Hussein Ibish

The congresswoman needs a more sophisticated understanding of how and why so many Americans passionately support Israel – and how to successfully advocate a pro-Palestinian agenda

Many of the president's supporters are willing to let him get away with anything, but it turns out that his own members of Congress are less malleable

The US president clearly has little appetite for the unvarnished, fact-based realities offered by his own agencies

The one thing mercifully missing in the South American country so far is a major outbreak of terrorism, or ethnic or sectarian conflict

Insisting on funding for his border wall plays to his white tribalist base – his fallback as controversy mounts over possible Russian collusion

The twists and turns in the US policy in Syria are the most dramatic example of the president's unpredictability

The chaos of a government shutdown, Congressional deadlock and a president under increasing pressure set the stage for major upheavals to come

By assuming a role in Syria's future, Gulf nations hope to steer a course for a political solution and loosen Iran's hold on the nation

The defence secretary's resignation after the president's reckless decision to withdraw US troops from Syria is to his credit, but the world's detriment

The US president has dropped the ball on two key foreign policy goals – combating terrorism and confronting Iran

With legal pressure mounting upon him, the US president has to win another term in office or face the possibility of jail time

Donald Trump's appointment of Heather Nauert as UN ambassador shows his disdain for multilateral institutions

Politically inconvenient reality is discarded by a president who claims gut instinct is more credible than hard fact

Starting with the media, the US president has systematically attacked symbols of trust and authority – but the courts are pushing back

Unseating Donald Trump in 2020 is now a distinct possibility – as long as the opposition can appeal to a broad section of US society