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Trump Wants to Shut the U.S. Off From Our Allies. That Will Backfire.

Tweet Share Share Comment Many Europeans woke up Wednesday morning stunned to learn that while they were sleeping, their...

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Israel Struck Iran Over the Weekend. Here’s What Might Happen Next.

Tweet Share Share Comment Israel’s weekend airstrikes against Iran have inspired the usual range of commentary from those who...

28.10.2024 4

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The War in Ukraine Is Spinning Off in a Dangerous, Unpredictable Direction

Tweet Share Share Comment North Korea’s shipment of at least 3,000 troops to Russia—the latest and largest step in a massive...

25.10.2024 5

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Why Trump’s Phone Call With Netanyahu Is So Alarming

Tweet Share Share Comment Donald Trump told a crowd of supporters that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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Israel’s Killing of Hamas’ Leader Is an Opening—if Both Sides Want to Take It

Tweet Share Share Comment Yahya Sinwar, the long-pursued leader of the Hamas terrorist organization, is dead, killed in a...

17.10.2024 5

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Bob Woodward’s New Book Is About Biden, but the Most Urgent Takeaways Are About Trump

Tweet Share Share Comment It’s been three years since Bob Woodward’s last book chronicling the power games of the Washington...

15.10.2024 4

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One Year After Oct. 7, the Middle East Is on the Brink of Exploding

Tweet Share Share Comment It has been one year since Hamas terrorists smashed through Gaza’s northern border and killed 1,200...

07.10.2024 7

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The Biggest Questions After Israel’s Killing of Hezbollah’s Leader

Tweet Share Share Comment With Israel’s killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, the wars in the Middle East have hit a...

01.10.2024 10

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Why the War in the Middle East Is Widening

Tweet Share Share Comment The nightmare of a widening war in the Middle East is coming true. The question is how widely and...

27.09.2024 10

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Biden Just Gave One of the Most Moving Speeches of His Long Political Career

Tweet Share Share Comment President Joe Biden’s address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday morning—his final...

24.09.2024 6

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Why Did Israel Blow Up Thousands of Hezbollah Pagers?

18.09.2024 6

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The Real Story Behind Trump’s Would-Be Assassin

Tweet Share Share Comment Ryan Wesley Routh, the man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump on Sunday, professed to be a...

16.09.2024 4

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Harris Exposed How Easy Trump Is to Manipulate. Dictators Have Known This for a Long Time.

Tweet Share Share Comment Tuesday night’s debate devoted little time to foreign policy, but a few key moments revealed—more...

11.09.2024 5

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Hopes of a Cease-Fire Are Fading. What Happened?

Tweet Share Share Comment Negotiators believe that the chances of a cease-fire deal in Gaza are “close to zero,” according...

11.09.2024 10

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Trump Isn’t the Only One H.R. McMaster Takes to Task in His New Book

Tweet Share Share Comment H.R. McMaster’s At War With Ourselves , a memoir of his 13 months as Donald Trump’s national...

02.09.2024 10

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A Global Problem Is Preventing the Wars in Ukraine and Gaza From Coming to an End

Tweet Share Share Comment Why do the wars in Ukraine and Gaza grind on, ferociously, relentlessly, with no end in sight and the...

28.08.2024 9

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Trump Should Be Very Nervous About This Part of Kamala Harris’ DNC Speech

Tweet Share Share Comment The biggest surprise on the last night of the Democratic convention wasn’t that Beyoncé or Taylor...

23.08.2024 4

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What Do Terrorists Have Against Taylor Swift Fans? Everything.

Tweet Share Share Comment The terrorist plot to kill hundreds or maybe thousands of people at a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna...

10.08.2024 20

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There’s a Big Reason Things Haven’t Escalated Between Iran and Israel Yet

08.08.2024 8

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Kamala Harris Has Been Much More Involved in Foreign Policy Than We Realize

Tweet Share Share Comment What does Kamala Harris know about foreign policy? More than that, what has she done as vice president...

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It Sure Seems Like Vladimir Putin Is Recalculating the U.S. Elections

Tweet Share Share Comment There’s one American who must be angry about the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan...

01.08.2024 40

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Israel Is Sending Iran a Message

31.07.2024 3

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Netanyahu’s Shameful Speech Was Nothing but Theater

Tweet Share Share Comment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered an address to Congress on Wednesday that said...

25.07.2024 10

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Netanyahu’s Visit to Washington Is Already a Debacle

Tweet Share Share Comment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington all week, and so far, the trip has been a...

24.07.2024 50

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There Has Been Nothing Like This in American History

Tweet Share Share Comment In the end it came as no surprise, but it delivered a shock all the same: Joe Biden issued a letter on...

22.07.2024 30

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Trump’s View of the World Is a Delusional Fantasy

Tweet Share Share Comment Around 12 a.m. on Friday, soon after Donald Trump’s Republican National Convention stem-winder...

19.07.2024 6

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One of the Most Disturbing Moments at the RNC So Far

Tweet Share Share Comment The most disturbing spectacle on Wednesday, the third night of the Republican National Convention, was...

18.07.2024 4

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Democrats Were Hoping for One of Two Things Thursday Night. Joe Biden Didn’t Give Them Either.

Tweet Share Share Comment President Joe Biden did pretty well at his press conference Thursday night, and that may have...

12.07.2024 10

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The One Event That Sheds Light on What Will Happen With Biden

Tweet Share Share Comment If Joe Biden is inclined to step aside as president (granted, a big if), don’t expect him to do so...

08.07.2024 7

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I Am Still Reeling From the Presidential Debate—So I’m Fantasizing About a Different Ticket

Tweet Share Share Comment Here’s an idea for how the Democrats can snap out of the nightmare brought on by Thursday’s debate...

01.07.2024 10

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Biden Somehow Even Failed on His Best Issue in Last Night’s Debate

Tweet Share Share Comment A few years ago—maybe even a few months ago—President Joe Biden could have waxed eloquent on...

28.06.2024 5

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Even if You Hate Julian Assange, You Should Be Glad He’s Finally Free

Tweet Share Share Comment Julian Assange—the founder of WikiLeaks, who has spent the past five years in a British prison...

26.06.2024 10

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An American Journalist Is About to Go on Trial in Russia. His Fate Could Come Down to Putin’s Mood.

Tweet Share Share Comment Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held in a Moscow prison on charges of espionage for...

20.06.2024 6

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Netanyahu’s Recent Move to Avert Crisis Could Just Create a Bigger One

18.06.2024 4

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The Major Problems With Hamas’ Counteroffer for a Cease-Fire

Tweet Share Share Comment Judging from reports of Hamas’ counteroffer to the U.N.–backed peace proposal, an end to the war...

13.06.2024 8

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A Close Read of the Israeli Peace Plan Brought Me to a Grim Conclusion

Tweet Share Share Comment There’s some confusion over the Israeli peace proposal, which President Joe Biden publicized, the...

13.06.2024 20

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Why Biden Just Let Ukraine Cross His “Red Line” Against Russia

Tweet Share Share Comment For the first time since President Joe Biden gave them permission to do so, Ukrainian soldiers have...

06.06.2024 9

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The Most Remarkable Thing About Biden’s Cease-Fire Speech

Tweet Share Share Comment Contrary to recent news reports, an Israel-Hamas peace isn’t quite on the verge of happening after...

04.06.2024 20

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Several European Countries Just Recognized a Palestinian State. It’s Symbolic—but Has Huge Implications for Israel.

Tweet Share Share Comment The decision by Norway, Ireland, and Spain to recognize a Palestinian state is a symbolic gesture, but...

23.05.2024 50

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Why Netanyahu’s War Cabinet Is Existentially Divided

Tweet Share Share Comment The Israeli war Cabinet is in raucous disarray. One of its three members, who is also the minister of...

21.05.2024 50

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Why Israel and Hamas Still Do Not Have a Cease-Fire

Tweet Share Share Comment The problem with all the peace plans for Gaza that U.S., Egyptian, and other foreign diplomats have offered in the past...

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There’s One Part of Brittney Griner’s Account of Life in Russian Prison That Really Stands Out

Tweet Share Share Comment I would watch a show where Tucker Carlson interviews Brittney Griner. It might be fun to see the...

04.05.2024 50

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Mike Johnson Is No Hero

Tweet Share Share Comment Before House Speaker Mike Johnson basks too deeply in the praise he’s received for bringing the...

22.04.2024 30

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A Rare Bit of Calming News About Israel and Iran

Tweet Share Share Comment A rare bit of calming news from the Middle East: It seems that neither Israel nor Iran wants to widen...

19.04.2024 10

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How Israel Can Respond to Iran Without Escalating the War

Tweet Share Share Comment Here’s an idea for how Israel could respond to Iran’s massive missile-and-drone strike without...

15.04.2024 10

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Iran Is Planning to Strike Back Against Israel. There Are a Few Ways This Could Go.

Tweet Share Share Comment This stands to be a particularly tense week in the Middle East, even by the standards of an already...

08.04.2024 10

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The Real Reason Biden Is Finally Tying U.S. Policy to Israel’s Behavior in the War

Tweet Share Share Comment Some find it telling—and disturbing—that it took the killing of seven World Central Kitchen...

06.04.2024 10

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The World Central Kitchen Killings Are a Tragedy—and an Important Sign

Tweet Share Share Comment Two Israeli air strikes on Tuesday—one killing seven food-aid workers on a convoy in Gaza, another...

04.04.2024 20

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Ultra-Orthodox Jews Have Helped Netanyahu Stay in Power. That May Be Changing.

Tweet Share Share Comment Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could soon be ousted from power by a controversy over the...

03.04.2024 40

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Why Netanyahu Is Deliberately Alienating His Strongest Allies

Tweet Share Share Comment U.S.–Israel relations have hit an all-time low, and the main cause is the refusal of Prime Minister...

27.03.2024 10

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