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CAIR Official Joins Hamas Leader at ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Event
The Muslim group’s Ohio director says he had no interactions with the Hamas official and was there ‘as a Palestinian American.’
Maya Sulkin
The Inside Story of the Gaza Deal
Inside the negotiations, botched air strike, and international pressure that produced an uneasy peace.
Amit Segal
Zohran Mamdani Fails the Hamas Test
The New York mayoral front-runner was asked if he thinks Hamas should disarm. He couldn’t say ‘yes.’
The Editors
Harmeet Dhillon’s Civil Rights Revolution. Why Hamas Doesn’t Want Peace. Plus. . .
The return of the Luddites. Is MAGA warming to weed? And much more.
The Free Press
Hamas Doesn’t Believe in Peace
There will be no lasting resolution to this conflict without the total elimination of Hamas’s capacity for violence, coercion, and control over the…
John Aziz
Niall Ferguson: How Real Estate-ism Got the Deal Done in Gaza
Trump’s critics pine for old-school diplomacy. But Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff triumphed where Joe Biden’s national security professionals failed.
Niall Ferguson
A Transformed Middle East. Plus. . .
Olivia Reingold on Zohran Mamdani’s trip to a Brooklyn synagogue. Do chatbots have speech rights? And much more.
The Free Press
Donald Trump Gave War a Chance—and It Worked
Rejecting appeasement, the Trump team delivered results through pressure, principle, and timing.
Aaron MacLean
The Return of the Hostages—and the Future of the Middle East
Matthew Continetti, Amit Segal, Michael Oren, and others on how to understand this extraordinary moment in the Middle East.
The Free Press
The Middle East’s Morning After
Trump and Netanyahu just rewrote the rules of Middle Eastern diplomacy. But what kind of peace will this be?
Amit Segal
Trump Deserves His Middle East Victory Lap
The president has triumphed in the Middle East by flipping the script in the most Trumpian way imaginable.
Matthew Continetti
They Brought Them Home. Plus. . .
Woody Allen on Diane Keaton. An exclusive interview with Nobel winner María Corina Machado. And much more.
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