Trump’s Gaza plan turns the Middle East on its head
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump’s plan to expel Palestinians and take control of Gaza threatens to render second phase ceasefire negotiations to the dustbin of history…
Trump’s meeting with Netanyahu could decide the Gaza ceasefire’s fate
By James M. Dorsey Donald Trump’s Oval Office could be Binyamin Netanyahu’s brick wall. That is if the president uses Tuesday’s meeting with Mr. Netanyahu, the first foreign leader to…
Nearly half the world hates Jews
Nearly half the world hates Jews – that is the stark message that emerges from the most comprehensive survey of global public opinion on the subject ever undertaken. Published on…
Trump’s Middle East plan may have legs
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump’s approach to managing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict may have legs, even if Arabs and Muslims reject his call for the resettlement of…
Netanyahu flaunts his ties to the global far-right
By James M. Dorsey Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Israel’s ultra-nationalists and ultra-conservatives have turned Israel into a ‘haven’ for some Jews rather than all Jews. Not only by encouraging…
Trump’s support for expelling Palestinians fans Middle Eastern fires
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump risks putting relations with Saudi Arabia and other US partners in the region on a knife’s edge, sending the Middle East…
Trump’s Middle East policy: Searching for clues
Trump’s Middle East policy: Searching for clues By James M. Dorsey President Donald J. Trump is signaling a potential willingness to impose his will on Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on…
Trump has everyone running in circles when it comes to his Middle East policy
By James M. Dorsey US President Donald J. Trump has foreign governments, domestic constituencies, journalists, and pundits running in circles as they attempt to identify his Middle East policy. To…
US-backed Israeli efforts to curb freedom of expression are likely to backfire
By James M. Dorsey US President-elect Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may soon diverge in their approaches to a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Yet, the…
Trump puts Israelis and Palestinians on a knife’s edge
By James M. Dorsey Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu may welcome two Middle East policy goals articulated by US President-elect Donald J. Trump in response to the Gaza ceasefire but…