Clifford Smith: Hello, everyone. This is Cliff Smith. I am the Washington Project director of the Middle East Forum. Thanks for joining us for a special roundtable discussion of what I have called in a recent article, "The Problems of America s
The war between Israel and Hamas launched by the Hamas massacre of October 7 appears currently to be in a kind of holding pattern. Israel has assembled a large force on the Gaza border and announced its intention to carry out a ground operation to
Qatar’s long-standing strategy of alignment with Islamist and jihadi politics in the region does not derive from Islamist beliefs on the part of the ruling family.
Following the clearest indication yet that it would soon invade the enclave, Israel’s military offered a new window for Gazans to move south. Thousands have heeded the call amid a spiraling humanitarian crisis.
Officials and diplomats tell VICE News that even Hamas may not know how many Israeli hostages are in Gaza, as the implications of reports of more than 120 prisoners sink in.