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Why Israel’s Iran strike marks a strategic shift
29+ min ago (535+ words) In the early hours of Saturday morning, Israeli and American aircraft struck deep inside Iran in a joint operation many had long deemed unthinkable. History rarely repeats itself neatly. It echoes. It returns in familiar shapes - but never in quite…...
Trump's doctrine clears path for a new Iran
2+ hour, 10+ min ago (492+ words) Airstrikes, no matter how precise or devastating, rarely topple regimes on their own. They can shatter command-and-control centers, destroy air defense batteries, and turn missile silos into craters. But the final blow - the one that will end a 47-year reign…...
Iran views current conflict as existential, expert says
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (635+ words) The current conflict with Iran will only become more severe as the Islamic regime now understands it is in an "existential war" threatening its continued rule, Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, head of the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security…...
Israelis are willing to suffer to free Iranian people
8+ hour, 57+ min ago (460+ words) Last week, around 100 km from the India-Pakistan border, an Indian Army colonel asked me if the Israeli public really was willing to put themselves in the firing line against Iran if the US or Israel attacked. I answered with an…...
Security gaps in Syria raise risk of ISIS reemergence
10+ hour, 35+ min ago (767+ words) Seven years after the geographical fall of the so-called "caliphate," the issue of Islamic State (ISIS) detainees in northeastern Syria continues to pose complex security, legal, and humanitarian challenges at every level." For more stories from The Media Line go…...
The case for Trump's war on Iran
10+ hour, 49+ min ago (419+ words) US President Donald Trump announced that the US had begun major combat operations against Iran on February 28. This was a different type of speech from his past comments about Iran. He reached deep down into the long list of the…...
How Israelis live with uncertainty's psychological toll
16+ hour, 46+ min ago (341+ words) Prelude: As I write these words, events in the coming days may render them outdated. Since its founding, Israel has endured many wars, but the Oct. 7 massacre " where roughly 1,200 people were murdered and 251 civilians were kidnapped " was unprecedented in its…...
Purim tradition says to give to anyone, no questions asked
19+ hour, 51+ min ago (752+ words) That is the point. I am not a perfect giver. My wife and I are not hitting the 10% ideal that Jewish law commands. In truth, we give far less than we once imagined we would at this stage of our…...
The cost of scrapping the Iran nuclear deal
19+ hour, 52+ min ago (299+ words) In 2015, when my consulting firm organized the 'No Nukes for Iran Project' to support the JCPOA - the Iran nuclear deal - we didn't do so because we trusted Tehran. We did it because we trusted physics. Uranium enrichment is not a…...
Antisemitism a defining issue in California governor’s race
21+ hour, 22+ min ago (739+ words) In a state where housing costs, wildfires, and water shortages usually dominate campaign rhetoric, the 2026 race for California governor is being shaped to a significant extent around a different flashpoint: antisemitism. At a packed gubernatorial forum Thursday night at the…...