To Bring Back More Hostages, Israel Had to Return to War
Israel can compel Hamas to be more flexible.
March 20, 2025
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America and the UK have been the closest of allies for many decades. Yet on today’s most pressing foreign-policy issues—the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s war with Hamas and the Iranian axis—they take opposing points of view. Melanie Phillips notes a curious symmetry in the approaches of the countries’ leaders:
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