During one of the most turbulent periods in Israel’s history, Ambassador Michael Herzog served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States from November 2021 to January 2025. His tenure spanned the aftermath of Hamas’s October 7 massacre, a prolonged war…
The U.S. military is concentrating major firepower around the Middle East, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with President Donald Trump in Washington on Monday to discuss the shared challenge – and opportunity – of rolling back Tehran’s…
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Turkey remains mostly unchanged—cracking down on political opposition at home while seeking a bigger role on the world stage—yet its relationship with the United States might be shifting. On March 26, Secretary of State Marco…
Amid growing challenges on its other fronts, Israel has resumed targeted military operations in the Gaza Strip to apply increasingly suffocating military pressure against Hamas. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has struck over 400 targets since resuming its campaign…
Israel resumed military operations in the Gaza Strip on March 17 after direct U.S.-Hamas ceasefire negotiations collapsed. U.S. Middle East special envoy Steven Witkoff blamed Hamas for the talks’ breakdown, citing the terror group’s “entirely impractical” demands, while Secretary…
At the direction of President Donald Trump, the U.S. military began a wide-ranging aerial campaign on March 15 against the Iran-backed Houthis, targeting dozens of military sites and key leaders. Since late 2023, the terrorist group has launched hundreds…
Iran is closer than ever to possessing a nuclear arsenal. The International Atomic Energy Agency’s February 25 report revealed Iran’s stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium has ballooned by nearly one-third since November. Tehran’s nuclear scientists are also reportedly…
The Middle East’s myriad, complex, often overlapping conflicts continue to evolve—particularly in Turkey and Syria. The decades-long conflict between Turkey and the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militant group may finally have an end in sight. On February 27, Abdullah Ocalan,…
After Phase I of the Gaza ceasefire expired on March 1, Israel proposed an extension to release additional hostages, which Hamas has reportedly rejected thus far. Israel reportedly is preparing for renewed military operations in Gaza, and it has…
The Lebanon ceasefire has reached a crucial stage, with Israeli troops largely withdrawing from Lebanon on February 18 and hostilities with Hezbollah generally tapering off in recent weeks. However, the northern front’s future remains clouded by uncertainty. Israel’s February 17…