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The tide of the Gaza war is riding on what Israel does next in Rafah.

Here we go again. As the Senate worked furiously over the last several days to bring a $95 billion aid bill for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan across the finish line, a minority of Republicans, at the urging of former President Donald Trump and led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), have been working just as hard to block any additional aid to Ukraine

Jon Alterman speaks with Bader Al-Saif, a U.S.-trained Kuwaiti academic, about Kuwaitis’ perceptions of the Israel-Hamas war, U.S. geostrategy, and where Kuwait itself is headed almost 35 years after Iraq’s invasion of the country.

US military action has so far failed to halt attacks by Iran-backed groups on Washington's forces in the Middle East and shipping in the Red Sea, with the threats persisting despite recent heavy air strikes.In Yemen, the Iran-backed Huthi rebels began targeting Red Sea shipping in November, saying they were hitting Israel-linked vessels in support of Palestinians in Gaza.

US military action has so far failed to halt attacks by Iran-backed groups on Washington's forces in the Middle East and shipping in the Red Sea, with the threats persisting despite recent heavy air strikes.