If President-elect Donald Trump wants Mideast peace he will have to godfather a Palestinian state alongside Israel.

At times, military ego can overshadow even the most disciplined armed forces. Currently, Israel, the IDF, and its veteran leadership, driven by a desire to restore their reputation, may heighten the risk of stand-offs with Hamas.

In 1977, before the Camp David talks, Begin and Sadat had a preliminary meeting at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. On July 22, 1946, Begin, leading the Jewish Irgun militia, led a terrorist attack on this hotel and 91 were killed and 47 were injured.

This cease-fire is still fragile, and working toward a Palestinian solution and a wider Mideast accord will require intense work by the Trump administration.

The announcement came shortly after President Trump rescinded Biden-era sanctions on Israeli settlers and Jewish extremists raided Palestinian villages in protest against the cease-fire in Gaza.

America has always used a blend of hard power and soft power. We both flex and listen. With the stakes this high, we will need to do both in the coming years.

Analysis: Trump is eyeing the grand prize of Israel-Saudi normalisation, but after the Gaza war and shifting regional dynamics, the chances are remote.

ISRAEL, going back decades, has played a duplicitous game. It signs a deal with the Palestinians that is to be implemented in phases. The first phase gives Israel what it wants — in this case the release of the Israeli hostages in Gaza — but Israel habitually fails to implement subsequent phases that would lead to a just and equitable peace.

President Carter practiced his faith clearly and openly — he even taught adult Sunday School while in office! Yet he fully honored the separation of church and state.

Joe Biden entered the Oval Office in January 2021 with more experience in foreign policy than any president in 30 years—more than all but one or two of his predecessors in the past half-century. Yet he leaves this week with a mixed record,

Last week many Americans witnessed the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at the National Cathedral in the nation’s capital. President Carter died in December while in hospice care in Georgia.

A prerequisite for being a president of the United States should be having a carpentry background. Consider all of the knowledge you have to have in building a house.