Middle East
Trump climbs down on Iran
War-war to jaw-jaw with Tehran?
The McMaster disaster
Should veterans set military policy?
Tunneling my way into Gaza
The food has improved in Israel since I was last here
Netanyahu’s coalition fiasco leads to early elections
The ‘magician’ pulled the rabbis from his hat, but it wasn’t enough
The day Turkish democracy died
‘I built up a really nice business over 10 years and then they came in like gangsters and took it all away’
Iran alone: Tehran’s perspective on escalating hostilities
It would take a rare set of circumstances for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to entertain the Trump prospectus
How would America really ‘end’ Iran?
Today’s ‘coalition of the willing’ might look even less impressive
Russia and China are watching Iran, and waiting
America’s rivals are exploiting Trump’s split with Europe
What one activist’s death tells us about war crimes in Syria
Ali Othman was a citizen journalist with a ready smile and no fear
Rashida Tlaib’s comments about Palestine are blatantly misleading
Her toxic denial of Jewish national identity is the reason Palestine is not free
Trump likes to keep his enemies close and his hawks closer
Regime change is on the agenda for Iran in a way that it is not in North Korea
If Trump goes to war with Iran, he will lose in 2020
He would become yet another politician who believes American greatness lies in policing the world
Rashida Tlaib wasn’t being anti-Semitic, but…
...she wasn’t telling the truth either
The art of the bad deal
Jared Kushner’s peace plan is either ‘transactional’ or ‘transformational’ – either way, no one is betting it will work
Israel and the war of Eurovision
Gaza plays a Game of Thrones
The US and Yemen: stopping Iran or appeasing Saudi Arabia?
The ‘America First’ president is putting Saudi interests first
Who remembers the Armenians?
Why does the US assist in Turkey’s denial of genocide?
The folly of war with Iran
Conflict with the Middle Eastern nation may be a neocon dream, but it’s not what Trump was elected to execute
After yet another election win, what’s next for Benjamin Netanyahu?
The real challenges to his administration will come not from the US, but from within
What are Netanyahu’s chances in the Israeli elections?
Today Israelis will measure Bibi’s sins against his success at the helm
Trump is right to brand the IRGC terrorists
Only by recognizing the obvious can the US formulate policies that have a chance of succeeding
Trump’s IRGC designation could be a pretext for war
Stretching America’s AUMF could be next, if need be
Donald Trump has been captured by the neocons
Bolton and Pompeo are thirsting for a new crusade to vanquish the mullahs in Tehran
Could Donald Trump unexpectedly triumph in his bid for peace in the Middle East?
Even if Netanyahu fails to win the election, Trump’s plan can still be implemented by a Gantz government
The Lebanonization of America
The left’s ambitious identity politics agenda could make the United States a lot more like Lebanon
