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Netanyahu opposed to cease-fire in Lebanon - Ali

Oct 16, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC News about Netanyahu's comments that he is opposed to unilateral cease-fire in Lebanon. Ali said "they feel militarily and operationally that they have the momentum and they are delivering...
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Ali on why Hamas will not collapse after Sinwar's death

Oct 17, 2025 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, said on the death of Hamas leader Sinwar, "that even with Sinwar's death and the significance of that, Hamas as an organization, still intact, they are on their back foot." He said with terror groups such as this...
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Ali said Sinwar's death would be a major development

Oct 17, 2024 Fox News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with Fox news about the possible death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. He said "If the reports are true" and Israel "killed Yahya Sinwar, this would be a major development." Ali explained that Sinwar was "the...
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Ali on Israel Hamas war one year anniversary

Oct 7, 2024 Channel News Asia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about how the situation in Israel appears one year after the beginning of this war. He said, "here we are on the eve of the one year anniversary of Hamas attack against Israel a year ago and I don't think...
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Sinwar's death may not change dynamics - Ali

Oct 18, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC News about the death of Yahya Sinwar leader of Hamas. He said, "the issues with the hostages needs to be resolved in addition to the broader war and the fate of the Palestinians in Gaza." He said...
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Ali on journalist killed in Lebanon

Oct 25, 2024 ABC News
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, said, "Unfortunately I don't think the development in southern Lebanon is going to affect the peace talks" said Ali talking about the journalist killed. He said there have been since October 7th 2023 there have been...
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Lewis and Honorific Namings Task Force seek input

Mar 24, 2025
The tri-campus Task Force on New Honorific Namings is seeking input from the university community as it works to develop policies and procedures for new honorific namings of facilities and prominent spaces at the University of Michigan.Working with...
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Moynihan on human-centered government benefit delivery

Sep 18, 2024 State Scoop
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor, discussed the future of govnerment benefit delivery. He explained, “What does administrative burden mean? Essentially, it is defined as people’s experience of policy implementation as onerous.” He talked about...
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A lot of ‘unskilled’ workers actually aren’t - Stevenson

Oct 7, 2024
"It is an appropriate time to consider the term 'unskilled,'" writes Betsey Stevenson, Ford School professor and economist in an opinion article for Bloomberg. She says this term is "demeaning and misleading."These workers, she says, "Often people...