BLOG Post #478: The Gaza War May End, but Peace Remains Elusive 9 Oct 2025 Some Questions Hamas has accepted Donald Trump’s plan for ending the Gaza war. Under the plan, Hamas, in exchange for the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,700 Gazans in…
BLOG Post #469: Israel and Genocide 31 Jul 20251 Aug 2025 What is Genocide? Many scholars and progressives are reluctant to call Israel’s actions in Gaza genocide. They will agree that Israel’s behavior is abominable and atrocious but nevertheless falls…
BLOG Post #465: It’s Trump’s War Now 22 Jun 202522 Jun 2025 President Trump announced that the US had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites. Then he messaged that "now is the time for peace." No, it is time for war. No…
BLOG Post #464: Trump and Netanyahu Play “Good Cop, Bad Cop” with Iran 13 Jun 202513 Jun 2025 Playing the Game In the lead-up to Israel’s devastating attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities and its military leadership, Pres. Trump posed as a peacemaker and concerned bystander. He said that…
BLOG Post #462: Donald in Arabia 16 May 202515 May 2025 A Golden Age “In the United States, we’ve announced the golden age of America,” Trump said at the Saudi-U.S. Investment Forum in Riyadh. “And with the help of the people…
BLOG Post #449: The Limited Future of the Cease-fire in Gaza 26 Jan 202512 Feb 2025 (Note to Readers: This post first appeared January 26. I'm adding the final section to take account of the most recent developments.) The Israel-Hamas cease-fire has brought a measure of…
BLOG Post #448: Iran’s Weakness, America’s Opportunity? 23 Jan 2025 Iran’s Problem-filled Situation Taking advantage of another’s troubles: That’s the danger Iran faces from the next US administration. Iran’s domestic and international positions have seriously weakened, inviting Donald Trump to…
BLOG Post #440: Give Peace a Chance? No Way 22 Oct 202422 Oct 2024 Three Developments That Might Lead to Talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented a week or so ago: “We will do to Lebanon what we did to Gaza.” That…
BLOG Post #438: On the Brink in the Middle East 26 Sep 20241 Nov 2024 Signaling an Invasion Israel’s planting of explosive material in pagers and walkie-talkies could be the forerunner to an invasion of southern Lebanon. Defense minister Yoav Gallant implied as much when…
BLOG Post #436: Cease-fire Agreements in the Middle East Seem More Remote than Ever 1 Sep 20241 Nov 2024 “Blood on His Hands” “After close to a year of neglect, Netanyahu doesn’t miss a single opportunity to ensure that there won’t be a deal. Not a day goes…
BLOG Post #432: Escalation and Miscalculation: How a Bigger War Might Happen in the Middle East 4 Aug 20241 Nov 2024 Fateful Choices Just a few weeks ago, the media were reporting that Israel and Hezbollah were edging closer to an agreement that would bring their deadly exchanges along the border…
BLOG Post #431: Two Wars With No Way Out 28 Jul 20241 Nov 2024 People involved in conflict resolution often say that every war must end. Most wars do end in some fashion, but plenty of wars—and the wars in Ukraine and Israel appear…
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