Israel/Palestine

Why Is Qatar Mucking Around in Gaza?

Doha's meddling in Palestinian affairs is much more about Iran than it is about Israel.

BY DAVID B. ROBERTS | OCTOBER 25, 2012

The Spymaster

Eleven questions for Israel's legendary Efraim Halevy.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 24, 2012

Want Closure? Go Talk to Dr. Phil.

You won't find it on the Iranian nuclear issue.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 17, 2012

Red Lines in the Sand

Israel's credibility problem on Iran.

BY GRAHAM ALLISON | OCTOBER 11, 2012

Enough Already

When it comes to Israel, neither Obama nor Romney is as good or bad as American Jews think.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 9, 2012

The 50-50 Club

Why pundits love splitting the difference on their predictions.

NOVEMBER 2012

Inside Bibi's Bunker

How Israel's prime minister is stacking his cabinet for a strike on Iran.

BY CHUCK FREILICH | OCTOBER 4, 2012

The Entebbe Option

How the U.S. military thinks Israel might strike Iran.

BY MARK PERRY | SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Stop Blaming Bibi

Sorry, folks: Benjamin Netanyahu is not the reason there is no Middle East peace.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Peaceniks in Palestine

The PLO’s U.S. ambassador slams Mitt Romney’s leaked comments on the Middle East.

BY MAEN RASHID AREIKAT | SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Bibi's Blunder

How Netanyahu killed the Israel lobby.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

Red Lines over Iran

Mitt Romney has adopted Benjamin Netanyahu's dangerous timetable for war.

BY SAMUEL R. BERGER | SEPTEMBER 17, 2012

A Palestinian Spring

Here's what you need to know about the protests in the West Bank.

BY JONATHAN SCHANZER | SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

When Bibi Didn't Meet Barack

Why the American president and the Israeli prime minister just can't get along.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Red Line, Green Light

Are we ready for the coming Iranian terror wave?

BY DANIEL BYMAN | SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Report Card

Can the International Atomic Energy Agency stop a war with Iran?

BY MARK HIBBS | AUGUST 31, 2012

Sound and Sensible

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy would echo the best of America’s bipartisan traditions. But the desperate Obama caricature of it is just a sad indication of how much the president has failed.

BY PETER D. FEAVER | AUGUST 30, 2012

Bulldozing the Special Relationship

The Rachel Corrie verdict should be a wakeup call to America.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | AUGUST 28, 2012

Sex and Scandal in the Holy Land

Washington went into crisis mode over news of a GOP congressman skinny-dipping in the Sea of Galilee. Israelis can barely stifle a yawn.

BY RON KAMPEAS | AUGUST 24, 2012

The Decider

Opponents of an Israeli strike on Iran have focused their ire on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But it's his hawkish defense minister, Ehud Barak, who is really driving the talk of war.

BY OREN KESSLER | AUGUST 23, 2012

KABOOM

Everyone calm down: Israel is not going to bomb Iran. Well, at least not in 2012.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 20, 2012

This Is Not a Test

Are missile defenses ready if Iran responds to an Israeli strike?

BY ROBERT HADDICK | AUGUST 17, 2012

Zone of Insanity

Are Bibi Netanyahu and Ehud Barak really crazy enough to bomb Iran -- against the wishes of the United States and their own people?

BY JAMES TRAUB | AUGUST 17, 2012

Obama Has Been Great for Israel

Anyone who tells you otherwise is distorting reality.

BY COLIN H. KAHL | AUGUST 16, 2012

The Ayatollah's Pregnant Pause

What's behind the "new" intelligence on Iran's nuclear program.

BY JEFFREY LEWIS | AUGUST 15, 2012

The Drums of August

Israel is not bluffing.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | AUGUST 15, 2012

The Politically Incorrect Guide to U.S. Interests in the Middle East

Sorry, folks: America just doesn't care about freedom or Arab-Israeli peace all that much.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | AUGUST 15, 2012

The Syrian Spillover

Is anyone prepared for the unintended consequences of the war for Syria?

BY DANIEL L. BYMAN, KENNETH M. POLLACK | AUGUST 10, 2012

Brother Knows Best

How Egypt's new president is outsmarting the generals.

BY STEVEN A. COOK | AUGUST 9, 2012

Uncultured

Mitt Romney don't know much about economic history.

BY DARON ACEMOGLU, JAMES A. ROBINSON | AUGUST 1, 2012