Gaza
5 briefs
Hamas Will Not Disarm. The Peace Plan Requires It to Disarm.
The US-led Board of Peace has hit a wall: Hamas says it will give up weapons only after a Palestinian state is guaranteed. The BoP says there is no state guarantee without disarmament first. Neither position has moved.
Hamas Will Not Disarm Until Israel Withdraws. Israel Will Not Withdraw Until Hamas Disarms. The Ceasefire Is Expiring.
Talks in Cairo hit a deadlock on the sequencing question that the October deal deliberately left unresolved. The Board of Peace has 281 days to solve something the negotiators could not.
The Democratic Party Has Broken on Israel. The Leadership Is Pretending Otherwise.
All but 7 Senate Democrats just voted to block weapons sales to Israel. The same week, the DNC blocked a floor vote on a resolution condemning AIPAC. Both facts are true at once.
Israel Seizes Gaza Aid Flotilla 1,000 Miles From Gaza
The interception near Crete ends the mission before it starts and turns 175 detained activists into a diplomatic problem for every government that said nothing.
Orban Lost His Election. His Israel Policy Did Not.
Hungary's incoming leader Peter Magyar says he will keep the veto on EU sanctions against Israel. Five countries want to punish Israel for Gaza. One country can stop all of them. And the EU is starting to ask whether the unanimity rule should survive this.