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Middle East conflicts

People shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on April 15, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 17, 2026, 10:20 am
A week into Iran ceasefire, Israelis try to snap back as expected, but fear return to war
Sent back to work as usual after weeks in bomb shelters, locals see their resilience tested amid questions about the conflict’s success and a seemingly inevitable resumption of hostilities
By Deborah Danan
Illustrative: A high school student looks to another student for answers during an assignment (iStock by Getty Images)
February 20, 2026, 3:09 am
Radical online content derails students hungry for info on Middle East conflict, study finds
Amid a sea of contradictory claims, high schoolers often believe whatever is most repeated in their social media feeds; better education is the answer, says Chapman University report
By Zev Stub
Geoffrey Levin, author of 'Our Palestine Question: Israel and American Jewish Dissent, 1948-1978.' (Yale University Press/ Courtesy/via JTA)
February 5, 2024, 2:20 am
When ‘nice Jewish boys and girls’ in the US first took up the Palestinian cause
According to historian Geoffrey Levin’s book ‘Our Palestine Question,’ current divides over Israeli policy aren’t new – they existed before American Jews fully embraced Zionism
By JTA and ToI Staff
King of Saudi Arabia Abdul Aziz Ibn Saud on February 2, 1930. (AP Photo)
February 4, 2024, 5:41 am
How did we get here? A new book chronicles Middle East politics, modern and ancient
Former French diplomat Jean-Pierre Filiu covers the region’s unlikely stories, many rulers and missed opportunities in ‘The Middle East: A Political History From 395 to the Present’
By Rich Tenorio
Houthi supporters burn the American flag during a rally to mark the seventh anniversary of the Houthis' takeover of the Yemeni capital, in Sanaa, Yemen, September 21, 2021. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed, File)
December 28, 2023, 4:29 pm
The power behind the power: How Qatar helped the Houthis become a threat to Israel
While the militia recently emerged as an unlikely menace to international shipping, its combative influence in the region has long been amplified by Doha
By Ksenia Svetlova
A cleric walks past Zolfaghar, top, and Dezful missiles displayed by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, at Imam Khomeini grand mosque, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Jan. 7, 2022 (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 5, 2023, 6:04 am
Is Iran really the existential threat Israel claims it is? This author thinks not
In his new book ‘Fear and Insecurity,’ Jonathan Leslie says Israeli politicians are blowing Iranian nuclear aspirations out of proportion – and they’re doing it for the votes
By JP O’ Malley
Illustrative: This photo released by the US Air Force shows a B-52H Stratofortress assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, flying over the Middle East, Sept. 4, 2022. (Staff Sgt. Charles Fultz/U.S. Air Force via AP)
November 20, 2022, 6:13 pm
US building ‘air and maritime defense’ system in Mideast to deter ‘imminent threats’
Brett McGurk, top White House official on region, says ‘something long talked about is now being done, through innovative partnerships and new technologies’
By AFP
Henry Kissinger negotiates with Egyptian president Anwar Sadat in the garden of his summer villa at Mamoura, Alexandria, on August 25, 1975. (David Hume Kennerly White House Photographs/Kissinger Papers at Yale University)
November 30, 2021, 2:20 am
Martin Indyk says Kissinger’s Machiavellian tactics helped stabilize Israel, Mideast
In ‘Master of the Game,’ his new bio on the former US secretary of state, veteran diplomat Indyk looks at how regional powers were leveraged into living with each other
By JP O’ Malley
A man walks through a heavily damaged hospital in the city of Afrin, Syria, on June 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed, File)
September 23, 2021, 3:31 pm
Middle East is still in shambles, but the UN’s attention has moved on for now
Analysts lament world leaders appearing to accept region’s nations being wrecked and divided for the foreseeable future: ‘You can’t be safe if your neighbors’ house is on fire’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) holds a joint press conference with then-US vice president Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, March 9, 2016. (Amit Shabi/Pool)
February 6, 2021, 8:45 am
Reframing Mideast, Biden seems to signal new distance from allies Israel, Saudis
New administration intimates ‘it’s not business as usual’ with the way Trump ran regional ties; in key speech, Biden didn’t mention Israel when saying he was revitalizing alliances
By Shaun Tandon
Anti-war activists protest in front of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 4, 2020 (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)
January 4, 2020, 11:45 pm
Protesters in US rally against prospect of war with Iran
Organizers say demonstrations held in some 70 US cities as prospects of major conflagration grow in wake of killing of top Iranian general
By AFP
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Democrat-Massachusetts, speaks during a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by CNN and The New York Times at Otterbein University, October 15, 2019, in Westerville, Ohio. (John Minchillo/AP)
October 16, 2019, 10:14 am
Warren urges US to ‘get out’ of Mideast, clarifies she only meant combat troops
Spokesperson for presidential contender elaborates that her ‘get out’ of the region remark during Democratic debate did not refer to support forces
By AP and ToI Staff
Denis Michael Rohan sits inside a bulletproof glass box at his trial for setting fire to the al-Aqsa Mosque, at Binyanei Hauma convention center, Jerusalem, October 7, 1969. (Fritz Cohen/GPO)
August 23, 2019, 2:30 am
How an Australian sheepshearer’s al-Aqsa arson nearly torched Middle East peace
On August 23, 1969, kibbutz volunteer Denis Rohan listened to the voices in his head and started a fire on the Temple Mount, nearly igniting a regional war
By Abraham Rabinovich
Still from 'Wall,' by filmmaker Cam Christiansen. (Courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada)
April 3, 2019, 8:54 pm
UK writer wonders if good barriers truly make good neighbors in film, ‘Wall’
Screening in NYC April 3, an animated adaptation of Sir David Hare’s 2009 monologue examines the psychological impact of the Israel-Palestine conflict one both sides of the barrier
By Jordan Hoffman
An Israeli soldier stands near a burning bus after it was hit by an anti-tank missilel fired from Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border, Monday, November 12, 2018. (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)
December 18, 2018, 3:00 pm
In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down
The end of fighting may be on the horizon for conflicts in Yemen, Syria, Iraq and Libya, but for the Israelis and Palestinians there is no peace in sight
By Karin Laub
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