Israel Palestine

Israel, Palestine, and the “G-Word”
This week, the International Court of Justice begins consideration of whether the devastation and deprivation that Israel is inflicting on the Gaza Strip constitute genocide. The impetus for the ICJ...

Will Netanyahu Be the End of Joe Biden’s Presidency?
Israel’s war in Gaza has become one of the biggest political negatives of Joe Biden’s presidency. Part of this political fallout was inevitable once Hamas staged its attack on October...

Israel Faces Pressure to Shift to “Low Intensity” Conflict in Gaza
Israel faces increasing challenges in Gaza as it continues to fight Hamas while facing calls from the White House to wrap up its combat operations. These twin problems for Israel,...

Washington Must Not Plant the Seeds of the Next Israeli-Palestinian War
Working with Arab governments and the Palestinian Authority on a plan for the latter to run Gaza after Israel’s war with Hamas, Washington must be careful not to plant the...

Forget About Israeli-Palestinian “Peace”
Here we go again. Another war between Israelis and Palestinians helps stir new discussion about reviving the “peace process” as officials, lawmakers, pundits, and think tankers come up with this...

A Ceasefire Will Not End the Israel-Palestine Conflict
Two months into the war in Gaza, Washington continues to support Israel’s campaign against Hamas. While the Biden administration has worked to extend a temporary truce for hostage/prisoner exchanges, it...

The Day After in Gaza
Israel has declared its war aims as the destruction of Hamas’ military and governance capabilities, but what should its plan be for the day after? Since the beginning of the...

What Israel Needs
After the events of the last month and a half, what does Israel need now, and where does it go from here? That’s what I sought to learn on a...

Israel, Al-Shifa Hospital, and Iraqi WMDs
“What Israel finds—or doesn’t—” at the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City, the New York Times has declared, may shape the course of the Gaza war. Given the attention that this...

After the Gaza War: The Risks of Deterrence and the Chances of Peace
Policymakers in the United States, Europe, and the Middle East are rightly focused on where the current crisis in Gaza is headed. The humanitarian disaster hovering over the region since...

Victimhood and the Gaza Crisis
Despite seventy-five years of effort, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has proven stubbornly immune to progress and reconciliation. The latest round of violence has once again dashed hopes for peace and justice...

The Hidden History of Hamas
The savagery of Hamas’ heinous terrorist attack on October 7, which left 1,200 Israelis dead and over 240 more held captive, marked a significant turning point in the Israel-Palestine conflict....