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William KeenanThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
The current uproar over whether Benjamin Netanyahu ignored intelligence warnings that Qatari money was reaching Hamas’s military wing is being...
The Maritime Pincer Closes: Bab el-Mandeb, the Pipeline, and the Mecca Test Five days after posting my blog Key Strategic Issues in the Escalating...
Hillary Clinton is probably not the person most people expected to make one of the strongest arguments for Donald Trump’s Gaza policy. Speaking with...
Two Kinds of Pressure, One objective The same week produced two very different responses to Netanyahu’s rejection of the Board of Peace’s Gaza...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu operate from the same political playbook: charismatic, far right populist leadership that personalizes power,...
This is the third in a series on the Board of Peace Road Map for Hamas Disarmament Every week now brings at new dispatch on the Gaza disarmament...
Declare Victory, Then Exit Stage Right The unfolding crisis around the Strait of Hormuz has entered a phase where political incentives, military...
Learning the Grammar of Regional Legitimacy One Cup of Tea at a Time Memory in the Middle East is not archived in digital databases or bureaucratic...
Crown Prince Abdullah and Kissinger’s realpolitik miscalculation During my tenure as an American defense contractor working in support of the Saudi...
The Definition of a “Normal Country” and the Ghost of King Faisal In a rare, paradigm-shattering engagement with the Israeli media via The Times...
The Unraveling of US Regional Primacy The announcement that Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan have signed a mutual defense pact marks a watershed...
Two Cases for What Iran Actually Wants From a Bomb There are two competing theories of the Iranian regime among those who study it professionally, and...
Part one of this series looked at: Why Gaza sits at the center of Trump’s regional architecture, and why Netanyahu’s habit of accepting the plan...
Nearly a year after the Gaza ceasefire took hold, the fight over what Israel actually agreed to has resurfaced — and this time the argument is...
The question no other polling had asked The July 25–27, 2026 Economist/YouGov poll adds an important new data point to an opinion trend that has...
Boundary Testing, Not Rebellion The debate over who bears responsibility for the failed strategic objectives in the Iran episode has become a contest...
On July 23, 2026, the United States announced a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia. The Department of Energy’s own release did...
Part III — When Allegations Become Public Narratives When the FBI’s Confidential Human Source (CHS) memo alleging ties between Jeffrey Epstein...
Architecture, Objectives, and Failure In the summer of 2026, a detailed picture emerged of a coordinated effort by the Israeli government to reshape...
The Twin Pillars of Peace Two structures were supposed to carry the region past endless war: the Board of Peace, authorized under UNSC Resolution 2803...
Part Two: Beyond the Epstein-Barak Connection The first part of this analysis examined what the documented relationship between Ehud Barak and Jeffrey...
Intelligence Adjacency versus Espionage During his recent interview with Joe Rogan, Vice President JD Vance made a striking claim. Jeffrey Epstein, he...
Netanyahu’s Admission and the Strategic Puzzle It Creates In a July 8, 2026 interview on Newsmax’s The Record with Greta Van Susteren, Israeli...
A Warning Delivered by a Vote Counter, Not a Moralizer Rahm Emanuel’s forthcoming speech at Tel Aviv University — declaring that the U.S.–Israel...
The Cradle of Civilization Civilization emerged first in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and soon afterward along the Nile....
A Polish-born immigrant twice imprisoned as a spy became the financier the Continental Army could not do without — and paid for it with everything...
Who Belongs to the Levant? Why the Question Resists a Single Answer The competing claims to the Levant are routinely framed as a binary historical...
For the last six years, a particular narrative has circulated through the pro‑Israel media ecosystem: that the future of Middle Eastern stability...
The Ambassador of Christian Nationalism When U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee declared, “Without Israel, without the Jewish foundation, there...
The Iran War of 2026 did more than reshape the regional order. It delivered a verdict on a question Israeli policymakers have spent three years...
A Senator Exposes a Democratic Messaging Problem In his June 23rd interview on NBC’s Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, Senator Cory Booker placed...
“Israel’s situation is worse than at any point since the state’s establishment… Netanyahu bet everything on Trump, and Israel lost at the...
The fourteen-point memorandum of understanding signed between Washington and Tehran on June 17 commits the United States and its regional partners to...
The last three years has made a simple truth unavoidable: military dominance is no longer a reliable path to lasting security in the Middle East....
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