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US President Donald Trump (left) receives Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the White House, in Washington

The Middle East Powder Keg

Fragile ceasefires are holding for now, but the volatile region may be headed for another explosion next year.

Benny Morris 17 Nov 2025 · 14 min read

Shadi Hamid is a middle-aged man of Middle Eastern appearance in a blue suit speaking while seated indoors with blurred bookshelves in the background.

Power and Its Malcontents

Shadi Hamid has an uneasy conscience, and he doesn’t yet know what to do with it.

Brian Stewart 9 Nov 2025 · 25 min read

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Qatari Minister of Defene Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani

The Qatar Problem

Doha can change when it is forced to, and it must be forced to choose moderation.

Chama Mechtaly 31 Oct 2025 · 14 min read

Three masked men in keffiyeh camouflage stand at a podium with rifles and multiple microphones during a press event in Gaza.

Terror’s Intelligence Apparatus

Netanel Flamer’s book about Hamas’s intelligence war on Israel could be read with equal interest by members of Western security forces, and by members of the very groups against which they struggle.

Daniel Allington 22 Oct 2025 · 7 min read

A couple of tanks parked in a ruined city street.

Israel’s Hard-Won Victory

The Jewish state has secured its borders, recovered all living hostages, and put its enemies on notice as to what awaits them if they attempt a reprise of 7 October.

The Quillette Editorial Board 16 Oct 2025 · 6 min read

Israeli woman puts prayer hands to her face, waiting for hostages to come home.

An Uneasy Peace

Trump’s peace plan brings the hostages home and halts fighting in Gaza, but Hamas’s refusal to disarm and Israeli concerns about Palestinian statehood threaten the deal’s long-term survival.

Benny Morris 15 Oct 2025 · 14 min read

Woman holds a sign saying 'Genocide is never justified' at a rally against the war in Gaza in Toronto.

The Genocide Libel

A new report from the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies separates verifiable facts from politically motivated fiction in Gaza.

Andrew Fox 9 Oct 2025 · 24 min read

British prime minister Neville Chamberlain shaking hands with Hitler to seal the Munich Agreement

Peace and Appeasement

Israel now stands accused of genocide for refusing to accept its own annihilation.

Yuki Zeman 17 Sep 2025 · 8 min read

A street in Qatar by night. Lit-up buildings display the Palestinian flag and the face of Ismail Haniyeh.

The Strike on Qatar

In a dramatic surgical strike, Israel may have decapitated the leadership of Hamas in their luxury exile in Doha. The wisdom of this action remains unclear.

Benny Morris 11 Sep 2025 · 11 min read

Scene from a 13 October 2023 ‘Day of Resistance’ rally in Columbus, Ohio.

Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.

The Quillette Editorial Board 5 Aug 2025 · 6 min read