Any major progress on a cease-fire will probably have to wait until after January’s inauguration, analysts said. Gazans said they were divided about whether Mr. Trump would do much to stop the war.

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The war in the Middle East has become this era’s most important progressive cause.

The war in the Middle East has become this era’s most important progressive cause.

Yoav Gallant, the departing defense minister, opposed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on key policies. His dismissal has stirred public discontent.

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The Israeli defense minister was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel after the two clashed over the course of Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip.

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The prime minister has replaced an experienced former general with Mr. Katz, who had been foreign minister and who has staunchly supported Israel’s right-wing government.

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The Biden administration bears responsibility for the mass murder and starvation of Palestinian civilians.

This election has shown that Arab American and Muslim American lives are considered to be expendable.

A second Donald J. Trump presidency would almost certainly mark a return to an era of foreign policy decrees, untethered to any policy process, at a moment of maximum international peril.

Israel and its foes share one thing in common.

The United States’ ability to influence events in the Mideast has waned, and other major nations have essentially been onlookers.