An Israeli Journalist Reports from the Gulf
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B’Ivrit | As Trump Cools, Israeli Media Struggle to Reset
Trump’s newly discovered longing for Middle East peace and his impatience with Netanyahu seem to be leading to a realignment in the Israeli press.
Opinion | Is Turkey Israel’s Next Big Problem?
In the wake of Assad’s ouster, Israeli officials are nervously eyeing another potential challenge.
Opinion | A Second Act for Trump and Israel
In his first term, Donald Trump achieved in the Middle East something that few presidents before him could match: the Abraham Accords.
Opinion | Are the Abraham Accords Coming Back to Life?
Over the past year, Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip has fundamentally upended the Jewish state’s regional relationships—and brought down the curtain, at least temporarily, on Jerusalem’s previously vibrant ties to the countries of the Abraham Accords.
Interview | What Assad’s Fall Means for Syria and the Greater Middle East
Ilan Berman and Nadine Epstein share aluable insights into the complex and rapidly evolving situation in Syria.
Interview | The Perilous State of Our World Order
It’s a truism of geopolitics that disorder somewhere breeds disorder elsewhere.
Explainer: How Bibi’s New All-Right Coalition is Responding to West Bank Violence
In the wake of the killing of the Yaniv brothers and the razing of Huwara, one MK hailed the "pogrom" as a success for Israeli security.
Ladino in Turkey: Rescuing an Endangered Language
A group of Turkish Jews is championing the revival of the 500-year-old Judeo-Spanish language
When Spring Turned to Winter in the Middle East
Harvard law professor Noah Feldman’s book about Arab political self-determination and self-destruction is called The Arab Winter: A Tragedy. And he really means it. Grief emanates from every line of this reevaluation of the Arab Spring, which revisits the hope followed by disaster in Egypt and Syria; the utopian Islamism that produced the hellish dystopia of ISIS; and, perhaps most painful, the success in Tunisia that showed the other tragedies were not inevitable.Â
Fiction, History and Politics with Statesman Michael Oren and Michael Mandelbaum
Former Israeli ambassador to the United States, Michael Oren, in conversation with professor of American foreign policy, Michael Mandelbaum about Israeli history, politics and Oren’s new book The Night Archer, a collection of short fiction stories.
Israel and the UAE with former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller
Now that Israel and the United Arab Emirates have normalized their relationship, what does it mean for peace in the Middle East? Join former Middle East peace negotiator Aaron David Miller in conversation with Moment editor-in- chief Nadine Epstein.