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Sarah Leah Whitson

Sarah Leah Whitson is a human rights lawyer and author. She co-authored her recent book with Michael Omer-Man, “From Apartheid to Democracy: A Blueprint for Peace in Israel-Palestine,” published in 2025. She previously served as Executive Director of DAWN and Human Rights Watch’s MENA Division.

It's Not Just Kushner Who Has Profited from the War in Gaza

This week we learned that Jared Kushner’s notorious investment fund, Affinity Partners, made an absolute killing on its investment in an Israeli financial conglomerate that held more than $456 million
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Western Entertainers and Artists Should Not Help 'ArtsWash' the Saudi Regime's Lamentable Human Rights Record

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Why New York Should Rethink Its Investments in Israel Bonds

New York State and City investments in so-called “Israel Bonds” are once again in the spotlight. Public officials, including candidates competing in the November election for State Comptroller, are debating
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Can Democracy Survive Genocide and Dictatorship in the Middle East?

On May 29, DAWN Executive Director, Sarah Leah Whitson, gave a keynote address to the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID) and Muslim Public Affairs Council’s (MPAC)
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The Rise and Demise of America's Only Sanctions on Israel

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump terminated the first-ever U.S. sanctions program specifically designed to address Israeli abuses against Palestinians.
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Shared Zones of Interest

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, if elected, are sure to produce vastly different outcomes on nearly every domestic issue in contention: women’s reproductive rights, taxation, public education, corporate regulation, the
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The White House's Defense of Israel Is Undermining International Law

The United States’ U.N. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield struck an aggressive blow against the rules-based international order at a Council on Foreign Relations talk last week. In response to my question
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France's Shift on Western Sahara Comes With a Huge Cost

On July 31, with little fanfare or attention, France formally recognized Morocco’s sovereignty over Western Sahara, abandoning its decades-long support for the United Nations-mandated referendum process to determine the territory’s
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How Saudi Arabia went from pariah to patron

Perhaps we should be grateful that it took President Biden over four years to fully abandon his campaign pledge to end arms sales to Saudi Arabia, eroding the promise bit
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