Trump is doing whatever he can to make it impossible for his successor to resolve some of the world’s most intractable problems.
Regions / Palestinian Territories
The U.S.-brokered pact makes no pretense of peace for Palestinians. Instead, it sharpens a regional coalition against Iran.
The normalization of relations between the UAE and Israel, facilitated by the U.S., props up repressive leaders and harms Palestinians.
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.
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.
The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come.
Israel’s two leading parties spent the campaign jostling over who can carry out war crimes against Palestinians more aggressively.