The war between Israel and Hamas is bad, but it could get much worse. More so than any Arab-Israeli crisis since 1973, this conflict has the potential to expand and intensify, pulling in actors across the region and beyond. The nightmare scenario is that the current fight becomes a larger conflagration involving the Lebanese terrorist

Iranian proxies throughout the Middle East are involved in a multi-front escalation. Attacks against Israel and US forces have now occurred in Iraq and Syria, and now from Yemen. Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder described these events as individual “small-scale attacks” and deflected when asked about Iran’s hand in them. But the timing

The 2020s are starting to look like the 1930s, as I wrote last week in the wake of Hamas’s unprecedentedly vicious attack on Israel. Nations that embody, imperfectly but creditably in any historical perspective, representative politics, rule of law, and respect for human rights — Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan — have been under attack or threat of attack from nations

Secretary of State Antony Blinken ordered his Office of Palestinian Affairs to delete the statement as soon as journalists began calling. “Terror and violence solve nothing,” it read. It was the usual State Department pabulum. Most statements nowadays are empty and formulaic, as easily written by a computer algorithm as a diplomat. The notion that terrorism never works is a nice

Hamas’ barbaric Oct. 7 attack on Israel provides a rare moment of clarity in international politics. It opens up a fleeting chance for the U.S. not only to help Israel strike a blow against radical Islam, but also to frustrate Washington’s other enemies and rivals.  Hamas’ attack directly benefits Iran and Russia, and it indirectly

President Joe Biden sent the USS Gerald R. Ford with its strike group off the coast of Israel, ostensibly to show support and lend assistance. While it is right to resupply Israel to enable it to hold off its enemies, eradicate Hamas, and rescue hostages, it is still unclear what exactly the Ford and its escorts are

Elliott Abrams has always been a voice of clarity in Washington. This week, we ask him … well, a lot. But the three questions we really want an answer to are: Why is the White House fronting for Iran?How the hell did this attack happen?What should we do next? Listen to the full podcast here.

Not once in his 10-minute statement Tuesday condemning Hamas’s horrific attack on Israel did President Biden mention Iran — the regime ultimately responsible for last weekend’s brutal murder of some 1,200 people in Israel, including at least 22 Americans. Worse, he delivered no warning to Iran that the regime would pay a severe price if its terrorist proxy, Hamas, harmed

Beijing claims to be a “friend” to Israel, but signs of any such friendship have been in short supply in recent days. In the wake of the bloody weekend terrorist attack on Israel, China has effectively thrown its lot in with Hamas — a clear indication it sees its interests in the Middle East as

Hamas may be a terrorist group, but for decades, Israel and the wider world have treated it as a fact of life. John Kerry visited the group as a senator, prior to becoming secretary of state. So, too, did many European officials. The Turkish parliament gave Hamas leader Khaled Meshal a rousing ovation during his 2006 visit to Ankara. Today, Qatar