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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.
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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
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