How a Harris win could shape the Middle East - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Should Harris inherit the Gaza conflict, she is expected to take a somewhat tougher line on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu than Biden, whose bear-hug approach has alienated his party’s progressive base and proved largely unsuccessful at getting Netanyahu to change course in Gaza.

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a remembrance event to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Trump National Doral golf club in Miami, Florida, on Oct. 7, 2024.

How a Trump or Harris win could shape the Middle East

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

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Israel, Hamas in wait-and-see mode ahead of US election

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hugs US President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airport on October 18, 2023

No more bear hugs: Biden gives up on Netanyahu embrace

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Attendees hold up signs with the names of people who died in the Gaza war on the second day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 20, 2024.

At DNC, Harris contends with Democratic divide on Gaza

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights