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When I look at my country's presidential contest, the first thought that comes to mind is that only the Devil himself could have designed this excruciating mess. Both men running [...]

Inmediatamente después de que Hamás invadiera Israel el 7 de octubre, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/opinion/israel-hamas-.html a pensar en cómo debía responder con una pregunta: ¿qué es lo que tu peor enemigo quiere que [...]

Immediately after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, I urged Israel to think about how to respond by asking itself one question: What does your worst enemy want you to [...]

I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman On Nov. 4, 2022, just after the current far-right Israeli government coalition won election, I wrote a column with this headline: 'The Israel We Knew Is [...]

On Nov. 4, 2022, just after the current far-right Israeli government coalition won election, I wrote a column with this headline: ''The Israel We Knew Is Gone.'' It was meant [...]

The conventional wisdom is that Donald Trump's trial over his alleged efforts to buy the silence of a porn star on the eve of the 2016 election is the least [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman If you are keeping score at home, you have surely noticed that the two most important defense officials in Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet - Defense Minister [...]

Si estás llevando la cuenta, seguramente te habrás dado cuenta de que los dos funcionarios de defensa más importantes del gabinete de guerra de Benjamín Netanyahu —el ministro de Defensa, [...]

The decision by Spain, Norway and Ireland on Wednesday to recognize an independent Palestinian state marks the latest brick in the wall of rejection being built around Israel’s current far-right [...]

If you are keeping score at home, you have surely noticed that the two most important defense officials in Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet -- Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and the [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman It is unfortunate that President Biden chose to announce his pause of some weapons sales to Israel while on a political campaign swing through Wisconsin. I [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Readers have been asking me, and I have been asking myself of late, how I feel about the campus demonstrations to stop the war in Gaza. [...]

Saudi Arabia and Israel are America's two most important Middle East allies, and the Biden administration is deeply involved with both today, trying to forge a mutual defense treaty with [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Saudi Arabia and Israel are America's two most important Middle East allies, and the Biden administration is deeply involved with both today, trying to forge a [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman U.S. diplomacy to end the Gaza war and forge a new relationship with Saudi Arabia has been converging in recent weeks into a single giant choice [...]

U.S. diplomacy to end the Gaza war and forge a new relationship with Saudi Arabia has been converging in recent weeks into a single giant choice for Israel and Prime [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend was a game-changing escalation that requires some game-changing rethinking on the part of Israel and its [...]

Iran's missile and drone attack on Israel over the weekend was a game-changing escalation that requires some game-changing rethinking on the part of Israel and its most important ally, the [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman It would be easy to be dazzled by the way Israeli, American and other allied militaries shot down virtually every Iranian drone, cruise missile and ballistic [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Israel today is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza, and there is every indication that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to choose [...]

Israel today is at a strategic point in its war in Gaza, and there is every indication that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is going to choose the wrong path -- [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don't laugh, don't doubt, don't sneer - take notes. Something very [...]

One of my ironclad rules of journalism is this: When you see an elephant flying, don't laugh, don't doubt, don't sneer -- take notes. Something very new and important is [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Israel today is in grave danger. With enemies like Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran, Israel should be enjoying the sympathy of much of the world. [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman It's often been said that the most dangerous hot spot in the world is the waterway between Taiwan and mainland China, where the Chinese Navy and [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman I've spent the past few days traveling from New Delhi to Dubai and Amman, and I have an urgent message to deliver to President Biden and [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman I've got a suggestion for the next Trump-G.O.P. fund-raising scheme. You know how sports memorabilia stores sometimes sell basketballs autographed by an entire N.B.A. team? Well, [...]

How’s this for irony? A war launched by Hamas, a movement dedicated to wiping out the Jewish state forever, and a retaliation led by a far-right Israeli government dedicated to [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman One of the most unexpected developments in the Israel-Hamas war is the emergence of a powerful alignment of interests and incentives for Israel, the Palestinians, America [...]

One of the most unexpected developments in the Israel-Hamas war is the emergence of a powerful alignment of interests and incentives for Israel, the Palestinians, America and Saudi Arabia to [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman Every so often there is a piece of legislation on Capitol Hill that defines America and its values - that shows what kind of country we [...]

One of my writing techniques has always been to employ metaphors to explain complex issues. In https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/01/30/opinion/thepoint/friedman-middle-east-animals?smid=url-share, I explained the behavior of the United States, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Hamas, Israeli [...]

Byline: Thomas L. Friedman There are two things I believe about the widening crisis in the Middle East. We are about to see a new Biden administration strategy unfold to [...]

My guess is that the next week or so is likely to be the most important in the Gaza war since Hamas launched it on Oct. 7. The U.S. will [...]

There are two things I believe about the widening crisis in the Middle East. We are about to see a new Biden administration strategy unfold to address this multifront war [...]