News Roundup for February 27, 2026
[Audio] Common Ground: Creating Lasting Peace Between Israelis and Palestinians, The Bret Baier Podcast
Executive Director of J Street Israel Nadav Tamir and Founding Executive Director of the Principle for Peace Foundation Hiba Qasas discuss their joint efforts to bring forth a sustainable peace plan in Gaza, explaining what compromises still need to be made and if current efforts are on the right track.
U.S. Evacuates Israel Embassy Staff as Trump’s Iran Decision Looms, Axios
“The decision signals that a joint U.S.-Israeli military campaign against Iran could be imminent. In such a case, Iran could launch ballistic missiles toward Israel and U.S. targets in the region.”
Trump Is Potentially Leading the United States Into an Unnecessary War With Iran, Center for American Progress
Former deputy assistant secretary of state for Israeli-Palestinian affairs Andrew Miller writes, “As the president and his administration contemplate a second intervention in Iran, they have suggested a series of unrelated missions, beginning with supporting Iranian demonstrators—who were ruthlessly suppressed a month ago—to dismantling Tehran’s nuclear program, ballistic missiles, and regional proxy network. Trump has even explicitly embraced regime change in Iran, saying, ‘It is the best thing that could happen.’ Though each goal has its own unique characteristics, what unites these discrete objectives is they will be difficult to achieve through the use of force, particularly absent the deployment of ground forces.”
Iranians Cite Progress in Talks, but a Marathon Session Produces No Deal, New York Times
“Iran and the United States concluded a six-hour round of negotiations in Geneva on Thursday with neither a diplomatic breakthrough, nor an impasse on American demands that Tehran completely dismantle its nuclear program. Iranian officials and Omani mediators said the two sides had agreed to continue talking next week in an effort to avert war.”
America’s Slipping Sympathy for Israel, Axios
“For the first time in 25 years of Gallup polling, more Americans say they sympathize with Palestinians than with Israelis — a striking shift in U.S. public opinion.”
Israel Facing Prospect of War With a Depleted Missile Defense, New York Times
“Israel’s multilayered, sophisticated missile-defense system is renowned for protecting its citizens. But the possibility of a new war involving Iran puts a heightened focus on Israel’s stock of ballistic-missile interceptors, which was significantly depleted in 2025.”
Israel’s Top Court Allows Aid Groups to Keep Working in Gaza as Israeli Strikes Kill 4 There, Associated Press
“The Supreme Court’s order, which followed a petition from 17 aid groups, effectively halted an earlier Israeli government decision that barred aid groups for refusing to comply with Israel’s new rules.”
‘Terror Was Needed to Make Arabs Leave’: What the Israeli Army Did in 1948, Revealed, Haaretz
Adam Raz writes, “Thousands of newly discovered documents now make it possible to tell the true story of Israel’s expulsion of Palestinians in 1948 – and to begin to grasp its bitter implications, post-October 7.”
