List of Israel articles
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Palestine-israel-conflict-history-books-foreign-policy-homepage The Best Books for Understanding the Israel-Hamas War
Ten reads that offer insight into the origins of today’s conflict—and what may come next.
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Then-Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with senior Hamas leaders Khaled Mashal (center) and Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara on June 18, 2013. Why Erdogan Is Unlikely to Cut Ties With Hamas
It seems that the Turkish president is once again ready to burn bridges with Israel.
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A young man holds up a sign that reads “Save Gaza” in handwritten red paint. He also holds a Palestinian flag as he stands in front of the stone walls of a mosque in Cairo. Cairo Needs Cash and Gazans Need Shelter. Can a Deal Be Brokered?
The war has put Egypt in the spotlight—but taking in Palestinian refugees is fraught.
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on support for Israel and Ukraine in an address from the Oval Office in Washington. Biden’s ‘Inflection Points’ Don’t Add Up
The president tries hard to convince Americans they’re “the indispensable nation.” But his latest speech won’t persuade many around the world.
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Family photos shared by their mother show 15-year-old Dafna Elyakim (left, smiling and holding up two fingers on each hand in V signs) and 8-year-old Ella Elyakim (wearing a tanktop and shorts, barefooted and smiling as she stands in a rocky landscape). Israel’s Hostage Families Feel Abandoned by Israel
They feel trapped in a nightmare—and ignored by their government.
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A closeup photo of Biden sitting in front of Israeli and U.S. flags looking contemplative. Netanyahu is not seen in the frame. Biden’s Unquestioning Support for Israel Could Be a Costly Error
Washington’s tunnel vision risks eroding U.S. standing in the global south.
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A F/A-18E Super Hornet from Strike Fighter Squadron 87 lands on the flight deck of the USS Gerald R. Ford in the Atlantic Ocean on Oct. 6, 2022. U.S. Military Draws a ‘Keep Out’ Sign Around Israel
Two supercarriers, 2,000 troops, and lots of planes are aimed at keeping Iran’s proxies out of the war zone.
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Several plumes of white smoke rise against a gray sky above a densely populated area of the Gaza Strip. What the Use of White Phosphorus Means in Warfare
Israel’s use of the deadly chemical would violate international norms.
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Abed al-Hafeez Nofal, the Palestinian ambassador to Russia, and exiled Hamas deputy leader Mousa Abu Marzook give a press conference along with other representatives of Palestinian political parties and movements in Moscow on Jan. 17, 2017. Where Does Russia Stand on the Israel-Hamas War?
Moscow may temporarily profit from the West’s focus on the Middle East, but navigating its ties in the region will be tricky.
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Palestinians run across a dusty landscape through a breach in a high wire fence topped with barbed wire on the Israel-Gaza border. How Israel’s Spies Failed—and Why Escalation Could Be Catastrophic
The culture of intelligence agencies paved the way for disaster. Regional war could revive the nuclear specter that haunted the world in 1973.
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(L to R) Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi; Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa; U.S. President Joe Biden; Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman; Jordan's King Abdullah II; Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani; and Kuwait's Crown Prince Meshal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah during the Jeddah Security and Development Summit in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on July 16, 2022. The End of Biden’s Middle East Mirage
The administration’s regional security concept has collapsed. Does the president know it?
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U.N. General Assembly President Dennis Francis reads aloud from a laptop screen while sitting at a podium desk in the U.N. meeting chamber. Francis, a middle-aged man wearing a blue suit, is also visible on a video screen hung on the wall next to a large United Nations logo. What Can the U.N. Do Now?
The president of the General Assembly talks about the organization's possible next steps in the Israel-Hamas war.
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israel-palestine-historical-trauma-iStock-171576611-homepage This War Is Wrought With Historical Trauma
For both Israelis and Palestinians, the past 10 days have evoked memories of their worst suffering.
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Then-U.S. President Barack Obama walks alongside former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 16, 2010. America Is a Root Cause of Israel and Palestine’s Latest War
How 30 years of U.S. policy ended in disaster.
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Retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus arrives at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 22, 2015. David Petraeus: Why 9/11 Is a Cautionary Tale for Israel
The retired U.S. general and former CIA director on lessons from the war on terrorism and why military action is necessary—but not sufficient.
