Netanyahu always said the truce was temporary and used the 'war pause' to grab more land in the West Bank and go after those in Israel who opposed the Kahanist war aims of his far-right coalition
The Israeli prime minister's interests are served by a US president who will acquiesce to his hard-right government's every whim, but in Donald Trump he does not have a nodding dog
The president-elect's upcoming Oval Office return is good news for Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right cabinet and bad news for Palestinians in Gaza under Israel's unrelenting air strikes
A long history of US military aid to Tel Aviv has created the regional military superpower we see today, but calls to condition or even withhold that support over Gaza may not be falling on deaf ears
For the Israeli prime minister, this was a chance to 'play Churchill', but though he was applauded, that isn't what American legislators wanted to hear. Meanwhile, there was an important fence to mend
The very public disagreements between Washington and Tel Aviv over Gaza in recent weeks are both rare and telling, yet this transatlantic alliance has weathered far more severe storms
Israel and Iran aren’t yet on the verge of a major escalation or war, and continued progress on the Iran nuclear talks in Vienna would likely forestall one, if Israel judges that trying to undermine…
Trump is waging a three-front war on Europe over Ukraine, security dependence and trade, shocking longtime allies who are now scrambling to develop a counterstrategy
The upheaval in relations is accelerating changes in Europe's military and economic policies that will begin to impact its relations with the Arab world