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Officials in Israel have vowed to retaliate - Ali

Oct 19, 2024 KCBS
Ford School professor Javed Ali spoke with KCBS about the possible plan Israel has to attack Iran. He said "I think there are a number of factors that are affecting Israel's response, Prime Minister Netanyahu and other senior officials in Israel...
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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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Israel's attack may be de-escalatory - Ali

Oct 26, 2024 KCBS
Javed Ali, Ford School professor talked with KCBS about Iran's response to the Israeli missile strikes. Ali said "they hit about 20 targets roughly across Iran Iraq and syria and focused on facilities associated either with air defense and or...
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Ali comments on damage to Iran from Israel

Oct 27, 2024 ABC Australia
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked with ABC Australia about the damage Iran sustained from Israel's attacks. Ali said, "this was a significant response by Israel but also very calibrated and deliberate, and appears not to have been designed to...
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It's very difficult to militarily eliminate a terrorist group - Ali

Jan 16, 2025 National News Desk
Javed Ali, Ford School professor, says that making a deal with Hamas and then making sure they don't strike Israel, "that's just going to be something that Israel is going to have to focus more on, from an intelligence perspective, to make sure...
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Ali not concerned about last minute ceasefire crisis

Jan 16, 2025 ABC News
In an interview with ABC, Javed Ali, Ford School professor, talked about why the last minute crisis with the Israel Hamas ceasefire should not be concerning. He said, "I am not that concerned that the deal somehow is  going to fall apart because so...
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Moynihan on Trump administration conflict with judges

Feb 26, 2025 Raw Story
Don Moynihan, Ford School professor and co-director of the Better Government Lab, talked about the court orders against the Trump administration, saying, ""Trump administration broke the law by pausing legitimate spending. The courts told him to...
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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...