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The Aqsa Flood operation Hamas launched against Israel could change the course of the entire region’s politics for decades to come. Israel’s wound will not heal quickly or easily, given the sense of humiliation it engendered and the number of people killed, wounded, and taken hostage after Hamas…

The harshest wars are the ones whose belligerents believe that retreat is impossible because it is tantamount to a devastating defeat and existential threat. The war between Israel and Hamas appears to be one of these wars and will likely lead to massive humanitarian losses and have military,…

Thursday night’s order by the Israel Defense Forces to Palestinians in Gaza to evacuate their homes within 24 hours was dangerous and deeply troubling. Any demand for a mass evacuation on extremely short notice could have devastating humanitarian consequences. The evacuation order applies to…

Nothing can excuse what the Israelis have done and are doing in Gaza. Nothing absolves Israel of responsibility for its vicious and constant collective punishment. After having denied Gazans of all ages access to food, water, electricity, and medicine with its siege, it is now crowning this…

We are still caught in a Byzantine debate, as is the norm with every Arab crisis. Meanwhile, the facts clearly indicate that one party, Hamas, embarked on an operation with no objective and without the military capabilities required for it, against a monster, Israel, which does not comply with…

Participants in the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week, which was hosted by Riyadh a few days ago, did not debate whether the climate was changing or not, but rather went directly to devising practical solutions to the inevitable challenge. Instead of just casting doubts and complaining…

The Hamas movement fought several major battles with Israel, and with its limited capabilities compared to its opponent, resisted and maintained its rule of Gaza and its friction with Israel. The battles it fought did not involve any external party, “in the sense of field participation.” But in…

“The Middle East has never been quieter than this in the past two decades.” This is how Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s National Security advisor boasted about the administration’s claimed successes in “advancing the cause of peace” in a region that hasn’t enjoyed it for more than 100 years. …

Nothing is surprising about what happened in Gaza, except for the timing and magnitude of the ‘Al-Aqsa Storm’ operation. As the world watched on and did nothing to help, Gaza was trapped in disastrous living conditions and a continuous siege for 17 years. The Palestinian arena in its entirety has…

Russia’s strategy to win the war in Ukraine is to outlast the West. But how does Vladimir Putin plan to do that? American officials said they are convinced that Mr. Putin intends to try to end US and European support for Ukraine by using his spy agencies to push propaganda supporting pro-Russian…

The war between Israel and Hamas has changed equations to the same extent that it reinforced others. It will probably continue to do so, given that it is a war of many wars, and it will almost certainly go on for a period whose duration cannot be predicted, with all the “surprises” that its…

The Israeli army, given its war machine's extraordinary destructive capacities, can crush the Gaza Strip in its entirety. If the Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu wants, he could fulfill the hope once publicly voiced by his late rival, Israeli Labor Party leader Yitzhak Rabin, to wake up one day and…