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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
The Random, Senseless Killing That Was Totally Avoidable
Iryna Zarutska’s killer had at least 14 previous arrests, including robbery and assault, but got one second chance after another.
Maya Sulkin
Putin Wants to Destroy Ukraine. Can Trump Stop Him?
Journalist Victor Sebestyen on what he expects from the meeting, the best- and worst-case scenarios, and why American presidents keep misreading Putin.
Peter Savodnik
Michael Oren: The Wisdom of Yahya Sinwar
The leader of Hamas bet that the West’s oldest hatred would obscure Hamas’s atrocities. He was right.
Michael Oren
WATCH: Haviv Rettig Gur on Gaza Hunger
What we know about the hunger crisis, and how to understand the headlines.
Rafaela Siewert
1HR 6M
Haviv Rettig Gur: Israel’s Winning One War While It Loses Another
Hamas’s fundamental plan for survival is Gaza’s humanitarian suffering. It’s the catalyst for international pressure on Israel. And it’s working.
Haviv Rettig Gur
Mistakes at ‘The New York Times’ Only Go in One Direction
The paper’s blockbuster story on Gaza starvation gets a correction. But the damage has already been done.
The Editors
EXCLUSIVE: Inside the Druze Massacre in Southern Syria
‘They slaughtered us. A group came to ethnically cleanse us. They said, ‘We want to see a bloodbath.’
Tanya Lukyanova
10M
Matti Friedman: Is Gaza Starving? Searching for the Truth in an Information War.
When I asked a former senior government official if there is mass hunger among Gazans, he answered me honestly: ‘I don’t know.’
Matti Friedman
The Price of Flour Shows the Hunger Crisis in Gaza
There have been tremendous lies told about Israel’s war. That doesn’t mean the threat of starvation isn’t real. It is.
Amit Segal
Haviv Rettig Gur Joins The Free Press
He’s the most insightful interpreter of the modern Middle East. Tune in Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. ET for Haviv’s first live Q&A.
Bari Weiss
WATCH: The U.S. Is Not Prepared for a Drone Attack
Drones are the future of war, but an outdated legal framework makes it very hard to protect American citizens from an attack.
Austyn Jeffs
9M
Things Worth Remembering: ‘Life Is Real! Life Is Earnest!’
These days, it’s embarrassing to take anything too seriously. But if you don’t, as the poets remind us, your life won’t amount to much.
Ryan Holiday
Is Peace Between Israel and Syria Really Possible?
With new leadership in Damascus, Trump wants a deal between the two countries. That will be a tall order.
Michael Oren
At the Symbol of Israeli Science, a Cost Too Vast to Calculate
Israelis are emerging from the shelters to assess the damage of 12 days of war. At the Weizmann Institute, the cost is impossible to measure.
Matti Friedman
Was Iran’s Nuclear Program ‘Obliterated’—or Just Set Back a Few Months?
A leaked preliminary report suggested that U.S. and Israeli strikes had delivered only modest results. Other agencies and experts paint a very different…
Jay Solomon
What Happens If Iran’s Regime Collapses?
Trump says it’s time to Make Iran Great Again. But what’s more likely if the mullahs fall: democracy or anarchy?
Eli Lake
Did Iran Just Sneak Out Critical Nuclear Material from Fordow?
Before the U.S. struck, 16 cargo trucks entered the fortified mountain complex and moved unidentified equipment to another location.
Jay Solomon
WATCH: Tehran Resident Speaks Out Amid Strikes on Iran Nuclear Sites
‘After 46 years of this regime’s hollow bluster, we’re seeing the first light of victory. I feel the same way the French felt on D-Day.’
Tanya Lukyanova
3M
Trump Keeps His Promise on Iran. The World Is Safer for It.
The president warned that he wouldn’t tolerate a nuclear Iran. He meant what he said.
The Editors
Things Worth Remembering: How Warriors Prepare
It’s true that training for a war in peacetime is like learning to swim on dry land. But that’s why American soldiers are expected to read books like…
H.R. McMaster
I Taught My Students the ‘Iliad.’ Then They Went to War.
Ancient war stories become startlingly modern in classrooms filled with soldiers returning from battle.
Ido Hevroni
WATCH: Everything You Need to Know About Iran’s Nuclear Program
Eli Lake and nuclear weapons expert David Albright discuss the Islamic Republic’s arsenal and whether or not Israel can destroy it on its own.
Eli Lake
46M
Garry Kasparov: Israel Won’t Fall for the Illusion of Stability
The military campaign against Iran is another crack in the post-Cold War facade.
Garry Kasparov
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