Israel’s reputational self-immolation
By James M. Dorsey Former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski’s warning in 2002 that Israel was losing its global standing as Israeli-Palestinian violence escalated during the second Intifada or…
Who are these Houthis?
Who are these Houthis? The short answer is: pawns in Iran’s master plan. For 45 years the upholders of Iran’s Islamic Revolution have been intent on consolidating and extending its sphere…
Hamas leader’s killing: Netanyahu’s latest undermining of ceasefire talks
By James M. Dorsey Israel’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas’s chief ceasefire negotiator, was not an isolated incident in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s effort to undermine the talks while insisting…
Looking beyond the fog of war to imagine future Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations
By James M. Dorsey Five decades ago, Nayef Hawatmeh, an aging left-wing guerrilla leader, created a template for a dialogue between Israel and the Palestinian resistance that has lessons for…
Assassinating Hamas leaders scores points but is unlikely to produce victory
By James M. Dorsey The killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is about more than Israel’s targeting of the group’s officials whenever and wherever an opportunity arises. Known as a…
Intellectual honesty in Israel & Palestine produces radically different outcomes
By James M. Dorsey Intellectual honesty is a rare commodity in the divide between Israelis and Palestinians. It is even rarer with the rise of Jewish ultra-nationalism and a generation…
Will Gaza ceasefire end Hezbollah attacks?
The possibility of full-scale conflict in northern Israel hangs like a dark cloud over the nation. If, as Shakespeare has it, the dogs of war are indeed let slip, the…
Gaza is the one thing Kamala Harris and Donald Trump agree on
By James M. Dorsey US presidential candidates Kamal Harris and Donald J. Trump are at each other’s throats, but there is one thing they agree on: The Gaza war must…
The battle for Muslim education
By James M. Dorsey Lost in the Middle Eastern fog of war is a struggle that is as much about geopolitics as it is about shaping future generations in a…
UK’s election: the Gaza vote
In spite of Labour’s landslide success in the recent UK general election, analysis of the results reveals two surprising facts. First, despite appearances, there was no surge of popular support…