The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come.
Regions / Israel
Israel’s two leading parties spent the campaign jostling over who can carry out war crimes against Palestinians more aggressively.
Islamic extremism gets all the press, but Trump is just one of a growing number of Christian extremists in positions of political power.
Pro-Israel politicians don't speak for young Jews like me. They shouldn't pretend to.
It's unpopular at home and abroad, and regional politics don't favor it. But we should take neocons like Bolton at their word.
The California senator's hardline positions on Israel-Palestine point to a dangerous disregard for international law.
To keep U.S. troops in Syria now implies a forever war, with no realistic ending imaginable, and no authorization from Congress.
Saudi Arabia's apparent assassination of Jamal Khashoggi might have taken inspiration from Russia and North Korea — or Israel and the United States.
A bloody siege looms over Idlib, the U.S. is digging into the east, and conflict between Iran and Israel may put Syria in the crosshairs.
Trump's bullying worked with Canada, has half-worked with Iran and North Korea, but has had nothing but malign impact on Israeli-Palestinian relations.