The Guardian View on the Israel-Gaza War: Politicians Must Be Clear That a Cease-fire Is Needed

This was not the moment for defensiveness or rhetoric. We must remember that diplomacy is not submission — it is strategy.

[P]resenting the New York mayoral election result as a crushing defeat for Israel, capitalism, the West, and "white identity"...does nothing more but add to an already saturated lexicon of idiocy.

The US’s $38 trillion debt crisis could reshape global power, but India must adopt free-market strategies to propel its economy forward.

If China were to acquire these advanced and cutting-edge technologies ... would the U.S. accept defeat?

[T]he American president is building a personality cult that Ceaușescu borrowed from Stalin but raised to new heights.

From an American viewpoint, Gaza is a nuisance and perhaps something that can be worked around in the broader campaign against Hamas.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.