that avoids the real roots of the crisis of gun violence among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
By Amjad Iraqi June 18, 2023
Khader Adnan seen with his family in the West Bank town of Arraba, August 12, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Why we Palestinians see ourselves in Khader Adnan
Those trying to undermine public anger over the hunger striker's death don't want to talk about the violent carceral regime that he struggled against.
By Amjad Iraqi May 5, 2023
Israeli protesters clash with police on horseback while blocking Ayalon Highway during an anti-government demonstration, March 16, 2023. (Oren Ziv)
Israelis, welcome to BDS
Though not named as such, BDS tactics have been central to Israel’s anti-government protests. And the hypocrisy is not lost on Palestinians.
By Amjad Iraqi March 19, 2023
A Palestinian girl mourns during the funeral of the 10 Palestinians killed by the Israeli army during a raid in the city, January 26, 2023. (Wahaj Banimoufleh/Activestills.org)
The myth of the ‘cycle of violence’
Palestinians spotlight Israeli brutality to demand an end to their oppression; Israelis spotlight Palestinian violence to justify that oppression.
By Amjad Iraqi January 31, 2023
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, May 25, 2021. (Marc Israel Sellem/GPO)
Washington won’t admit the full danger of Israel’s far right
The White House's intransigence in the face of the new reality reveals how much the U.S. political establishment has washed away any 'red lines' on Israel.
By Amjad Iraqi January 8, 2023
Members of the Joint List arrive for a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, as Rivlin begins consulting political leaders to decide who to task with trying to form a new government, September 22, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The Joint List is dead. Who will lead the fight for Palestinian citizens?
The re-fragmentation of Palestinian parties in Israel exemplifies the lack of a political compass to guide their struggle, with the public divided on how to confront both a far-right government and a broken liberation movement.
By Amjad Iraqi November 7, 2022
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  4. Qusra is where Israel’s lies about settler violence hit a wall
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