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Hussein IbishForeign Policy |
The disagreements aren’t just over tactics. They’ve become fundamental. A rift has opened between Israel and the United States. No breach between...
The Oct. 7 attacks on southern Israel—and the subsequent Gaza war—are rarely understood in their primary political context, which is the power...
So how hard is the White House willing to push a resolution of the Palestinian issue? Amid the war in Gaza, a major crisis has been brewing, largely...
Whether Washington can de-escalate tensions will determine the future of its regional authority. The United States has probably never been under so...
There are concerns among many that the crisis in the Middle East sparked by the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, and the subsequent ongoing...
For years, Riyadh struggled to convince its Western allies that the Yemeni militia posed a serious threat. Informed Americans finally seem to...
The first assassination outside of Gaza may be a sign of what’s to come. Israel’s assassination of the Hamas leader Saleh al-Arouri by drone...
His threats to democracy make him dangerous. They also make him a weak candidate. Over the past few weeks, warnings about the threat posed by Donald...
The IDF can hand Hamas either a pyrrhic victory or a real one To no one’s surprise, Israel and Hamas have resumed fighting in Gaza after almost a...
One of the most important aspects of Israel’s messaging on the ongoing Gaza conflict—more accurately termed war propaganda—has been to conflate...
No third party will step in to govern Gaza. Israel has launched what appears to be the first phase of a massive ground incursion into Gaza, vowing...
Palestinians should never forgive Hamas for the calamity unfolding in Gaza. Palestinian and international anger about the appalling suffering being...
Will the Hamas-Israel conflict turn into a regional conflagration? Is the Gaza war going to spiral out of control? It seems increasingly plausible. ...
The Gulf country’s dalliance with Islamist groups such as the Taliban and Hamas has at times made it a diplomatic broker. Now those ties are a...
When Hamas fighters broke through the Israeli border fence on October 7, it was seeking to provoke Israel into miscalculations driven by outrage. When...
Storming into Gaza will fulfill Hamas’s wish. It’s a trap. Hamas’s ruthless and spectacular attack on southern Israel last Saturday was many...
On Friday, October 6, the Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a daring, brutal and highly effective attack on southern Israel. Easily breaching...
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