How Trump’s Gaza Plan may Collapse
The Trump agreement includes dozens of steps, but faces major obstacles. Read More Here
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With Gaza City Plan, Netanyahu Risks Ending Up in Familiar Deadlock
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has pledged to defeat Hamas by force many a times, but the decision to capture Gaza City repeats a strategy that has failed in the past. Read More Here
Why Iran and Israel Stepped Back From the Brink
U.S. diplomacy remains the key to regional stability. Read More Here
How Gaza Reunited the Middle East
A new Pan-Islamic front may be America’s biggest challenge. Read More Here
Saudi Arabia Offers Iran Investment to Limit Israel-Hamas War
Kingdom’s offer hinges on Iran reining in its regional proxies even as Riyadh also works with US and Arab allies to contain Tehran. Read More Here
Why Israel Won’t Change
The war in Gaza will likely reinforce the country’s rightward tilt. Read More Here
What’s Stopping Egypt From Stepping Up in Gaza?
Internal dynamics restrict Cairo’s options for involvement in a post-Hamas Gaza. Read More Here
Why Netanyahu finally agreed to a hostage deal
Two things have been constant throughout Netanyahu’s long stint in power. He is notoriously indecisive, especially when it comes to military and security matters, and he is obsessed with his political survival. Those characteristics coloured his approach to hostage diplomacy, and to the broader war in Gaza. Read More Here
The Danger of Working with Religious-inspired Proxies
Hamas is a Cold War creation and was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (and funded by Israel) in 1987, at the start of the First Intifada, to oppose the secular, nationalist Fatah organization, run by Yasser Arafat. The group is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood. Read More Here Also Read: The Ghosts of Lebanon
Why Iran Is Gambling on Hamas
Tehran’s strategy to weaken Israel and divide the region… Read More Here
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