Gaza’s fault lines are less linear than meets the eye
By James M. Dorsey Like much else in the Middle East, Gaza’s fault lines are less linear than meets the eye. At first glance, it’s Israel, backed by the United…
Want to fight ant-Semitism? Check your ant-Semitic antecedents at the door.
By James M. Dorsey It’s ok to be anti-Jewish as long as you support Israel. That is Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s bottom line. Mr. Netanyahu is willing to risk…
Netanyahu gambles on Trump
By James M. Dorsey At first glance, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu could not have a better friend in the White House. In his first two months in office, President…
Israel’s times may be ‘a-changin’
By James M Dorsey When Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu first cultivated Evangelical and far-right support for Israel, he didn’t worry about their theologically rooted associations with anti-Semitism and/or willingness to…
Implementing Phase Two
Will the Gaza ceasefire deal survive its first phase? That was the unanswerable question hanging over the formal end of phase one on March 2 and the scheduled start of…
Netanyahu’s reshaped Middle East aligns neatly with Trump’s new world order
By James M. Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s effort to reshape the Middle East aligns neatly with US President Donald J. Trump’s notion of big power geopolitics. In 2023,…
With his right hand not knowing what his left hand is doing, Trump plays with fire
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump may be a classic case of the left hand not knowing what the right hand is doing. Mr. Trump’s dealings this…
The logic in Trump’s madness
By James M. Dorsey There is logic to Donald J. Trump’s madness. Irrespective of the merits of the US president’s ethics, policies, and style, Mr. Trump’s grenade-throwing shock-and-awe approach has…
Israel joins Russia in laughing its way to the bank after Trump-Zelensky spat
By James M. Dorsey Russia is not the only country laughing all the way to the bank after US President Donald J. Trump’s war of words with his visiting Ukrainian…
Hamas and Israel jockey for position with Gaza hanging in the balance
By James M. Dorsey Israelis and Palestinians jockey for position and attempt to move the goalposts as the fragile Gaza ceasefire teeters on the edge of collapse. Any number of…