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Jul 7, 2026, 2:38 PM

Iran Sends Out A Defiant Message

The lengthy funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's former supreme leader, has been an elaborate and extended spectacle projecting strength, national unity, stability, continuity and vengeance after two successive wars with the United States and Israel within a year. Iran's...

Jul 5, 2026, 5:58 PM

Honor: A Holocaust Story Of Courage And Resilience

Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, has recognized 2,673 Ukrainians as Righteous Among the Nations, an honor conferred on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews. Nataliia Mariichyn's great grandparents, Grigoriy and Mariya Palivoda, were among the recipients....

Jul 3, 2026, 10:25 PM

The Strait Of Hormuz: Iran’s Trump Card

Shortly after the eruption of the war in Iran last winter, the Iranian regime closed the Strait of Hormuz to virtually all commercial shipping. The selective closure of this international waterway excluded allies like China and Pakistan, but affected...

Jul 1, 2026, 8:09 PM

Israel Finally Recognizes The Armenian Genocide

In a decision presumably driven by its currently abysmal relations with Turkey, Israel recently recognized the Armenian genocide. "It's never too late to do the right thing," Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar wrote on X after the Israeli cabinet unanimously...

Jun 29, 2026, 6:47 PM

Israel’s Agreement With Lebanon May Be Doomed

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, called it a "major milestone," heralding what could be a new chapter in Israel's often rocky bilateral relations with Lebanon. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, described it as "a major achievement" that could...

Jun 27, 2026, 5:37 PM

The French Resistance Movement And Jews

The French resistance movement battling the pro-German Vichy regime and its ally, Nazi Germany, was a source of hope to persecuted Jews in France. The resistance condemned Vichy's antisemitic edicts and Germany's genocidal policy toward Jews, yet the whiff...

Jun 25, 2026, 10:21 PM

Israel Demonized In Democratic Party Circles

Three left-wing candidates endorsed by New York's anti-Zionist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won Democratic Party primaries on June 23, upending politics in the city and underscoring Israel's rapidly declining image and standing in the United States. In what was described as...

Jun 24, 2026, 5:10 AM

Iran Scores A Victory In Lebanon

Iran has won a strategic diplomatic victory over Israel, having succeeded in placing Israel's current conflict with Hezbollah in Lebanon at the center of its talks with the United States to officially terminate their war. During the opening round of...

Jun 22, 2026, 6:50 PM

The Plight Of Partial Jews In Nazi Germany

Germans of mixed race ancestry fared badly in Nazi Germany. Thomas Paul Bernstein was one of them, a half-Jew who barely survived the brutalities of the Third Reich. He and his sister, Barbara, tell their story in Holocaust: German History...

Jun 20, 2026, 5:11 PM

The Memorandum Of Understanding Strengthens Iran

Donald Trump lambasted the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which placed severe restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. He called it "one of the most incompetently drawn deals I've ever seen." After he unilaterally withdrew from the agreement...

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Sheldon Kirshner is a journalist in Toronto. He writes at his online journal, SheldonKirshner.com