Tensions are rising in the Middle East. Iranians take part in a protest against the killing of Ismail Haniyeh, the political head of Hamas, in Palestine Square in Tehran, on July 31, 2024.

it set off a chain of events that has moved the Middle East into a dangerous spiral of conflict and perilously close to all-out war. From the air and ground operation that Israel launched in a ...

Netanyahu has displayed maps of the Middle East as envisioned by him, maps of Israel without the Palestinian territories, historic maps where Israel appears much larger, maps of Iran’s alleged ...

To this day, Israel or the Palestinian territories may fall off some maps, depending on the politics of their makers. This is not exclusive to the Middle East – “map wars” are underway ...