Israel Is Missing Its Big Chance in Lebanon
The Lebanese are furious with Hezbollah, but Israel keeps giving it more reasons to fight.
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Fadel Itani / AFP / Getty Something New Is Happening in Lebanon
For the first time, the country’s government is directly confronting a weakened Hezbollah.
Ibrahim Amro / AFP / Getty Trump’s Gaza Plans Are Profoundly Unserious
Conditions on the ground call for immediate humanitarian relief, not gauzy real-estate fantasies.
Abood Abusalama / Middle East Images / AFP / Getty Anti-Semitism Is Poison for the Palestinian Cause
No good will come to the pro-Palestinian movement from any association with violent attacks.
Christopher Furlong / Getty Hamas’s Worst Option, Except for All the Others
The latest U.S.-Israeli peace proposal crosses several red lines for the Palestinian group. Here’s why it might sign on anyway.
Omar Al-Quattaa / AFP / Getty Western Nations Are Taking a Key Step Toward a Two-State Solution
International recognition of a Palestinian state isn’t just symbolic.
Mohammed Al-Zanoun / Universal Images / Getty Food Aid in Gaza Has Become a Horror
In the scramble for sustenance, Palestinians are gunned down for no reason, with no excuse.
AFP / Getty What Trump Is Really After in the Middle East
Don’t let “Trump Gaza” fool you.
Boaz Rottem / Alamy Diplomacy Is All Hamas Has Left in the Arsenal
For the Islamist militant group, armed struggle now looks like a dead end. Its future in Gaza depends on the civilian politburo.
Wahaj Bani Moufleh / Middle East Images / AFP / Getty How Russia Could Maintain a Foothold in Syria
Moscow can seek to preserve its most important assets in Syria through cooperation with an Alawite autonomous zone—if that community moves quickly to establish one.
Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik via AP
