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LISTEN: Today we discuss the president’s dinner with Bibi Netanyahu and the clear bond between the two—and Trump’s consi...
08/07/2025

LISTEN: Today we discuss the president’s dinner with Bibi Netanyahu and the clear bond between the two—and Trump’s consistent support for Israel over his two terms. And we relate it to the surprising turn on Ukraine, with Trump now saying he will send weapons there and disavowing his own administration’s withholding of arms.

Today we discuss the president's dinner with Bibi Netanyahu and the clear bond between the two—and Trump's consistent support for Israel over his two terms. And we relate it to

The point is that even if Syria and Lebanon don’t join the Abraham Accords, the fact that the Abraham Accords were in pl...
08/07/2025

The point is that even if Syria and Lebanon don’t join the Abraham Accords, the fact that the Abraham Accords were in place when Iran’s imperial tide receded means that there is already a new regional structure to replace the old one.

When the Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, they hailed a significant moment in Middle East history by paving the way for a public embrace of Israel by Arab states.

Trump the Neocon?
08/07/2025

Trump the Neocon?

Today we discuss the president's dinner with Bibi Netanyahu and the clear bond between the two—and Trump's consistent support for Israel over his two terms. And we relate it to

In a vacuum, the idea of a “Hebron emirate” isn’t entirely radical. Palestinian Arab society is still often organized ar...
08/07/2025

In a vacuum, the idea of a “Hebron emirate” isn’t entirely radical. Palestinian Arab society is still often organized around clan influence, precisely because Palestinian national governance has so profoundly failed its people time and again.

Everyone has their own favored “what if” moment in the Arab-Israeli conflict, an inflection point at which history seems to have offered an alternate path. Mine is a plan for

Melinda Gates, on the other hand, has put together a list of utterly mundane goals. Her new foundation, Pivotal, “focuse...
08/07/2025

Melinda Gates, on the other hand, has put together a list of utterly mundane goals. Her new foundation, Pivotal, “focuses on dismantling barriers that hold people back, with a particular focus on women, especially women of color.”

If you’re a nonprofit leader planning to read The Next Day, the new memoir/self-help book by Melinda Gates, in the hopes of finding out how she will be philanthropically doling out

A ‘Hebron Emirate?’
08/07/2025

A ‘Hebron Emirate?’

Everyone has their own favored “what if” moment in the Arab-Israeli conflict, an inflection point at which history seems to have offered an alternate path. Mine is a plan for

They believed in Germany. They believed in Enlightenment values. They believed that reason and education would triumph o...
07/07/2025

They believed in Germany. They believed in Enlightenment values. They believed that reason and education would triumph over prejudice. They were wrong.

For many of us, October 7 was a wake-up call of sorts, which gave birth to what some have taken to calling “October 8 Jews.” I prefer not to use

Labour leaders wanted to defeat Corbyn. Democratic Party leaders want Mamdani to defeat them.
07/07/2025

Labour leaders wanted to defeat Corbyn. Democratic Party leaders want Mamdani to defeat them.

British politics has a reputation for erudition—debate culture, the prime minister taking questions in the House of Commons, etc.—but back in the summer of 2015 the UK's most common political

This is how the media handles the story every time Israel outwits its enemies and lives to fight another day.
07/07/2025

This is how the media handles the story every time Israel outwits its enemies and lives to fight another day.

Imagine reading the following headline: “Man shoved onto subway tracks survives, but at what cost?” This is how the media handles the story every time Israel outwits its enemies and

Can Mamdani Be Defeated?
07/07/2025

Can Mamdani Be Defeated?

We're back after a patriotic Fourth of July to talk about the anti-patriotic Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City and whether there are ways in which he can

How Dare Israel Win a Defensive War!
07/07/2025

How Dare Israel Win a Defensive War!

Imagine reading the following headline: “Man shoved onto subway tracks survives, but at what cost?” This is how the media handles the story every time Israel outwits its enemies and

Trump’s success in dictating recent events—even going so far as to tell Netanyahu to order his Air Force pilots to turn ...
07/07/2025

Trump’s success in dictating recent events—even going so far as to tell Netanyahu to order his Air Force pilots to turn their planes around mid-mission when he tired of the fighting with Iran—seems to have earned Hamas’s confidence as well.

Today Israelis saw the most serious indication yet that the war in Gaza—Israel’s longest—may soon draw to a close: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Kibbutz Nir Oz. Bibi has made

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