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A missile fired from Iran is intercepted by Israel's air defense system over Tel Aviv, Israel, early Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Aryeh Eisenberg

I’m so tired of living through history

My exhaustion is more than just the physical effect of two nights of getting almost no sleep

Israeli Air Force F-35I fighter jets depart for strikes in Iran, June 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Jamie Cohen

Why war with Iran was not inevitable

Israel is justified in taking action now, but the shortsightedness of Israeli and US political leadership paved the way to this moment

A woman walks past a billboard bearing portraits of slain Iranian, Hezbollah and Hamas leaders in Tehran's Enghelab square on May 11, 2025. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP)

‘As a lion rising’ — a last-minute historical strike

Israel has internalized the message of October 7: When your enemy proclaims his intention to destroy you, he likely will – unless you act

Israeli Air Force fighter jets depart for strikes in Iran, early June 13, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Aron Schoenfeld

While the world slept, Israel drew a line

By striking the regime that turned itself into a launchpad for hate, the Israeli air force began the essential work of rooting out evil at its source

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

Rerouted to Cyprus

I don’t know how long I’ll be stuck on this island, but with a whole planeful of people suddenly looking out for each other, at least we’re in it together

This handout photo released by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) official Sepah News Telegram channel on June 13, 2025 shows smoke billowing from a site reportedly targeted by an Israeli strike in the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning (Photo by SEPAH NEWS / AFP)

Yair Lapid

Iran declared war on Israel long ago; now it is facing the consequences

When it comes to the security of the people of Israel in the face of our enemies, we are one people, with one mission. Our children will not live in fear of an Iranian nuclear bomb

Laura Fein

Hope you like these socks, honey

Our daughters’ lingering hugs or peals of ‘Daddy!’ when he walks into a room demonstrate who ranks first, and I love it

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Iran Nuclear Deal and Donald Trump’s Dilemma

Looking at the impact of Israel's surprise attack on Iran on June 13, Donald Trump's position is certainly becoming more dilemmatic. First, Donald Trump was already in a dilemma regarding the Iranian nuclear issue, since Donald Trump's first term...

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France Hits Us Yet Again

Sadly, France has a long history of suddenly shifting its position on Israel from a supporter to a critic. For more than 60 years and many Israeli wars ago there has always been concern about the true intentions of the...

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Why “שלח לך” when “שלח” alone would be sufficient? (Parshat Shelah)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־אַבְרָ֔ם לֶךְ־לְךָ֛ Bereishit 12:1 וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃ שְׁלַח־לְךָ֣ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים Bamidbar 13:1-2 The curious addition of a seemingly superfluous לְךָ in both Bereishit, when God tells Avram to go to Canaan, and in Bamidbar, when God tells Moshe to send spies...

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UK Appoints First Woman to Lead MI6 — Blaise Metreweli, with Georgian Roots

In a groundbreaking appointment, the UK government has named Blaise Metreweli as the next Chief of MI6 — Britain’s storied foreign intelligence agency. This marks the first time a woman will head the Secret Intelligence Service in its 116-year...

Cedric Vloemans

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Cracks at the top: is Iran’s inner circle trying to flee?

Ali Khamenei (khamenei.ir, 2025, CC BY 4.0)

"Anyone who leaves Iran betrays the revolution." Those were the words of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — a stark warning to dissidents, intellectuals, and anyone tempted by exile. But what if the ones now trying to leave...

Klara Vlahcevic Lisinski

Jun 16, 2025, 1:09 PM

Civil Society’s Cry for Urgency in Paris Forum

The Paris Peace Forum I attended last weekend was not another diplomatic formality. It was a rare, emotionally charged gathering where Israeli and Palestinian civil society leaders, policy thinkers, and international partners confronted one another—and the world—with the raw...

Jun 16, 2025, 1:05 PM

Marching for Tyranny in Red Doc Martens

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Red Is the New Black: Dutch Demonstrate for Oppression, Death to Israel, and a Bit of Genocide on the Side Ah, the Netherlands. Land of tulips, windmills, and now 150,000 people marching proudly through the streets of The Hague in...

Jun 16, 2025, 1:00 PM

Enough: I will not be silent as my state changes its face

Photo: Samuel Heilman

Israel is at war with Iran. Violence is everywhere. Death and destruction are booming. In Israel, those not in battle spend our days and nights in safe rooms, while the walls often shake with the explosions of missiles either...

Yulia Medovoy Edelshtain

Jun 16, 2025, 11:07 AM

Choose to be a Jewish ally

There is so much in my brain, and as I ponder what to express on this page, I noticed something in my previous posts. Some of them had hashtags that would draw readers that were looking for a specific...

Jun 16, 2025, 10:54 AM

Why Does Israel Alone Stand Trial?

Only one state is ever put “on trial”—endlessly—for existing. Image © Ivan Bassov, 2025. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

A Meditation on the World's Double Standard Every war leaves behind refugees. Every state arises from conflict, from migration, from conquest or colonialism or chance. Borders are redrawn, peoples are displaced, nations are invented—and the world moves on. Except in one...

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