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Why Trump Should Have Won the Nobel Peace Prize
The president has been a masterful diplomat since he returned to office, successfully mediating conflicts around the world.
Batya Ungar-Sargon
Hamas Says, ‘Yes, But. . . ’
The terror group has replied to Trump’s peace deal. But is it serious about ending the war?
Elliott Abrams
U.S. Ambassador to Qatar Gets a New Boss: Qatar’s Ruling Family
Timmy Davis has no finance experience. But he was just hired as president of an investment firm with ties to the ruling Al Thani family.
Frannie Block and Jay Solomon
Inside the Mossad
Former Mossad director Yossi Cohen talks spycraft, the war in Gaza, Palestinian statehood, Iran, Qatar, Israel’s recent mind-boggling missions, and why…
Bari Weiss
1HR 28M
Why Trump Let Netanyahu Strike Hamas in Doha
The U.S. president and the Israeli prime minister have developed a good cop-bad cop routine.
Michael Doran
Israel Shatters Qatar’s Politics of Ambiguity
Qatar’s power thrived on contradictions: sheltering radicals while hosting allies, managing crises without resolving them. Israel has proved those…
Hussein Aboubakr Mansour
Hamas Thought Qatar Was Safe. Israel Proved Otherwise.
By hosting America’s military and Hamas’s leadership, Doha thought it could play both sides. Israel’s strike shows that illusion is over.
Jay Solomon
Israel Strikes Hamas in Qatar. What Comes Next?
What this watershed moment in the war means for Israel, Gaza, and the rest of the region.
Rafaela Siewert
53M
Reagan’s Secretary of Education Joins Qatar’s Payroll
Qatar isn’t backing down in the face of scrutiny. It’s doubling down—on lobbying and American higher education.
Frannie Block
How Qatar Bought America
Bari Weiss
1HR 11M
Why Is Trump Deporting Fewer People than Biden? Plus. . .
The anti-Trump resistance leader who left America. Covid truth-tellers go to Washington. The cruelty of capping drug prices. And much more.
The Free Press
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
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