A recently declassified document drawn up in 1947 highlights how US intelligence predicted war and Israel's ongoing need for support while worrying about its impact on American interests in the region

Gaza is a top priority, but a confluence of factors means that now is the time to set up durable systems, including a regional security architecture. It all starts with having a collective Arab vision

Military might alone has rarely been enough to end conflicts. History shows that there is no military solution without a political one.

Allegiance, community, faction, and religion all matters when it comes to the inequality of provision for families fleeing Israeli bombing. Unsurprisingly, Hezbollah families get the best deal.

The president's efforts to tame rampant inflation have only scratched the surface of its economic problems, which require deeper and more sustainable reform. So far, that appears unattainable.

Since 7 October, Gaza's rulers have gone from trumpeting its Al-Aqsa Flood attack to untrumpeted offers to lay down its weapons and become a political group only. It is a dramatic change of stance.

Analysts have accused the Lebanese government of exploiting the issue of Syrian prisoners to secure additional funding from the international community

Netanyahu's uncompromising approach to tackling both Iran and Hamas militants in Gaza hasn't won him many friends on the world stage. Meanwhile, Israelis at home blame him for 7 October.

Netanyahu hopes to extract even greater concessions from Hamas as his invasion coincides with talks in Cairo, where the group agreed to a deal brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the US