Zaha Hassan

Zaha Hassan is a human rights lawyer and a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Previously, she was the coordinator and senior legal advisor to the Palestinian negotiating team during Palestine’s bid for U.N. membership and was a member of the Palestinian delegation to Quartet-sponsored exploratory talks between 2011 and 2012.

Articles by Zaha Hassan
Donald Trump is seen from the side as he leans in and grabs the hand of Benjamin Netanyahu. Both men wear dark suits and red ties and stand in front of the windows and door of the White House.
Donald Trump is seen from the side as he leans in and grabs the hand of Benjamin Netanyahu. Both men wear dark suits and red ties and stand in front of the windows and door of the White House.

Why Trump Could Succeed in the Mideast Where Other Presidents Failed

Analysis
Zaha Hassan
A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy.
A Palestinian is seen from behind as they look outside through a large broken window. Some shards of fractured glass remain in the frame, but the rest of the opening reveals dark smoke billowing from a dense street of buildings in Gaza City. The sky is otherwise light but hazy.

How Will This War End? How Can the Next One be Prevented?

Roundup
Zaha Hassan, Daniel C. Kurtzer, Omar M. Dajani, Diana Buttu, Peter R. Mansoor, Daniel Levy, Ehud Olmert, Eugene Kontorovich, Elliott Abrams
People sit in front of a damaged building in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6.
People sit in front of a damaged building in the occupied West Bank Jenin refugee camp on July 6.

Recycling Old Ideas Won’t Avoid Another Jenin

Argument
Zaha Hassan, Daniel Levy
An Israeli border guard stands by a closed checkpoint entrance leading to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
An Israeli border guard stands by a closed checkpoint entrance leading to the Palestinian village of Ni’lin, west of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli Discrimination May Be Written Into U.S. Law

Argument
Zaha Hassan, Matthew Duss
biden-netanyahu
biden-netanyahu

Biden’s Old Playbook Won’t End Israeli-Palestinian Violence

Argument
Zaha Hassan, Daniel Levy
Palestinian painters work on a mural to draw attention to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 28.
Palestinian painters work on a mural to draw attention to the novel coronavirus pandemic in Khan Yunis, Gaza, on March 28.

It’s Up to Israel to Stop a Coronavirus Catastrophe Among Palestinians

Argument
Zaha Hassan, Hallaamal Keir
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