Trump’s New Middle Eastern Wars
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Yousef Munayyer on the end of the ceasefire and the return of regional strife.

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The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas turned out to be short lived: Israel has now decisively broken the ceasefire and launched an even more intense onslaught into Gaza. Coupled with this renewed attack, Israel (sometimes in conjunction with the united States) is also carrying on military campaigns against Yemen, Lebanon and Syria, with rumors floating of a new attack on Iran. I discuss this rapid resumption of regional strife with Yousef Munayyer of the Arab Center Washington, D.C.
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Palestinian evacuees from Beit Hanoun, in the north of the Gaza Strip, seek refuge at the Islamic University, which was previously bombed, to stay inside following Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza City on March 21, 2025.
(Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto via Getty Images)The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas turned out to be short-lived: Israel has now decisively broken the ceasefire and launched an even more intense onslaught into Gaza. Coupled with this renewed attack, Israel (sometimes in conjunction with the United States) is also carrying on military campaigns against Yemen, Lebanon, and Syria, with rumors floating of a new attack on Iran. I discuss this rapid resumption of regional strife with Yousef Munayyer of the Arab Center Washington, DC.
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Norman Podhoretz, one of the founding fathers of neoconservatism, died on December 16 at
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