Even if a deal is struck, there are multiple ways for things to go off the rails before it becomes a durable settlement.
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Secret Sharers: Jews, Muslims, and this Long, Cruel War
Jews and Muslims are victims of victims, an endless death cycle that grips Israelis and Palestinians alike.
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Why the Gaza Peace Plan Is Basically a War Plan
Today on TAP: The Trump-Bibi plan continues to let Israel run amok unless Hamas signs on.
Posted inBooks
Why the Israel-Palestine Conflict Remains Unresolved
Two former negotiators on opposite sides write that neither side has ever acknowledged the other side’s existential needs.
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Bessent’s Bizarre Bailout
Today on TAP: Argentina will get U.S. help despite its perverse economic policies, only because fellow economic pervert Trump and Argentina’s Milei are soulmates. It won’t work.
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The Idiocy (Both Moral and Strategic) of the Democratic National Committee
Today on TAP: At its meeting this week, the DNC opposed a ban on U.S. provision of offensive weapons to Israel.
Posted inPolitics
Maine’s Populist Senate Candidate Thinks We Are in a New Gilded Age
Graham Platner’s challenge to Susan Collins and the Democratic establishment could remake a bruised and aimless Democratic coalition.
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Will Next Week’s DNC Meeting Call for a Ban on U.S. Arms to Israel?
Today on TAP: The committee can either put the party on record opposing those sales, or regurgitate Biden’s do-nothing policy.
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Trump and Ukraine: Today Outlines of Peace, Tomorrow Who Knows
Are we any closer to a peace deal in Ukraine after the latest White House meetings with Zelensky and European leaders?
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Putin’s Poodle
Today on TAP: One silver lining: new unity and resolve on the part of democratic Europe
