The Arab East is a mess—weak, divided, directionless, locked in conflicts, and lacking control of its destiny.

On my afternoon walk, I noticed that a homeowner had recently placed a sign in their front lawn, reading simply: “I stand with Israel.” Four hundred or so days ago, I would have thought nothing of it.

The US news media flits from story to story, seemingly incapable of sustaining attention on events that require it.

Democrats are still reeling from the shock of losing to Donald Trump again.

This past week, Israeli, Lebanese and US leaders were busy patting themselves on the back announcing the completion of an Israeli/Lebanese ceasefire agreement.

History will not be kind to Joseph Biden’s presidency in evaluating his handling of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

This presidential contest has been intensely debated within the Arab American community. In a normal election year, I would be out urging my community to vote for Democrats to stop Donald Trump from re-entering the White House.

Heading into the November election, a massive expenditure of “dark money” in a disinformation campaign is under way designed to depress the Arab American vote in Michigan and the American Jewish vote in Pennsylvania.During the past three election cycles, “dark money”, expenditure

The suggestion from US, Israeli and other policymakers that the devastating blows Israel has dealt to Hizbollah and Lebanon have created “an opportunity to put Lebanon on a better path” is galling.First, it is horribly insensitive, with thousands dead, major sections of Beirut de