Mohammed Dahlan, Gaza’s leader-in-waiting?
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…
Ultra-nationalists provoke as Netanyahu’s ceasefire tightrope wobbles
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…
Gaza school attack spotlights pitfalls of Israeli strategy
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…
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…