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Joe Kent testifies before the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on 11 December 2025, in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker / AFP

Joe Kent: the US counter-terrorism chief who resigned over Iran war

A former Special Forces soldier picked by Trump for a senior intelligence position has just left his post, saying his boss has been duped into fighting for Israel. Who is he?

Kamal Alam 21 March 2026
Sara Gironi Carnevale

US public opinion is decisively shifting against Israel

Until fairly recently, most Americans sided with Israel. These days, most side with the Palestinians. That will eventually influence US foreign policy.

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 21 March 2026
US Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) 2016 Policy Conference at the Verizon Centre in Washington, DC, on 21 March 2016. SAUL LOEB / AFP

The Israel lobby’s responsibility for the Iran war

Advocates for the US-Israeli special relationship have played a special role

Stephen M. Walt 17 March 2026
Sara Padovan

Is support for Israel becoming toxic at the ballot box? 

As Americans rethink the moral—and strategic—calculus of US support for Israel, politicians are scrambling to keep pace

Alfred J. Naddaff 12 November 2025
Activists protest near the US Capitol on July 24, 2024, in Washington, DC. Activists staged multiple demonstrations near the Capitol to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to Washington and Israel's war on Gaza. Alex Wong/ AFP

Americans are tiring of Israel. Will US policy follow?

While the US public has long been supportive of Israel, its genocide in Gaza appears to have had a big effect, with most young Americans now outright hostile towards it

Ramzy Ezzeldin Ramzy 09 September 2025
Pro-Israel lobby groups have an established track record of going after politicians critical of Israel. But their tactics don't seem to work on Democrat politicians as effectively as before. Nash Weerasekera

AIPAC contends with an increasingly critical American left

Pro-Israel lobby groups have an established track record of going after politicians critical of Israel. But their tactics don't seem to be working as effectively as before. Al Majalla explains.

Robert Ford 30 January 2024

The Danger of Banning Foreign Lobbying

The 2016 election revealed how susceptiblethe United Statesis to disinformation, cyberattacks, and attempts by foreign governments to subvert the democratic process. Foreign groups sought to…

Casey Michel and Ben Freeman 11 September 2020
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Unpacking Israel's decisive turn towards savagery

23 April 2026

Israel's gloves-off approach since 2023 didn't emerge out of the blue; it is deeply rooted in Zionist and Israeli military thought.

Majed Kayali
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Business & Economy

Test of wills: Iran’s ability to outlast the US blockade

26 April 2026

The standoff in the Hormuz is not simply a question of whether Tehran can survive economic pressure, but whether Washington can sustain the pressure at an acceptable cost.

Alex Vatanka
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Science & Technology

Iran’s 'mosquito fleet' presents a pesky problem

28 April 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is now poised to become the primary arena of confrontation, with Iran relying on speedboat-driven guerrilla warfare to confront the US navy.

Marco Mossad
A Syrian army soldier holds a national flag featuring Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in front of a building left in ruins on 5 June 2013 in the city of Qusayr in the Homs province. AFP
Politics

Syria's taswiya slow roll creates a host of problems

28 April 2026

Former regime soldiers are stuck in limbo, as their undocumented status prevents them from working, travelling, and curbs family members' access to education, healthcare and social services

Haid Haid
Culture & Social Affairs

The Arab women raising the bar in travel literature

28 April 2026

In recent years, travel writing has witnessed a striking revival, though along a different path, one now charted by Arab women's voices.

Ibrahim Adel

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