Outside the Beltway

The laws of armed conflict aren’t designed for this war.

Pick a side. No nuance allowed.

Hamas continues to cynically manipulate the world’s humanitarian impulses.

We finally have a Chief of Naval Operations but the crisis in the top ranks continues.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Politics makes strange bedfellows.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

Trump is making verbal gaffes while making fun of Biden’s verbal gaffes.

A poll on Israeli support.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

It’s quite the week for politicians with generic names nobody has ever heard of.

When the obvious is controversial.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

America’s involvement in the Israeli and Ukrainian war efforts is more than advertised.

The press really needs to stop trying to make fetch happen.

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

Demonstrators once again breached Hill security.

The timing is not auspicious.

A high-stakes move.

It’s . . . complicated.

What does “complete victory” look like?

Ali Qadhi, who led the terrorist attack on Israel last week, has been killed by the IDF. So have fleeing civilians.

The choice is between competing disasters.

Amid warnings of war crimes, no mercy is forthcoming.

The killing goes on.

Our limited attention spans.

A roundup of news and opinon.

It is escalating quickly.

The 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur war sees a re-escalation.

A reckless campaign of violence has now targeted American journalists.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

Reversing decades of policy, the Trump Administration reversed decades of policy on settlements in disputed territory.

Faced with an election next week, Israel’s Prime Minister is pushing a settlement plan that would be an utter disaster.

President Trump’s nominee to be the next Director of National Intelligence is quite simply not qualified for the position he has been nominated to.

Recent comments by the U.S. Ambassador to Israel make it clear that the United States cannot be considered a neutral party In the Middle East peace process.

Jared Kushner’s long-awaited Middle East peace plan is still awaiting release, but it already appears to be dead on arrival.

Its explanation for why its paywall is coming down 3 days leads us to an obvious question.

Both major parties have claimed victory but it certainly looks like Likud will hang on.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is cutting short his US trip to deal with what his government is calling a Hamas attack.

For the second time this year, a Federal Court has struck down a state law designed to punish businesses that engage in a boycott aimed at Israel.

The Leader of the Free World is, sadly, enabling atrocities.

Celebrations and a deadly day in the Middle East.

From Europe to the Middle East, to Asia, America’s allies are concerned about what the selection of John Bolton as National Security Adviser means going forward. They should be, and so should every American.

Israeli police have recommended that charges be brought against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Whether that damages him politically remains to be seen.

The Trump Administration has acted in a manner to create the impression that there is “no daylight” between the United States and Israel. This is a myth, and pursuing such a goal poses real dangers for America’s national interests.

Americans were once largely united in their opinions about Israel and the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. That’s not the case anymore.

Donald Trump’s Jerusalem decision reveals yet again that he is an appallingly bad deal maker.

A horrible terror attack in Egypt.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Middle East peace was largely correct, but his words are pointless given the fact that neither Israel nor the Palestinians seem serious about peacefully resolving their differences.