Are Palestinians Growing Disenchanted with Armed Resistance?
Recent opinion polls show a change of attitudes in Gaza.
November 3, 2026
Lana Nusseibeh and a tighter-than-usual race.
While Americans vote in the midterm elections, and Israelis wait to see who their next prime minister will be, another leadership contest is going on: to choose the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The present race is more competitive than usual, and there is a chance that it will yield someone less hostile to Israel than the incumbent, Antonio Guterres. Ben Cohen considers the candidates, and especially the Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh—and what they might portend for the Jewish state.
Recent opinion polls show a change of attitudes in Gaza.
Rushing to shut the door to ruin.
Lana Nusseibeh and a tighter-than-usual race.
An ancient dye factory, and much more.
Fact, fiction, and Salomon Sulzer.
While Americans vote in the midterm elections, and Israelis wait to see who their next prime minister will be, another leadership contest is going on: to choose the next secretary-general of the United Nations. The present race is more competitive than usual, and there is a chance that it will yield someone less hostile to Israel than the incumbent, Antonio Guterres. Ben Cohen considers the candidates, and especially the Emirati diplomat Lana Nusseibeh—and what they might portend for the Jewish state.
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