Israel & Zionism
Israel’s Ability to Locate the Most Important Figure in the Regime Evinces How Deeply Its Intelligence Has Penetrated the Islamic Republic
Well Before the Current Conflict with Iran, the Gulf Capitals Drew the Rational Conclusion That the Relevant Competition Is Now Among the Gulf States Themselves
After the Supreme Leader’s Death, the Revolutionary Guards Are Holding Firm and Steering Iran Toward Escalation and Continued Repression
Israel’s Air Defences Are Holding, Even as Israeli and U.S. Air Power Operates Freely over Iranian Skies
What Could Change This Picture Is a Joint Us-Israeli Long-War Strategy to Bring Down the Iranian Regime by Supporting Both Armed and Civilian Opposition on the Ground
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Has Adopted a Strategic Approach Toward Iran That Prioritizes the Survival of the Clerical Regime in Tehran
Westerners Suddenly Discover, with Belated Horror, That the World Is Not an Airbnb Catalogue and That History Does Not Pause to Let Us Check Out
Damascus’s Plan for Sweida Could Reshape Israel’s Northern Frontier
A Dispatch from a Sealed Room in Israel on the Necessary, Terrible Cost of Ending the Iranian Regime
Another Massive Post-Liberal Adjustment in Which the U.S. Is Sidelining Systems That No Longer Function as They Should
The Death of Ali Khamenei and the End of Political Islam’s Century-Long Experiment in Power
Khamenei’s Loss Is a Colossal Blow for a Regime That Was Already Under Intense Domestic Pressure from Its Population
Tehran’s Intention Will Be to Cling on to Power and Inflict Sufficient Damage to Effect an Eventual Ceasefire Which It Will Present as a Victory
Khamenei’s Death Creates a Power Vacuum in Iran: Constitutional Succession May Stall, the IRGC Could Seize Control, and Opposition Leaders May Need Protection to Govern
The Urge to Declare Victory, Halt Military Operations, and Wait for the Regime to Collapse Organically Will Grow Exponentially in the Coming Hours
The ‘Popular Army,’ Led by One Ashraf Al-Mansi, Is Notable for Its Presence in the Northern Part of the Strip
That Overwhelming Edge Doesn’t Mean Success Is a Given
Israel and India Need a Shared Vision and a Proactive Action Plan for the Day After the Ayatollahs in Iran
Europe Can No Longer Afford to Treat the Western Balkans Merely as a Stalled Enlargement Project