Ishaan Tharoor

Only a fraction of the territory’s population today cast a ballot for Hamas. But the vote 17 years ago has been invoked as justification for collective punishment against Palestinians in Gaza.

Given the scale and horror of Hamas’s carnage, the invocation of ISIS is not surprising. But scholars of the Middle East contend that such rhetoric deliberately flattens the deep forces at play.

Amid nearly three punishing weeks of Israel’s bombardment and siege, the options for Gaza’s residents are grim.

As a terrifying silence fell over Gaza amid a near complete communications blackout, protesters around the world made noise to call for a cease-fire.

An already deteriorating situation in the West Bank is drifting in an alarming direction.

Israeli officials and commentators are floating vague ideas of an endgame as Israel continues its punishing campaign in the Gaza Strip.

The Biden administration championed Israel’s right to defend itself as it saw fit. Unlike leaders and diplomats in other parts of the world, U.S. officials were more subdued in their expressions of concern for the civilians killed amid relentless Israeli aerial bombardments.

The invocation of “genocide” is always a fraught, loaded act, and all the more so when discussing the actions of the state of Israel.

The battles in Sudan garnered global attention as foreigners in the capital Khartoum scrambled to get out. Now, a new tipping point seems to have been reached.

When it comes to Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza, China is taking a backseat. But as Xi goes to meet President Biden this week in San Francisco, the war in the Middle East will shadow deliberations.