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Indeed, in a leaked conversation that appeared the day before the Foreign Affairs op-ed, Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, admitted, “I believe Iran and the US will never be friends as long as the Islamic Republic preserves its identity. Never will our issues with America be resolved.” That admission, made in confidence, is unambiguous. Zarif knows the nature of the regime that he serves. The regime’s founder, Ruhollah Khomeini, was fiercely anti-American, anti-Western, and antisemitic. As the historian Ray Takeyh observed in his 2009 work,  Guardians of the Revolution: “fo...

Rocket attacks were launched on Israeli cities throughout Wednesday after the country's military carried out airstrikes that hit targets in Gaza.

(AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Aaron David Miller and Daniel Kurtzer write that the Biden administration must do everything it can to defuse the latest crisis to erupt between Israelis and Palestinians. This will require a multipronged diplomatic effort that is based on a clear division of labor -- the US speaking to Israel, and America's Arab and European partners negotiating with Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.Read Full Article »

Biden struggles to respond to Jerusalem clashes after Trump refused to criticize Israel Tracy Wilkinson © (Ohad Zwigenberg / Associated Press) A Jewish driver, center, scuffles with Palestinians after he was attacked by Palestinian protesters near Jerusalem's Old City on Monday. (Ohad Zwigenberg / Associated Press) After four years of former President Trump's refusal to condemn or even mildly critique any Israeli act, the Biden administration faces soaring Israeli-Palestinian violence equipped with fewer options to deescalate tensions than at any time in recent history. Tru...

University of Utah law professor Amos Guiora was at his home in Jerusalem as missiles launched between Israel and Palestine his just six miles away.