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All of these developments could precipitate wider strategic political reverberations. The US has been trying to pivot away from the Middle East and toward Asia for a decade and a half.

Israel launched a direct strike on the Syrian military headquarters in Damascus following escalating violence against Druze civilians in southern Syria. The IDF confirmed the strike, targeting ...

As the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran nears one week, there’s little clarity on what comes next in U.S.-Iran relations and whether Iran remains a near-term nuclear threat. President Trump ...

At a time of rising antisemitism, there’s no place for rhetoric seen as a call to violence,” stated the chair of the Democratic National Committee.The post ‘Deeply troubling developments’ in ...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has been busy proclaiming victory in his country’s war against Iran. It’s a win ...

Politics Donald Trump The Fix The Briefs Polling Democracy in America Elections. ... it is difficult to think of many more inauspicious foreign policy developments than a war in Gaza and Israel. ...

In Israel’s political turmoil, the Biden administration eyes a threat to US security interests “The U.S. doesn’t want to do more in this region. They want to focus on Russia.

Israel’s Dim Political Future. This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to ...

Third, during a war that has imposed prodigious demands on Israel’s citizen military, Netanyahu’s government has pushed divisive legislation to formally exempt the ultra-Orthodox – around 13 ...

JERUSALEM—Israel’s politics are wild and chaotic. Its electoral system is remarkably reliable. In the past seven decades, 20 parliamentary elections yielded relatively well-functioning ...

Perhaps the most intriguing development of this fourth round, particularly for those who believe in the importance of strengthening Israeli democracy and integrating Israel’s Arab citizens (21% ...