Analysis

The Syrian leader is responsible for Iran's actions in his country, just like Lebanon is responsible for Hezbollah's provocations.

In turn, Armenia could allow Turkey's enemy, the United Arab Emirates, to deploy its own troops to the area. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, could force all sides to cease and desist.

As a veteran senator, a former contender for his party’s presidential nomination, and a former vice president, Biden is aware of the extent of support for Israel in the US Congress.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longtime supporter of the settlement enterprise, may seek to use the final weeks of the Trump administration to push through a flurry of last-minute construction projects. But doing so could antagonize the incoming administration.

Israel’s security establishment is worried that another Obama-esque approach to Iran will fail a second time and will once again result in a triumphant Iran flush with billions of dollars in cash. Then again, Joe Biden is not Barack Obama, and the world is in a different place.

Iran and its proxies interfere in Arab states while promoting their Shiite revolutionary ideology, while Turkey pushes the Muslim Brotherhood's Sunni revolutionary ideology throughout the region. For both these countries, the normalization deals struck between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan have been a shock to the system.

While officials in Israel are certain that under Joe Biden, Israel and the US will maintain a close working relationship, the next US administration's stance on Iran and the Palestinians could be less accommodating to Jerusalem.

On their own, several upcoming and ongoing events wouldn’t trigger an escalation, but compounded with the coronavirus, the economic situation and the frayed nerves of the terrorist operative on the ground in Gaza, and we could soon find ourselves in a fight with Gaza.

Once again, the polls underestimated President Donald Trump's strength and overestimated how his Democratic rival would perform.

Officials on both sides describe a series of behind-the-scenes frosty exchanges and grudges between France’s Emmanuel Macron and Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan going back years.