Donald Trump was not involved in negotiating the hostage deal.

What was in early 2024 still a fantasy for the messianist movement is today on the verge of being realized.

The two highest courts in the world now have open cases against the state of Israel and its current leadership. The United States couldn’t care less.

Hamas’s attack should have triggered not military retaliation but the immediate resumption of negotiations for a just peace.

It is not antisemitic to defend Palestinian human rights. And it’s past time for more American Jews to say so to correct a media that’s lost the thread.

The prime minister was warned that his position on the Philadelphi corridor could doom the hostages. He pressed ahead anyway.

As we’ve seen, it’s hard for the U.S. to defend Israel and send it arms and be an honest broker for a cease-fire. There’s a better way.

The Middle East could erupt in regional war any day now. The vice president must act quickly.

Anti-Palestinian and anti-Muslim hate are just as pernicious, of course. But there is no segment of the left that denies the existence of those. Why do some ignore antisemitism?

Harris has the chance for a policy reset on Gaza. Acting quickly and decisively could help her win back voters and sway the election. It’s also the right thing to do.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is a leading candidate to be Kamala Harris’s running mate. Selecting him would fracture the party.

Just because international law allows the killing of civilians, including children, doesn’t mean that it isn’t morally abhorrent.

In an election as close as this one, every vote counts—and Biden is bleeding youth support over Israel. It’s not too late. But it’s getting there.

A provisional order for Israel to withdraw from Rafah would provide a clear legal standard the United States would be obliged to follow.

Joe Biden is being tugged in two directions, but his choice should be clear: Save Israel from itself, and save himself, his party, and American democracy in the process.

The U.S. president thought he could influence the Israeli prime minister. He’s getting played instead.

The deal on the table right now should be acceptable to both sides, but Israel’s insistence on carrying through with its Rafah plans is a rod in the wheels of peace.

How the right’s quarter-century campaign to demonize UNRWA led to the World Central Kitchen killings

Israel and Iran have flexed their muscles. But all this must stop here and now. Time to lead, Joe.

This is now beyond politics. Too many people are dying and starving.