The US has given military aid to Israel since the 1960s, backed by both domestic and regional strategic interests, including containing Iran.
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The law doesn’t govern political prisoner exchanges. These are political processes done in secret, as governments can agree to whatever deals they want to make − and reject those they don’t.
Kamala Harris has been more vocally critical of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza. This might work to her advantage in November.
While US presidents have consistently said that a two-state solution is the only way forward to settle Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the US has blocked Palestine from being fully recognized at the UN.
Vance’s foreign policy views could prove influential if Trump is re-elected in November.
Scholars of communication and politics assess a presidential debate with a clear loser, but no clear winner.
Most efforts to project how well a candidate will do in an election are based largely on factors over which presidents have little to no control.
Why has the ICC indictment of Israeli and Hamas leaders drawn so much fire? Understanding the notion of moral equivalence might help explain why.
Student-led protests in response to US engagement in the Vietnam War mounted in the 1960s and led to a group called the Weather Underground that believed in direct confrontation with the state.
The US put a pause on an arms shipment to Israel as it launched a Rafah offensive. This is not the first time the US and Israel have publicly disagreed, despite their strong diplomatic relationship.
Trump is sending mixed messages about his planned foreign policy decisions, if he becomes president.
The disintegration of the United States’ relationship with Niger following its military coup in 2023 is giving way to stronger ties between the African country and Russia and China.
Tehran has warned that no Israeli embassy is safe following deadly bombing of its mission in Damascus.
Israel has historically made statements and taken actions to placate US anger without always following through. But will Biden’s threat to put conditions on aid force Israel to behave differently?
If the world sits on the sidelines for the next six months, it not only loses time and ground but puts Trump in a stronger position if he is elected.
Sending ground troops to Ukraine could provoke a wider and vastly more dangerous war with Russia,
Donald Trump has threatened to not defend some NATO countries if Russia attacks them. But the US also benefits from the power that NATO gives it, as well as the stability it helped create in Europe.
China is making chip progress despite US efforts to contain its industry.
China is asserting itself in the South Pacific, prompting efforts from the US and its allies to contain its influence.
More than 85 locations linked to militias were hit in a robust response by Washington to an earlier deadly drone attack on a US base in Jordan.
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