For all their overwhelming firepower, the U.S. and its allies can cause a lot of misery in the Middle East, but still can't govern the course of events.
Regions / Israel
Democrats need to take Trump’s crimes against people and the planet as seriously as those against Joe Biden.
Emboldened by Donald Trump, U.S. allies are leading the charge toward greater authoritarianism in the region.
Without international diplomacy, the Middle East is going to run out of water — and it won't be alone.
An increasingly global campaign to tar the BDS movement as “anti-Semitic” comes as Israel’s staunchest global defenders are increasingly anti-Semites themselves.
The affinity between Trump and Netanyahu is more than personal. It's rooted in a shared fantasy of a perfectly homogeneous society.
Gun exports reached record levels in 2017 and again in 2018. Can Congress stop Trump from loosening the rules even further?
A range of U.S. policies have been deliberately designed to provoke an Iranian response.
The U.S.-funded Israeli military is shooting so many unarmed Palestinians that the UN is warning of an amputation crisis in Gaza.
As a foreigner I enjoyed more freedom of movement than local Palestinians, two of whose murders bookended my visit.