Outside the Beltway

The 21st century’s most brutal conflict and the laws of war.

The popular app is influencing the opinions of its young user base.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

The inevitable has happened.

World opinion and American opinion diverge significantly.

Article 99 meets Catch-22.

Sorry, Senator Rubio.

The cease-fire will end. What follows is not at all clear.

A bizarre statement by the head of the Roman Catholic church.

Hamas gets rewarded for its crimes.

It’s likely legal and almost certainly won’t matter.

An extraordinary look into warning civilians about impending attacks.

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.

When the intellectually correct answer isn’t politically possible.

Muddled reporting of a messy situation.

A poll on Israeli support.

What comes next is anyone’s guess.

His critics are focused on the wrong problem.

The war in Israel is in danger of expanding.

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

Outsiders seem to want the impossible.

The best statement on the complexity of the Israel-Hamas conflict that I have heard/read.

A competent leader versus a lunatic would seem an easy choice. Alas.

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.

One of the worst movies in memory may be getting a sequel.

The killing goes on.

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.

There’s a word for people who use outrageous violence to terrorize.

The Natanz fuel enrichment site has been seriously damaged.

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.

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

This could be a very big deal – unless it isn’t.

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

The Trump Administration has taken the latest step in a process that began in May with the withdrawal from the JCPOA. Where it takes us is anybody’s guess, but the probability of something going wrong is quite high.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a bombastic speech on Iran yesterday that reveals just how empty and dangerous the Trump Administration’s policy toward Iran actually is.

Celebrations and a deadly day in the Middle East.

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.

A foolish, and potentially dangerous, decision by President Trump.