Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Israel continues to argue that these attacks are a defense mechanism being directed at Hamas, which has fired rockets into Israel.
Middle East experts discusses the Israeli strikes that destroyed the building that house Al Jazeera and the Associated Press offices.
After seven days, it's possible that we've reached the point where both Hamas and the Israelis have essentially accomplished everything they want to, and they risk losing the gains that they have accomplished.
The longer this goes on, the greater the pressure will be on the Biden administration to act. Rising humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, electricity, water, rising Palestinian casualties.
Eight months ago, Donald Trump presided over the signing of diplomatic agreements between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. He said the normalization of ties would usher in a new generation of peace in the Middle East, but that vision hasn’t materialized.
A discussion on the ongoing conflict in Israel and the Gaza Strip.
Middle East expert discusses the conflict in Israel.
While the current violence will likely end with a ceasefire, that agreement will not create any sort of pathway toward peace, either for a longer term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas or, perhaps more profoundly, with respect to the broader Israeli Palestinian issue.
The international community is calling for deescalation in Israel and Gaza. The World's Marco Werman speaks with former State Department Middle East adviser Aaron David Miller about where the Biden administration currently stands on the matter.
The White House has urged Israelis and Palestinians to de-escalate their conflict but it has started out with a tentative Mideast policy and not even an ambassador to Israel yet.