Conflicting Messages From U.S. Politicians and Military Commanders Complicate Lebanon's Efforts to Curb Hezbollah, Manage Israeli Escalation and Avert a Return to War

IDF Officers Have Once Again Begun Discussing the Possibility of a Brief Period of Focused Clashes With Hezbollah, as the Military Now Believes Hamas Has Between 20,000 and 25,000 Armed Operatives in Lebanon

In Exchange for Pushing for a Pardon and Aid in His Election Effort, Netanyahu Will Say Yes to Whatever the American President Wants The More the October 7 Committee Looks Like a Caricature, the More the Public Will Relate to It Accordingly What Should the Opposition Leaders Be Doing as the Election Less Than a Year From Now Approaches?

Whose Image Is in Worse Shape, Spacey or Israel? For the Answer, One Can Point to the Fate of His Performances in Greece When Organizers Learned He Was Playing Tel Aviv

The Fact That Israel and the Kurds Have Had Common Enemies – Iraq, Turkey, Iran and Syria – Have Led to Shared Strategic Interests and On-and-off Covert Relations Since the Mid-1960s. But the Big Question Today Is Whether, in the Wake of the Tectonic Shifts of the Last Two Years, This Could Trigger an Open Alignment Between Them

The President Loves the Multi-billion-dollar Deals He Gets From the Gulf Powers and Gives Them What They Want in Return, Like a Palestinian State. Israel Can't Match That Kind of Influence

When a Group of Right-wing Protesters Accused Me This Week of Betraying the State of Israel, One Asked: 'Are You Scared?' to Which I Responded, 'Should I Be?'

There Are Plenty of Reasons to Be Skeptical About the Security Council Resolution Backing Trump's Plan for Gaza. But It's the Only Game in Town, So How Can Supporters of Peace Seize the Modest Opportunities It Provides for a Better Path Forward – Including Towards Palestinian Statehood?