The Origins of Trump’s Ohio Pets Conspiracy
The unfounded narrative that Haitian immigrants were eating pets reached national attention this week after being repeated first by Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance and then his running mate Donald Trump at the latter’s debate with Kamala Harris.
Israel’s War Spreads to the West Bank
Inside Jenin refugee camp, Palestinians were living in an active battlefield as the Israeli military took over, turning houses into military bases and forcing women and children to flee at gunpoint.
How the Gulf States Are Exerting Their Influence in Africa
Competition in the Middle East is entering a new phase, shaped by the increasingly powerful Gulf states and their political and economic interests. No longer confined by traditional ideological and geographical fault lines, conflict is spilling into new theaters, and above all the Horn of Africa, with foreseeable results.
Retracing a Childhood in Jerusalem
In the years since I left Jerusalem, I have been deprogramming from the city. I stopped speaking to people I knew from school there and told myself many times that I would not return. But I ended up flying into the country in January, three months after the October attack.
India’s Abortion Laws Offer Pregnant Women an Illusion of Choice
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, India’s top court moved to further protect access to safe and legal abortion. But recent court cases have revealed the legal and bureaucratic hurdles that limit the right to choose.