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WASHINGTON — US Sen. Chris Van Hollen said on Friday that he believes Israel's restrictions on humanitarian aid into Gaza are not in compliance with...
Biden banks on special connection with Israelis The Biden administration’s pressure campaign against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, following a meeting Monday with Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Prime Minister Masrour Barzani, said...
Biden works the angles on Netanyahu The Biden administration wants a temporary cease-fire by March 10, the start of Ramadan, despite Israeli Prime...
The take: US diplomacy with Netanyahu measured in inches, not miles Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been holding out on a temporary...
The Take: Netanyahu’s deathblow (for now) to US cease-fire diplomacy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to the region last week, which...
Andrew’s take: After strike, US should reset terms for dialogue with Iran The imminent US military response to the Jan. 28 drone attack in Jordan...
Iranian foreign minister calls cease-fire 'domestic thing for Lebanese' If the Biden administration were able to broker a deal on the Israel-Lebanon...
DAVOS, Switzerland — The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting’s theme this year was "rebuilding trust," but it could have been about how the Middle...
Is price of normalization too high for Netanyahu? US Secretary Antony Blinken, after a seven-day/10-stop diplomatic blitz through the region, said...
Iran must be thinking twice about its next moves The Israel-Hamas war is getting more dangerous for Iran. Let’s start with the fact that Iran...
Palestinian Authority gets another lifeline There is a back-to-the-future feel about discussions of the "day after" the Israel-Hamas war. If...
Qatari official says, 'Nobody else was going to do this' Four days in Qatar’s capital, attending the Doha Forum and meeting with Qatari and other...
WASHINGTON — The United States should hold Israel accountable to a war plan in Gaza that limits civilian casualties and is consistent with American...
US holds firm against calls for ceasefire Unlike the revolution in Gil Scott-Heron’s 1971 satirical song and poem, the Israeli siege of Gaza is...
Nasrallah’s calculated ambiguity includes message for Lebanon Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah’s first speech on the Israel-Hamas...
Biden: No return to status quo Last week, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that Israel plans to sever all ties with Gaza after the war....
Iran will be held “accountable”, Biden warns US President Joe Biden, in his speech to the nation Thursday, said Hamas and Russia are linked...
As we go to press, Israel is on the verge of launching a massive ground operation in Gaza “to destroy Hamas,” in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
This column was supposed to be about the momentum, and promise, of the US-brokered Saudi-Israel peace initiative, including how the Kingdom went big...
Last week Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud, known as MBS, told Fox News that “every day we get closer" to...
King Abdullah: ‘New horizon’ depends on resolution of Palestinian issue King Abdullah II of Jordan, speaking at the first Al-Monitor-Semafor...
World Bank praises Turkey for ‘steps in right direction’ A World Bank official this week praised Turkey’s recent economic policies as...