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The grave of Hamas’s top political leader Saleh Arouri. Gravestone, flowers, a picture of Arouri.

The Pros and Cons of Targeted Killing

By striking Shukur and Haniyeh in the capital cities of Lebanon and Iran respectively, Israel has sent Iran a humiliating and painful message.

Andrew Fox

12 Aug 2024 · 11 min read

Two men in suits sit on a couch facing an ayatollah in robes on a chair. There is an Iranian flag next to him.

Shadow Boxing: The Conflict Between Iran and Israel

The mini-war between Israel and Iran’s proxies has gradually begun to approach open Israeli-Iranian conflict, and the threat of an all-out, full-scale war is now palpable.

Benny Morris

1 Aug 2024 · 18 min read

The Feckless Lebanese State

American money and goodwill cannot fix a state when its own people refuse to make the sacrifices necessary to establish and defend effective, efficient, and responsible governance.

Eric Bordenkircher

28 Jul 2024 · 8 min read

The Fall of Beirut

Except calling Hezbollah merely a terror group is too simplistic, and nothing in Lebanon is ever simple or easy to explain.

Art Keller

28 Aug 2020 · 11 min read