As Trump returns to the White House, the architect of Republican-Israel ties is convinced a new era in US-Israel relations is dawning.

All the current “mainstream” proposals for the “Day After” in Gaza represent the triumph of misguided hope—or at least, misconceived correctness—over bitter experience.

In a recent study published by the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs and State Affairs, Jonathan Dachoach-Halevi lays out hundreds of open-source enemy materials from before October 7, whose reading disturbs sleep as it demonstrates the gap between the clear signs and our arrogant blindness.

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Middle East expert and former US administration advisor Michael Doran draws optimism from Israel's regional strengthening, maps Syria's power structure post-Assad, suggests not to fear cooperation with Turkey, and explains why the US must maintain its global power.