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Robert Satloff is executive director of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
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Ending the War
Hamas' surrender would break the binary choice between conflict and ceasefire.
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Regime Change, Israeli-Style
The war triggered by Hamas’ barbaric attacks will be the first zero-sum conflict in the Arab-Israeli arena since 1948.
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Letting Iran Go Nuclear
Iran’s nuclear program is galloping ahead—and the United States is doing very little about it.
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Saudi Arabia
President Biden heads to Saudi Arabia. It’s complicated.