Analysis: White House may be affronted, and Netanyahu may have made more enemies within the administration. But his invitation to address the US Congress is unlikely to affect policy, whether on Iran or Palestine.
Palestinians will face both the stick and the carrot, but are continuing preparing their own case at the ICC against Israel. Whether they hold firm remains to be seen.
There is a clear danger of mission creep for the US, as forces on the ground, including Iran-affiliated Shia militias, prepare to do battle with the Islamic State group to re-capture Mosul.
It’s pretty much ‘as you were’ for Obama's foreign policy team as they head into the final two years of his presidency. The same countries exercise Washington and there is little sign of the pivot away from the Middle East.
Force of the gun lobby is brought to bear on US foreign policy as powerful interest group lobbies against historic arms treaty and for huge profits for companies whose victims will almost always be poor Arabs, Afghans and Africans.
Hillary Clinton may have delayed her official entry into the presidential race, but she looks certain to be the Democratic Party's 2016 frontrunner. Palestinians must finally learn to look elsewhere for meaningful support.
As Washington reacts to the many questions thrown up by the Senate report into CIA practices under the previous administration, the issue of ultimate responsibility seems to have been swept aside. But Americans must demand accountability. Torture is torture.
