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(L-R) Israeli President Isaac Herzog, US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid attend the Opening ceremony of the Maccabiah games in Jerusalem. Ilia Yefimovich/dpa

New polls: Democrats say Biden and members of Congress lean toward Israel more than they do

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, August 2, 2022

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden sits with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) before a dinner at the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem March 9, 2010. Biden assured Israel on Tuesday of Washington's commitment to its security and preventing Iran from producing nuclear weapons. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS)

Can Biden pivot to normalcy in the Middle East?

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Israeli and American flags stand during the final rehearsal for the ceremony to welcome U.S. President Joe Biden ahead of his visit to Israel, at Ben Gurion International airport, in Lod near Tel Aviv, Israel July 12, 2022. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

It’s risky for Biden to go to the Middle East

Shibley Telhami

Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel stand together in a kitchen staging area as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds meetings at the State Department in Washington, U.S., October 14, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Pool

How to understand Israel and Saudi Arabia’s secretive relationship

Monday, July 11, 2022

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

Kissinger in the Middle East

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST

U.S. President George W. Bush answers questions from the press aboutIraq with Vice President Richard Cheney (L) looking on, during ameeting with Congressional leaders at the White House, September 18,2002. The president said Saddam Hussein "won't fool anybody" with hispromise to admit weapons inspectors into his country. REUTERS/LarryDowningLSD/HB

9/11 and Iraq: The making of a tragedy

Friday, September 17, 2021

United States President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East ceasefire agreed to by Israel and Hamas in the Cross Hall at the White House in Washington.Featuring: President Joe BidenWhere: Washington, District Of Columbia, United StatesWhen: 20 May 2021Credit: POOL via CNP/INSTARimages/Cover Images

Most Americans, including half of young Democrats, disapprove of Biden’s handling of recent Gaza crisis

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, July 29, 2021

UAE Ambassador to Israel, Mohamed Al Khaja, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Emirati embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel July 14, 2021. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

The emergence of GCC-Israel relations in a changing Middle East

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks as he delivers a joint statement with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their meeting in Jerusalem March 9, 2016. REUTERS/Debbie Hill/Pool

America must rethink its unique and contradictory advocacy of Israel’s Jewishness

Shibley Telhami

Friday, June 11, 2021

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021. Majdi Mohammed/Pool via REUTERS

For Washington and the Palestinians, old policy is no substitute for sound policy

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Former Governor Mike Huckabee (Republican of Arkansas), a candidate for the 2016 Republican nomination for President of the United States, shares his thoughts on Israel and the Middle East at the 2015 Christians United For Israel Summit Candidates Forum at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, USA, on Monday, July 13, 2015. Photo by Ron Sachs/CNP/ABACAPRESS.COM

As Israel increasingly relies on US evangelicals for support, younger ones are walking away: What polls show

Shibley Telhami

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Palestinians inspect damaged buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes during the recent military conflict between Israel and the Palestinian enclave controlled by Hamas. Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on the ceasefire after days of fighting in which around 230 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and 12 people in Israel were killed by rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Congratulations on the ceasefire. Now the hard work begins.

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 21, 2021

The al-Jalaa building housing Associated Press (AP) and Al Jazeera media offices is hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, May 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ashraf Abu Amrah NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Biden’s bungled response on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Shibley Telhami

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike on a building, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Gaza City May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Jerusalem unrest exposes the brittleness of Israeli sovereignty over Palestinians

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Smoke and flames rise after an Israeli air-strike hits at Al-Jalaa tower, which houses apartments and several media outlets, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera, amid the escalating flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

Don’t take the narrow view of what’s happening in Gaza

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

A demonstrator gestures during a protest to express solidarity with the Palestinian people, near the Israeli embassy in Amman, Jordan May 16, 2021. REUTERS/Muath Freij

A separate peace? What the Gaza crisis means for Arab regimes

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Palestinians react during clashes with Israeli police at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The perfect storm for Israelis and Palestinians

Saturday, May 15, 2021

Molotov cocktails are thrown by Arabs at Jewish right-wing protesters during clashes amid a night-time curfew in the mixed Israeli-Arab city of Lod.

This is what the death of the two-state solution looks like

Tamara Cofman Wittes

Friday, May 14, 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