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Dome of the rock and wailing wall in Jerusalem, Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Knesset as President Donald Trump and Amir Ohana, speaker of the Israeli Knesset, look on, October 13, 2025, in Jerusalem. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Donald Trump Gave War a Chance—and It Worked

Aaron MacLean

Senior Fellow

Aaron MacLean

Oct 13, 2025

Commentary

6 Min Read

US President Donald Trump is welcomed by Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion International Airport on October 13, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Getty Images)

Commentary

How Israel’s Strength Paved the Way to Peace

Mike Watson

Fellow and Deputy Director, Center for Strategy and American Statecraft

Mike Watson

Oct 11, 2025

Commentary

4 Min Read

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd R) meets with US President Donald Trump's Special Representative for the Middle East Steve Witkoff (2nd L) and Trump's son-in-law and former advisor Jared Kushner (L) in West Jerusalem on October 9, 2025. (Getty Images)

In the Media

Israel and Hamas Agree to the Peace Deal

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 8, 2025

In the Media

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - OCTOBER 07: Pro-Palestinian activists protest the war in Gaza on the October 7th Anniversary at the Newscorp headquarters on October 07, 2025 in New York City. The protest was held on the second anniversary of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel that killed about 1,200 people and saw 251 hostages taken. Forty-eight hostages remain in Gaza. Gaza’s health authorities say more than 67,000 Palestinians have been killed in a war that has also displaced roughly 2 million people. Talks are u

Pro-Palestinian activists protest on the October 7, 2025, in New York City. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Protests on October 7 Show It Was Never About a “Ceasefire,” It Was Anti-Israel Hate

Liel Leibovitz

Senior Fellow

Liel Leibovitz

Oct 8, 2025

Commentary

3 Min Read

(Screenshot via YouTube)

In the Media

Peace Talks Continue in Egypt

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 8, 2025

In the Media

(Screenshot via Fox News)

In the Media

Will Hamas Agree to the Peace Plan?

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Senior Fellow and Director, Keystone Defense Initiative

Rebeccah L. Heinrichs

Oct 7, 2025

In the Media

A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

A see-off ceremony for newly recruited soldiers is held on September 16, 2025, in Fuyang, China. (Getty Images)

Commentary

The October 7 Warning for the US on China

Mike Gallagher

Distinguished Fellow

Mike Gallagher

Oct 7, 2025

Commentary

1 Min Read

An Israeli flag flutters on the window of a building that was damaged during the war between Israel and Hezbollah in Kibbutz Menara in northern Israel on November 28, 2024. The Israeli military on November 28 said it hit a facility in southern Lebanon belonging to Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, a day after a ceasefire between the group and Israel began. (Photo by Jalaa MAREY / AFP) (Photo by JALAA MAREY/AFP via Getty Images)

An Israeli flag flutters on the window of a building in northern Israel on November 28, 2024. (Getty Images)

Commentary

Israel and Syria: A Conversation with Charmaine Hedding

Lela Gilbert

Adjunct Fellow, Center for Religious Freedom

Lela Gilbert

Oct 6, 2025

Commentary

7 Min Read

An F-16 pilot prepares for takeoff while airmen perform final preflight inspections on January 9, 2015, at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan. (US Air Force)

Commentary

Why Reclaiming an Afghan Air Base Is in America’s National Interest