Opinion

Phase two of the ceasefire rests on a dangerous misreading of how wars in the Middle East actually end.

The question the world must now ask is not about American power, but about Guterres’s abuse of power.

Under Trump, America is actively dismantling the global order it erected in the wake of World War II.

The invitation is about structure, power, and a deliberate attempt to reshape the global order.

To fixate on flawed accusations against Israel while ignoring genuine, massive atrocities elsewhere is to repeat ominous historical precedents.

Trump now has the opportunity to set a different precedent – one that distinguishes accommodation from endorsement, and allies who constrain instability from strongmen who monetize it.

The key to victory is through Jewish-Arab political cooperation.

UNRWA’s defenders abroad often describe it as a humanitarian body caught in a political storm. Israel’s view is sharper: the agency became part of the problem.

Without context, the move to demolish UNRWA’s east Jerusalem headquarters looks like just another incident of Israeli hard-heartedness - an attack on a UN body that wants only to help.

This support is embedded in a broader context of severe and long-term loss of legitimacy facing Iran’s incumbent theocratic regime.