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  • Hamas has just won a major victory over Israel

    The hostage deal has costs as well as benefits – and it’s the terrorists who stand to gain most Beware of terrorists bearing gifts. Compassionate goals and unrelenting war make for a complex mix. While freeing Hamas’s October 7 victims is laudable, there are right and wrong ways to do so. There are costs as […]

  • Resettlement from Gaza must be an option

    Israel is far from eliminating Hamas’s terrorist threat, but what becomes of Gaza Strip residents thereafter? One viable long-term solution that receives little attention is resettling substantial numbers of Gazans. Rejecting this idea reflexively risks dooming the Middle East to continuing terrorism and instability. For decades after Israel’s creation, Arab states, particularly radical regimes like […]

  • Israel is running out of time before Biden damns it to defeat

    We should be alarmed: the US’s support is rapidly eroding in part thanks to Iran’s propaganda efforts US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s trip this week to Israel, Jordan and other key players in the region vividly demonstrates the dangerous misconceptions underlying America’s Middle East policy. Blinken’s visit also shows how rapidly Joe Biden’s superficially strong support […]

  • Biden risks American lives by refusing to hold Iran to account

    While there is no serious doubt Iran is driving the Middle East crisis, President Biden continues ignoring the strategic implications of this fundamental reality. As in Ukraine, where the administration worries more about Russian “escalation” than Ukrainian victory, Biden worries more about the Middle East conflict “spreading” beyond Israel and Hamas than about defeating the Iran-directed threats. […]

  • Biden’s foolish reward for Venezuela

    Venezuela today vividly represents the collapse of effective American foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. Receiving unfortunately little attention, President Joe Biden’s misguided, dangerous efforts to lift economic sanctions against this oppressive regime will undermine Venezuela’s democratic opposition and entrench the criminal syndicate now in power. The United States and a solid phalanx of Latin American and European countries […]

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Hamas has just won a major victory over Israel

11/24/2023

The hostage deal has costs as well as benefits – and it’s the terrorists who stand to gain most Beware of terrorists bearing gifts. Compassionate goals and unrelenting war make for a complex mix. While...

Resettlement from Gaza must be an option

11/16/2023

Israel is far from eliminating Hamas’s terrorist threat, but what becomes of Gaza Strip residents thereafter? One viable long-term solution that receives little attention is resettling substantial numbers of Gazans. Rejecting this idea reflexively risks...

Israel is running out of time before Biden damns it to defeat

11/7/2023

We should be alarmed: the US’s support is rapidly eroding in part thanks to Iran’s propaganda efforts US secretary of state Antony Blinken’s trip this week to Israel, Jordan and other key players in the region vividly...

Biden risks American lives by refusing to hold Iran to account

11/2/2023

While there is no serious doubt Iran is driving the Middle East crisis, President Biden continues ignoring the strategic implications of this fundamental reality. As in Ukraine, where the administration worries more about Russian “escalation” than Ukrainian...

Biden’s foolish reward for Venezuela

10/31/2023

Venezuela today vividly represents the collapse of effective American foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere. Receiving unfortunately little attention, President Joe Biden’s misguided, dangerous efforts to lift economic sanctions against this oppressive regime will undermine Venezuela’s democratic opposition and...

ABOUT JOHN BOLTON

Ambassador John Bolton, a diplomat and a lawyer, has spent many years in public service. He served as the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations in 2005-2006. He was Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security from 2001 to 2005. In the Reagan Administration, he was an Assistant Attorney General.