The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 147, May 19, 2022 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: Lebanon holds its election against the backdrop of the country’s major economic crisis and citizens’ growing disillusion with those in power, the first commercial flight in nearly six years takes off from Sanaa Airport in Yemen carrying…

The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 146, May 12, 2022 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: Israeli forces elicit widespread condemnation and outrage over the heinous killing of Palestinian Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, Israel advances plans for 4,000 new settlement housing units in the illegally-occupied West Bank, and the United…

The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 145, May 5, 2022 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: the U.S. State Department calls for an investigation into the detention and death of Egyptian researcher Ayman Hadhoud, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) releases its 2022 World Press Freedom Index, and the upcoming Lebanese election on May 15th…

The National Interest Foundation Newsletter Issue 144, April 28, 2022 Welcome to our NIF Newsletter. In this week’s headlines: Tunisian President Kais Saied engages in further anti-democratic actions by seizing control of the country’s electoral commission, concerns grow among rights activists regarding the circumstances surrounding the mandate of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees…