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Israeli War

Can President Trump Get a "Big, Beautiful" Deal in the Middle East?

Can President Trump Get a "Big, Beautiful" Deal in the Middle East?

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – When Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump meet at the White House Monday, they will bring different ideas for resolving two [...] More

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Israel's Actions in Lebanon offer a Warning for Tehran and Moscow

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Following the October 7, 2023 Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel, many commentators in the West were quick to cite the [...] More

How Russia Could Emerge the Victor of Israel's War

How Russia Could Emerge the Victor of Israel's War

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As Israel’s war against Hamas surpasses the 100-day mark with no signs of an immediate end and indications that the [...] More

'Rules of War' are Complicated, not only in Gaza

OPINION — One of the most common accusations of Israeli illegality in the ongoing conflict in Gaza is that the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) [...] More

Calculating the Impact of the Drone Strike that Killed Saleh Al-Arouri

Calculating the Impact of the Drone Strike that Killed Saleh Al-Arouri

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – A drone strike that killed the deputy chief of Hamas’s political arm, Saleh Al-Arouri and five others in southern [...] More

The Potential Impact of the Growing Rift Between Israel and Washington

The Potential Impact of the Growing Rift Between Israel and Washington

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As the war in the Middle East rages into the new year and concerns over the Palestinian death toll mount, officials [...] More

Is the U.S. Helping to Create a New Generation of Global Jihadists?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — The more Palestinians believe that Washington is condoning the unprecedented devastation of Gaza and the killing and [...] More

Israel can't just 'hold' the moral high ground, it has to maintain it

OPINION — “The distinction between a well-regulated army and a mob, is the good order and discipline of the first, and the licentious & disorderly [...] More

The U.S. has both a Duty to Warn and a Duty to Ask

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In the aftermath of Hamas’ horrific October terrorist attacks on Israel, many in the media were quick to criticize the [...] More

How Iran is Reshaping the Middle East

OPINION — The October 7th terrorist attack on Israelis and its devastating aftermath for Palestinian civilians should be a wake-up call that extends [...] More

Let's Talk About Hamas and 'Intelligence Failure'

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Secret Intelligence, that material acquired through clandestine or sensitive means, makes up a small but important [...] More

Israel and the Court of Public Opinion

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Years ago, while working on a Counterterrorism operation in an unnamed country, the team I was working with was [...] More

Director Burns' Middle East Mission

Director Burns' Middle East Mission

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – CIA Director Bill Burns is in the Middle East as part of a Biden Administration push to ease tensions in the region [...] More