Israel

Bibi succumbs to pressure from religious factions even as he imposes a second nationwide lockdown.

Despite deteriorating relations in recent years, Israel and Jordan should return to a history of cooperation on water resources.

Today’s ally can become tomorrow’s enemy, as Israel’s history of friendship with pre-revolutionary Iran and pre-Erdogan Turkey illustrates.

The Israeli prime minister is trying to coast on his reputation as a grandmaster of national security, diplomacy, and economics—but it isn’t working.

But the White House ceremony is marred by events back in Israel, including his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Abraham Accord is threatening decades of foreign-policy planning in Tehran.

With Bahrain also recognizing Israel, Washington hopes for a new era of Arab rapprochement with Israel—but that may prove more elusive.

From arms deals to occupation in Kashmir and the West Bank, Modi and Netanyahu increasingly share the same ethnonationalist worldview.

The Jewish state is about to play a much bigger role in the region’s energy trade and petroleum politics.

How a dispute over an arms deal complicates normalization between Israel and the UAE.

Both parties have featured speeches from key diplomats at their conventions, with Mike Pompeo making a controversial cameo at the RNC—but they aren’t proposing much that’s new.

The impact of the Israel-UAE deal on the war in Libya, what we know about Biden’s foreign-policy vision, and the disastrous state of Taiwan’s military.

The much-touted agreement cements the regional divide between traditionalist monarchies and their rivals, while their respective proxies fight over the spoils from Libya to Yemen.

Not all diplomatic deals are preludes to peace—and the Israel-UAE agreement fits an inauspicious pattern.

Last week’s deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates is the latest reminder that countries are always out for their own interests—and the weak suffer what they must.

The Palestinian Authority has failed to deliver democracy or sovereignty to the Palestinian people. It’s time for a new generation of leaders to deliver accountable governance and freedom.

The region’s powers and the West are facing off against Turkey—and Turkey is not going down without a fight.