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Aug 3, 2026, 6:58 AM

The Clock on a Bad Agreement Runs About Five Years

Oslo and Minsk both bought time. The Gaza roadmap is assembled from the same parts. On 31 August 2015, three Ukrainian National Guardsmen died outside parliament in Kyiv. Ihor Derbin was 25. Oleksandr Kostyn was 20. Neither was killed at...

Jul 19, 2026, 10:01 AM

Network Before Weapons

Photo: VahidOnline (via Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0).

Iran doesn't lack courage. It lacks the secure communication and trust that let brave people find one another — and no weapon can supply that

Jul 14, 2026, 7:38 AM

Burqa bans are for losers

Illustrative: Two Muslim women wearing the burqa and niqab in Haifa. (David Lisbona, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Europe's clothing bans betray a civilization that no longer trusts the values it claims to defend

Jul 12, 2026, 5:15 AM

Her Name, in Hebrew

The week Iran buried Ali Khamenei, Iranians in a Stuttgart square raised the Israeli flag — and told me why they stopped being afraid. A woman came over to say hello, one of many who did that afternoon. The first...

Jul 7, 2026, 8:22 PM

Flattering Iran: The Biggest Mistake Israel Can Make

Who Is Giving Orders in Tehran? Israel Must Ask THE HEIR NO ONE OBEYS Mojtaba Khamenei has not been verifiably seen since the strike. US intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard testified he was severely wounded; CNN reported a broken foot and facial...

Jul 5, 2026, 5:43 PM

For Showing the Israeli Flag

'Zeigen der Flagge von Israel' — “showing the flag of Israel” — was the handwritten reason on a Stuttgart police order instructing me to leave a designated area on June 8, 2024

Jul 2, 2026, 11:10 PM

Waging War Against God

Waging War Against God - with a Microphone I am a political scientist, and the most uncomfortable thing I can tell you about the Islamic Republic is this: it is not paranoid. Its threat assessment is correct, its priorities are...

Jul 2, 2026, 4:44 AM

“Cyrus Freed You. Now Free Us.” – “We’re Working on It.”

In Israel, Netanyahu is a politician. In the Iranian protest imagination, he has become something else: the sound the regime's fear makes. There is a joke in the Persian opposition space, and it has stopped being funny: Bibi might stand...

Jun 28, 2026, 4:49 PM

The Regime Broke Her. Israel Hit Back

The first time I went to an Iranian protest in Stuttgart, one of the organizers spotted me, lit up, and said she wanted to introduce me to someone. I caught the word "Israelis," or thought I did. She waved...

Jun 18, 2026, 3:30 PM

Despair is a mistake

A demonstrator lights a cigarette with a burning poster depicting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a rally in support of Iran's anti-government protests, in Holon, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A message to a disillusioned Israel from Iranians who were trying to bring down a totalitarian regime with their bare hands

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About Me

Tsvi Arieli is an Israeli writer and analyst based in Europe who focuses on war, military adaptation, strategy, and Israel’s security environment. His work draws on academic training, military experience, and public-affairs work connected to Israel, Iran and Ukraine.