The Biden administration confronts a rapidly changing Middle East, as Arabs and Israelis alike adjust to what they perceive to be a U.S. deprioritization of the region.
What’s needed to set the relationship on a better path is a new Israeli government minus its hard-line ministers—and ideally, in time, minus Netanyahu, too. Until that materializes, certainly for the Biden administration, relations are going to remain stuck on a shaky plateau.
There are a number things to look for coming out of this summit. One is mentioned is Ukraine's status or future status as a potential member of NATO.
Yet beneath the rhetoric and confiscated weapons inventory lies a more complex reality. Even before the Jenin incursion—and now certainly after—Israelis and Palestinians remain trapped in a volatile, bloody cul-de-sac with little prospect of a way out.
Western experts are putting forward failed policies rather than reckoning with the damage Israeli apartheid has caused.
Climate change in the Middle East will amplify preexisting vulnerabilities stemming from conflict, displacement, marginalization, and corruption, while also creating new risks. Governments in the region will need to adopt more inclusive reforms as part of their climate adaptation strategies.
Israeli troops pulled out of the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank after carrying out the largest military operation in decades.
Israel targets Palestinian militants in largest military operation in the West Bank in decades.
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