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Oct 25, 2026, 10:44 PM

The Nuclear Vote: Can Netanyahu’s Image Sway the Undecided?

On October 25, just 48 hours before Israel's parliamentary elections, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared an AI-generated image on X depicting a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv. The original post subsequently became unavailable, although the circumstances and timing of...

Oct 25, 2026, 10:39 PM

Bibi’s Iran Gamble Undermined U.S.–Israel Ties

The November 3 midterm elections may have consequences extending well beyond the balance of power in Washington. The latest Cook Political Report forecast projects Democratic gains of 12 to 22 House seats, with Democrats now favored to win control...

Oct 25, 2026, 12:30 PM

The Club of Authoritarian Populists

Now it's official: President Trump has chosen to intervene in the elections in Israel. Unlike in Hungary, he did not send his vice president, J.D. Vance, to a Netanyahu election rally; instead, Trump issued a statement of support, likely...

Gershon Blumstein

Oct 24, 2026, 11:41 PM

A Cause Is Not a Credential

What Jewish Tradition Teaches Us About Israel, Loyalty, and the Limits of Power Over the past several years, I have found myself wrestling with an uncomfortable question: What would a politician have to do before support for Israel was no...

Oct 24, 2026, 11:36 PM

Unethical Japanese Documentary Interview

When I saw this, I felt it's best not to spread this YouTube, but what I can't help saying is that Fusako Shigenobu is laughably and boldly glorifying and, worst of all, justifying the terrorism she had been involved...

Lawrence Maximo

Oct 24, 2026, 9:18 AM

Israel’s Elections: the world needs men like Netanyahu

The contemporary West suffers from a chronic anomaly, an institutional decay in which the raison d'État has been supplanted by the anxious management of approval ratings. Leaders who apologize for their own sovereignty. Governments that flinch at their own...

Oct 24, 2026, 12:12 AM

What Midterms Polling Can and Cannot Tell Us

Election polling gives us a useful picture of the political environment, but it can also create an illusion of understanding. We know which issues voters identify as important, how they rate the president, and which party leads in congressional...

Oct 23, 2026, 5:37 PM

Who Holds France’s Nukes in 2050?

On October 17, France lost control of its own cities. What started as student protests over school conditions and the cost of living turned into riots in Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux and beyond. More than 600 police officers, gendarmes...

Oct 23, 2026, 11:47 AM

Two Elections and the Future of the US-Israel Relationship

Israelis go to the polls next week, on October 27. Americans follow them in the November 3 midterms. A week separates the elections, but their consequences will overlap for years. The question of Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future carries a larger...

Oct 23, 2026, 3:04 AM

Trump Is No Friend to Israel. Here’s Why

Donald Trump was never a genuine ally of the Jewish people or the State of Israel. It should surprise nobody, Jewish or otherwise, that a man whose defining characteristic is self-interest would approach the Jewish state in precisely the...

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