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Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes
Middle East

Israel says Thunberg more influential ‘antisemite’ than Fuentes

The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs released an analysis of 10 'prominent influencers in the global anti-semitic and anti-Zionist arena'

Trump, Masoud Pezeshkian
Middle East

Is this the grand bargain that could end the Iran war?

The blockades are bad but consider them points of leverage for an actual negotiation. Here is what a positive outcome — for both sides — might look like.

Iran bombing
Middle East

6 weeks of war has pushed millions of Iranians into poverty

But Washington should not assume that economic pressure alone can force the nation and its regime into submission

Oman strait of hormuz
Middle East

Oman walks tightrope with Iran across the Strait of Hormuz

Muscat is the only Gulf capital that has remained friendly with Tehran throughout the war. There is a reason for that, and why those relations will persist.

President Johnson in Vietnam
Middle East

Lacing up LBJ's shoes, Trump is walking willingly into a trap

'Choosing War' author Fredrik Logevall on how the Democratic president went from bombing in 1964 to sending 500,000 ground troops into Vietnam by 1967

American farmers fertilizer
Global Crises

Trump risks war backlash from the heartland: American farmers

Even if Gulf shipping reopens tomorrow, supply lags and energy costs are driving fertilizer and other input costs sky high — just in time for planting season