The U.S. has increased its military presence in the Middle East since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, partially to deter a wider conflict.
And what began as a terrorist attack against Israel increasingly feels like it has become a regional war that risks engulfing the entire Middle East. A year ago, it felt like the once inconceivable normalisation between Israel and Saudi Arabia might be inevitable. Instead, the...
But Hezbollah holds so much power inside Lebanon that the nation's wider government likely has little scope to decide whether a war with Israel is fought or not. That decision lies ultimately with Hezbollah's leaders — and their sponsors in Iran....
Three years later came the Six Day War. Israel regained the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and Jordan retreated to its own borders. So it was from within Jordan that the PLO began organizing terror attacks in Israel, while fedayeen militias began assaulting Israeli forces. Not unsurprisingly, I...
And that leads back to the condition that makes all this possible: a war to degrade Hamas enough to enable something better to take its place.How Israel fights this war matters. It must live up to its pledge to honour international law. Not only is that the right thing to do, but Isra...
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With tensions in the Middle East at boiling point after Hamas triggered a war with Israel, there are growing risks of uncontrolled escalation - plunging the whole region into conflict. TheUS- sensing the danger, in particular fromIran- is ramping up its military ...
Stories of the civilians and soldiers who have fallen in the Israel-Hamas war Those we have lost Staff Sgt. Maoz Morell, 22: ‘Writer and warrior’ who studied Torah ByToI Staff Those we have lost Staff Sgt. Roy Bareket, 20: ‘Redhead with dimples’ slain in firefight ...
Washington— Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Sunday that Israel is "losing the war" of worldwide public opinion as it seeks to eradicate Hamas in the aftermath of theOct. 7 attack. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, told "Face the Nation" that Israel has the "right...
As the death toll in Gaza rises, it’s becoming increasingly clear Israel has no viable plan for how to end the war and the patience of its allies is running out.