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‘Free Palestine’ Terrorism
The global intifada comes to Boulder, Colorado, 11 days after the murders in Washington, D.C.
Jeffrey Herf
New Aid Group in Gaza Makes an End Run Around Hamas—and the UN
The terrorist group steals food aid meant for ordinary Gazans and resells it on the black market. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is trying to change…
Madeleine Rowley
MAGA’s Machiavelli: The Quiet Rise of Michael Anton
A decade ago, the conservative intellectual shocked Washington with his ‘Flight 93 Election’ essay. He’s been gaining altitude ever since.
Eli Lake
The Middle East on the Brink with Haviv Rettig Gur
The Israel expert answers subscriber questions and explains the history behind the headlines.
Maya Sulkin
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It’s a Terrible Idea, but Trump Probably Can Accept a Free Jet from Qatar
The Emoluments Clause doesn’t stop the president from getting a new ‘palace in the sky,’ as long as Congress goes along with it.
Jed Rubenfeld
The Most Important Speech of Trump’s Presidency
Eli Lake and Batya Ungar-Sargon on Trump’s epochal address in Riyadh.
The Free Press
Trump’s Serenity Prayer in Saudi Arabia
America is no longer going to hector its allies about whether women have the right to drive or whether dissidents disappear into dark prisons.
Eli Lake
How Qatar Bought America
The tiny Gulf nation has spent almost $100 billion to establish its influence in Congress, universities, newsrooms, think tanks, and corporations. What…
Frannie Block and Jay Solomon
The Art of the Peace Deal
From Kashmir to Kyiv, Trump’s peace offensive may stanch the bleeding, but can he deliver more than temporary quiet?
Matthew Continetti
The Gaza Famine Myth
How lazy journalism, bad data, and skewed statistics fueled accusations of war crimes against Israel.
Michael Ames
WATCH: Gazans Clash with Hamas as Historic Protests Escalate
Exclusive footage and eyewitness testimony from inside the latest—and so far boldest—wave of anti-Hamas protests in northern Gaza. “People have become…
Tanya Lukyanova
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Mike Pompeo: We Don’t Need a Fake Deal With Iran
American isolationists on the right, and their allies in Obama-aligned think tanks in Washington, suggest there are only two options: war or a deal…
Mike Pompeo
Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Looks a Lot Like Obama’s
Washington has leverage over Tehran. Why won’t the administration press the advantage?
Eli Lake
The Godfather of the Campus Intifada
Today’s protesters—at Columbia and beyond—owe their worldview to professor Edward Said, whose obsession with the West blinded him to the reality of the…
Eli Lake
Douglas Murray: If War Came, Would You Fight?
In the first year of Israel’s battle against a death cult, I traveled the country—and saw what it means to choose life.
Douglas Murray
Qatargate Roils a War-Weary Israel
Qatari money is like fingerprints that appear when an ultraviolet light turns on. Few expected it to turn up in Israel itself.
Matti Friedman
EXCLUSIVE: The Family of a Murdered Gaza Protester Speaks Out
After they tortured him and mutilated his body, they dropped him off a rooftop with a note pinned to his clothes: ‘This is the price for all who…
Tanya Lukyanova
Trump’s Advisers Are Divided on Iran. Which Way Is the President Leaning?
Trump’s top officials debate foreign policy in the group chat. The divide mirrors the president’s own conflicted view of how to handle Tehran.
Matthew Continetti
WATCH: ‘I’ve Lost 23 Relatives. We All Might Be Killed.’
An exclusive Free Press report on the massacre in Syria.
Tanya Lukyanova
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Matti Friedman: The Family that Never Came Home
The deaths of Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas were too unbearable to believe. Israelis couldn’t accept it until we had no other choice.
Matti Friedman
Will America Abandon the Kurds—Again?
The Kurds expect an invasion by Turkish proxies any day now. Isn’t there anyone who will try to stop them?
Eli Lake
They Tortured Him for Years. Now They Rule Syria.
The rebels freeing Syria are just as bad as the corrupt regime they toppled. This journalist knows because they were his captors.
Michael Moynihan
Inside Assad’s ‘Human Slaughterhouse.’ Plus. . .
Syria’s Christians fear what comes next.
Oliver Wiseman
Syria’s Christians: ‘We Have No Reason to Trust Al-Jolani’
In the wake of Assad’s fall, Syria’s 500,000 Christians are living in limbo. Here’s what they told us about their fears.
Madeleine Rowley
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