Tag: Gaza

[The Trump–El-Sisi summit at Davos 2026] is also a test of the extent to which American pragmatism can align with Egyptian strategic constants.

[W]hat Netanyahu has come to realize is that Trump has effectively stripped him of any cards he once held relating to Gaza.

Trump’s foreign policy is neither ideological nor institutional. It is centralized, personality-driven and oriented toward visible, near-term wins.

It would be a mistake to assume that Netanyahu dictates Trump’s Middle East agenda. It would also be a mistake to allow Netanyahu to tailor American priorities to Israel’s political and military actions in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.

Israel is weaponizing the Christian faith to enforce a foreign political agenda on the American people.

It is either the American “applying pressure” or the Israeli “being pressured,” per the ubiquitous epithets of the moment.

The question we therefore need to ask is who is next?

Even in the earlier "Deal of the Century," Benjamin Netanyahu steered Donald Trump toward a Bar-Ilan-style bear hug: first applying Israeli law to parts of the territories, and only afterward offering a "minus Arab state."

[T]he United States has not suspended any assistance to any Israeli unit, despite the compelling evidence of war crimes.