Israel/Palestine

The Things They Carried:
The Israeli Settler

A peek inside the bag Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari schleps to work each day in Jerusalem.

INTERVIEW BY OREN KESSLER | MARCH/APRIL 2012

Epiphanies from Shimon Peres

The Middle East's real problem is poverty, not politics, says Israel's president.

INTERVIEW BY DAVID KENNER | MARCH/APRIL 2012

Friendship Under Fire

The Iranian nuclear threat will challenge Obama and Netanyahu's sometimes-rocky relationship like never before.

BY DAVID MAKOVSKY | FEBRUARY 22, 2012

A Failure to Communicate

Why doesn't Israel understand the Arab Spring?

BY SALMAN SHAIKH | FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Cairo's Undercover Strongman

Meet Murad Muwafi, the most important man in Egypt you’ve never heard of.

BY MAGDY SAMAAN | FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Hard Times in Hebron

Can the thriving Palestinian economy survive as millions of U.S. aid dollars slow to a trickle?

BY JACKIE SPINNER | JANUARY 27, 2012

False Flag

A series of CIA memos describes how Israeli Mossad agents posed as American spies to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran.

BY MARK PERRY | JANUARY 13, 2012

8 Geopolitically Endangered Species

Meet the weaker countries that will suffer from American decline.

BY ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI | JAN/FEB 2012

Don't Just Do Something, Stand There!

What should America do about the Arab Spring? Not much.

BY F. GREGORY GAUSE III | DECEMBER 21, 2011

A New Home for Hamas?

Could the hard-line Palestinian group abandon Damascus for Qatar -- and in so doing lay a foundation for a détente with Israel?

BY HOURIYA AHMED AND JULIA PETTENGILL | DECEMBER 13, 2011

Game Change

From reciprocal nuclear reductions to making nice with Iran, 5 bold moves that could change the world.

BY STEPHEN M. WALT | DECEMBER 13, 2011

The Chosen People?

In their race to be elected, the GOP presidential candidates are confusing what country they're running for: Israel or the United States.

BY MICHAEL A. COHEN | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Next Year, in Review

From the fall of Ahmadinejad, Assad, Castro, and Chavez to the rise of cyberattacks -- the top 13 stories that could dominate the headlines in 2012.

BY DAVID ROTHKOPF | DECEMBER 12, 2011

Revenge of the Sunnis

What the Arab Spring is really about.

BY EDWARD LUTTWAK | DECEMBER 7, 2011

With Us or (Mostly) Against Us

The Republican presidential hopefuls have a pretty clear idea of who they think America's enemies are. But what about its friends?

BY JAMES TRAUB | NOVEMBER 18, 2011

The Tourist Park of God

A tour inside the self-proclaimed Party of God's museum celebrating the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

The Persian Incursion

What I learned as the armchair general of a paper Israeli air force.

BY MICHAEL PECK | NOVEMBER 9, 2011

Trouble over Tehran

Five reasons that Israel and the United States might want to think long and hard about preemptively striking Iran's nuclear facilities.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Frosty, Not Frozen

Israel and post-Mubarak Egypt have proven that they can work together on matters of mutual interest. Washington and Jerusalem should seize the opportunity for more cooperation.

BY DAVID MAKOVSKY, MARK DONIG | OCTOBER 27, 2011

Sometimes a Deal Is Just a Deal

Sorry, folks: There's no wider significance to the Gilad Shalit prisoner swap. Middle East peace is as far away as ever.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | OCTOBER 13, 2011

The Iranian Connection

What's the link between the plot to bomb the Saudi ambassador and the Gilad Shalit release deal? Iran's looking weak -- and that's scary.

BY MARTIN INDYK | OCTOBER 12, 2011

Written on the Wall

A tumultuous year, told through the scrawls and murals of the people living through it.

NARRATED BY ROGER GASTMAN | NOVEMBER 2011

Will the Real Benjamin Netanyahu Please Stand Up?

Despite all avowals to the contrary, Bibi's never wanted peace with Palestine. And he may well have created an Israel that now agrees with him.  

BY DANIEL LEVY | OCTOBER 7, 2011

Where Do We Go from Here?

Five things that Palestine could do to push forward the quest for statehood.

BY HUSSEIN IBISH | SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

U.N.convenient Truth

For years, even Israelis have known that Palestine is a state. And pretending it's not at the U.N. is misreading history.

BY JAMES VERINI | SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Do-Nothing Strategy

It's time for Obama to realize that with the 2012 elections in the offing, expending any effort on a Middle East peace process is a losing battle.

BY AARON DAVID MILLER | SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Humpty Dumpty Was Pushed

Palestine may be fragmented. But let's remember whose fault that is.

BY MOUIN RABBANI | SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The Promised Land

For some Palestinians making a living means living in limbo.

BY AMNON GUTMAN | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Punitive Measures

The coming Palestinian statehood push at the United Nations is a train wreck. But with the U.S. Congress promising punishment for this effrontery, it's not just Palestinians who will come away grievously injured.

BY JAMES TRAUB | SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

The Land of Gas and Honey

Israel's giant new natural gas find will transform the Middle East -- and add more fuel to an already combustible region.

BY ROBIN M. MILLS | SEPTEMBER 15, 2011