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L-R: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make statements to the media after their meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on Monday, January 30, 2023. DEBBIE HILL/Pool via REUTERS

How is the US weighing in with Israel’s new hardline government?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Friday, February 3, 2023

Foreign Affairs Minister of Israel Yair Lapid (C) and Israeli Prime minister Naftali Bennet (2nd R) shake hands following the government dissolving vote session at the Israeli Knesset. Yair Lapid is to take over from Bennett as head of government until a new government is in office. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

Episode V: Israel’s caretaker

Thursday, June 30, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara react to his supporters during an event by his Likud Party.

An unprecedented new governing coalition has formed in Israel. What comes next?

Natan Sachs and Célia Belin

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Flames and smoke rise during Israeli air strikes amid a flare-up of Israel-Palestinian violence, in the southern Gaza Strip May 11, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY REFILE - QUALITY REPEAT

What hope is there for de-escalation between Israel and Hamas?

Shibley Telhami and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he delivers a speech to supporters following the announcement of exit polls in Israel's general election at his Likud party headquarters in Jerusalem March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

What does another election deadlock mean for Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

President Clinton meets with Prime Minister Barak at Camp David. L-R President Clinton,Bruce Reidel, Prime Minister Barak, General Danny Yatom17 July 00White House Photo by Sharon Farmer

Oslo to Abraham: The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Middle East geopolitics

The Burn Bag

Monday, December 7, 2020

FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, after Israel tightened a national stay-at-home policy following the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID19), March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/File Photo

Future trends for Israel and the Middle East

Samantha Gross, Kevin Huggard, Natan Sachs, Shibley Telhami, and Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, November 20, 2020

Khartoum, Sudan.- Secretary of State Mike R. Pompeo (left) meets with the Chairman of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, General Abdel Fattah el-Burhan (right), in Khartoum, Sudan, on August 25, 2020. Pompeo arrived this Tuesday ( 25) to Sudan in the first visit by a head of US diplomacy in 15 years, as part of a regional tour to convince other Arab countries to normalize their relations with Israel in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates. Pompeo, arrived directly from Israel on a first historic flight between the two countries.

What’s the significance of the US-Israel-Sudan normalization deal?

Zach Vertin and Adrianna Pita

Friday, October 23, 2020

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Arab Emirates, and Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Bahrain, watch during the Abraham Accords Signing Ceremony at the White House on Tuesday, Sep. 15, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Oliver Contreras/SIPA USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

What prompted the UAE and Bahrain’s normalization of relations with Israel?

Natan Sachs and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Flags of Saudi Arabia and China are hung in front of Tiananmen Gate before Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's visit to Beijing, China February 21, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Global China in the Middle East

Lindsey W. Ford, Bruce Riedel, and Natan Sachs

Tuesday, July 28, 2020