Why an End to the War in Gaza Is Still Far Off
When it comes to the Israel-Hamas war and the future of the Gaza Strip—or the broader Israeli-Palestinian conflict for that matter—it’s high time we retire...
Why Biden Won’t Break With Netanyahu
Listening to U.S. President Joe Biden’s remarks to campaign supporters last week, one might be forgiven for believing that he had finally had it with...
Biden Owns the Israel-Palestine Conflict Now
On Oct. 25, U.S. President Joe Biden said something so extraordinary about the current Israeli-Hamas conflict that, had he really thought it through, he might have seriously...
Why the Oslo Peace Process Failed
Sitting on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 13, 1993, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. Under a brilliant, cloudless sky,...
There Are No Good Deals With Iran
Last week, Iran transferred four dual U.S.-Iranian nationals wrongly incarcerated in Tehran’s Evin Prison to house arrest. The transfer is reportedly the first step in...
Why Biden Is in a Bind on Israel
One of the great myths about the U.S.-Israel relationship is that the United States doesn’t intervene in Israeli politics, and Israel doesn’t intercede in U.S....
Will Biden Finally Invite Netanyahu to the White House?
This week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress and sit down with President Joe Biden for their second meeting in a year. But Herzog’s...
4 Inconvenient Realities of Israel’s Jenin Operation
The breathless, nonstop media coverage of Israel’s recently concluded military operation in the West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp is understandable. Dubbed Operation Home and Garden...
4 Key Takeaways From the China-Brokered Saudi-Iran Deal
Every now and again, a preternaturally predictable Middle East offers up something quite unpredictable. The latest is the agreement, brokered in Beijing last week, between...
Netanyahu Faces His Own ‘Israeli Spring’
Twelve years ago this spring, protests shook the Arab world in what became known, at least in Western circles, as the Arab Spring. Today, in...