By James M. Dorsey This week’s US sanctioning of an Israeli-government-backed vigilante settler group constitutes a weak shot across Israel’s bow as the United States and Europe mull also sanctioning…
It was on May 20, 2024 that Karim Khan KC, a British jurist and chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), applied to the court to issue international arrest…
By James M. Dorsey A recent evolution in critics’ thinking about Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s drivers suggests that he is motivated as much by ultra-nationalist ideology as by political…
By James M. Dorsey Sunday’s escalation of hostilities along the Israeli-Lebanese border raises more questions than it provides answers. Israeli said it launched airstrikes against 40 targets in southern Lebanon…
By James M. Dorsey Gaza’s desperately needed but increasingly elusive ceasefire, if achieved, is likely to be fragile, threatened by multiple ticking time bombs that could explode at any given…
By James M. Dorsey US, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators appear optimistic after two days of Gaza ceasefire talks. Even so, US officials are considering confronting Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu publicly…
As an eventual ceasefire deal in Gaza draws closer, the media speculate whether Mohammed Dahlan’s moment is about to arrive. Will Dahlan soon find himself…
By James M. Dorsey When Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir stormed the Temple Mount or Haram al-Sharif with up to 3,000 of his singing, dancing, and praying ultra-nationalist…
By James M. Dorsey If Israel’s high-casualty strike against a Gazan school proves anything, it’s Albert Eistein’s definition of insanity as “doing the same thing over and over again and…
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…