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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 26, 2026, 2:18 AM

The Rise of Trump’s Eurasian Swing States

A cluster of Eurasian middle powers — Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan, Turkey, and Pakistan — now control the vital overland corridors that link Europe to Central Asia and the Middle East. These nations sit atop energy pipelines, critical minerals,...

Apr 23, 2026, 4:05 AM

A timeless pair

Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut: a pairing of days and meaning where one could not exist without the other. There may not be a more perfect summation on the tangible calendar for the intangible Jewish experience. It is a yin...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 23, 2026, 4:03 AM

Hormuz Hostage: The Great American Capitulation

President Donald Trump rightly eviscerated Barack Obama over the 2015 nuclear deal and the $1.7 billion in cash secretly airlifted to Tehran. That agreement—coupled with pallets of cash and over $100 billion in sanctions relief—supercharged Iran’s nuclear program while...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 21, 2026, 7:32 AM

Israel Keeps Golan as Syria Joins Abraham Accords

With Israel and Lebanon working towards a longstanding peaceful settlement and neutralizing Hezbollah’s terrorist machinery, the moment has arrived for a full normalization with Syria too. This means diplomatic recognition, economic ties, and a strategic partnership under the Abraham...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 11, 2026, 10:46 AM

Hamas Defies America — Iran Shows Why

Hamas has once again spat in the face of the Gaza Peace Board. As the U.S.-led disarmament deadline expires this weekend, its armed wing—hiding behind an impersonation of the eliminated spokesman Abu Obeida—vows not to surrender a single rocket...

Mar 31, 2026, 3:27 AM

Trump & Kahane: When Radical Ideas Go Mainstream

After October 7 and the collapse of decades of peace efforts, ideas once considered politically unthinkable are reentering the mainstream of Israeli and international debate. For decades, the ideas of Rabbi Meir Kahane were considered politically extreme and far outside...

Deborah Ben-Aderet

Mar 20, 2026, 1:18 PM

Stranded by war: From 9/11 to Dubai, a life repeatedly disrupted by terror

Police and emergency vehicles outside the Fairmont Hotel where an Iranian drone struck 30 minutes prior, causing damage and injuries.

I know that radical Islam is not messing with my personal plans deliberately, but sometimes, I wonder

Ari Z. Zivotofsky

Mar 15, 2026, 8:11 PM

Israelis Flee Missiles, Lebanese Flee Warnings: a moral difference BBC ignores

War is hell and being evacuated from one's home stinks, but the BBC showed a fundamental lack of understanding of the very different reality surrounding Israelis and Lebanese exiled from their homes. The United States and Israel are undertaking an...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Feb 2, 2026, 4:30 AM

Gaza’s “Technocrats”: Terror in Suits

Make no mistake: the so-called technocratic government for Gaza is not reform. It is rebranding. A committee built to be “acceptable” inside Gaza is, by definition, captive to the same networks that turned the Strip into a terror enclave....

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