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Josh Ruebner
 Josh Ruebner
  Director of Government Relations, Institute for Middle East Understanding (website)

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arms sales (Israel) | security assistance (Palestinian Authority) | Middle East

Josh Ruebner is Director of Government Relations at the Institute for Middle East Understanding and an adjunct lecturer in the Justice and Peace Studies program at Georgetown University. He is also a frequent contributor to various publications on US foreign policy toward the Middle East. Previously, he was Managing Director of Americans for Justice in Palestine Action, Policy Director of the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, and Analyst in Middle East Affairs at Congressional Research Service. His areas of expertise include US military aid to Israel and US security assistance to the Palestinian Authority.

Ruebner is the author of Shattered Hopes: Obama’s Failure to Broker Israeli-Palestinian Peace (Verso, 2013) and Israel: Democracy or Apartheid State? (Interlink Books, 2017).

He is currently pursuing his PhD in Palestine Studies at the University of Exeter, and holds an M.A. in International Affairs from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a B.A. in Political Science and Near East Studies from the University of Michigan.

​Recent Publications:
  • "Accountability for Russia, Impunity for Israel in US Policy," Institute for Middle East Understanding, March 30, 2022.
  • "Opinion: A trickle of aid for Palestinians, a torrent of weapons for Israel," The New Arab, June 11, 2021.
  • "Bringing Assistance to Israel in Line With Rights and U.S. Laws,"  Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, May 12, 2021.*
  • “Betty McCollum introduces historic bill seeking to end US complicity for Israeli human rights abuses,” Mondoweiss, April 15, 2021.​
  • "How Will Antony Blinken Handle US Foreign Policy on Syria, Turkey and Yemen?" Politics Today, December 12, 2020. 
  • "Congress wants to let Israel nix US weapon sales," Mondoweiss, October 14, 2020.
  • "Thanks to Ocasio-Cortez, Congress could finally hold Israel accountable," The New Arab (Alaraby), June 30, 2020.
  • "Congress is poised to pass far-reaching Israeli wish list," Mondoweiss, May 27, 2020.
  • "What another fired watchdog reveals about Trump's shady Saudi deals," The New Arab (Alaraby), May 23, 2020.
  • "Congress seeks to hold Israel accountable for demolishing Palestinian homes," Mondoweiss, March 17, 2020. 
  • "Israel: the country that loves US handouts but hates US criticism," ​TheNewArab, November 8, 2019.
  • "It's time for Congress to defund Trump's 'favourite dictator'," Alaraby, September 26, 2019 (updated).​

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