Gaza war drowns out sane voices
Gershon Baskin may be one of the few sane voices left on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian divide.
Mr. Baskin speaks with authority when he...
Israel in Gaza: No good options
Israel’s options are central to discussions about the day after the guns fall silent in Gaza. Absent from the debate is what Palestinians want.
Also...
U.S. Gaza war cost-benefit analysis may reach tipping point
The stakes in the Gaza war for the United States and President Joe Biden could not be higher.
For the United States, it’s the ability...
Biden’s Israeli bear hug is a double-edged sword
It took 11 days and the death of 256 Palestinians for US President Joe Biden’s preference for a bear hug rather than a sledgehammer...
Hamas puts Malaysia in a bind
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim is in a bind.
He is caught between public support for the Palestinians, and for Hamas in significant quarters, opponents...
Israel may win its battle against Hamas but has already lost the war
Israel will likely win the Gaza war on the battlefield. Even so, it has already been defeated in the court of public opinion.
It no...
Emotions fuel Gaza war and bury hopes for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Human beings’ most destructive instincts – survival, anger, fear, despair, and vengeance – dictate Israeli and Palestinian war strategy and policy in the wake...
Middle Eastern history repeats itself or maybe it doesn’t?
If there is a lesson to be drawn from the Gaza war, it is that history repeats itself: hardliners on both sides of the...
The Middle East may never be the same
Hamas, the Islamist militia that controls Gaza, will likely emerge a victor regardless of how the latest round of Israeli-Palestinian fighting ends.
Hamas’ unprecedented attack...
The politics of Saudi and Iranian sports
Saudi and Iranian sports have politics written into their DNA.
Little more than a decade ago, Saudi Arabia fielded three expatriate Saudi women athletes at...