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Nov 12, 2026, 4:46 AM

Six Biblical Stories That Could Help Untangle Israel’s Political Crisis

Israel's newly elected Knesset has been sworn in, but the country still has no new government. The October 27 elections produced a political arithmetic that is proving exceptionally difficult to translate into a governing coalition. Neither of the principal...

Nov 11, 2026, 1:11 PM

Trump’s Dangerous Exit Strategy

Donald Trump may see a concentrated military offensive as a way out of a costly stalemate with Iran. But destroying targets is easier than securing a lasting settlement, and the consequences of failure could extend far beyond the battlefield. The...

Nov 11, 2026, 9:43 AM

November 16: Three Carriers. Is Trump’s Final Ultimatum to Iran Approaching?

On November 9, The Maritime Executive reported that the USS Theodore Roosevelt, having left Singapore, could reach the northern Arabian Sea by November 16. The date is an estimate based on a possible 30-knot transit, not an official arrival....

Elham Golkhandan

Nov 10, 2026, 7:41 PM

You are invited!

Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi was in Krakow receiving an award when I opened an old photo on my phone and could not look away. It was our front door in Iran. I had taken it myself, early one morning years...

Nov 10, 2026, 5:48 PM

The Houthis Cannot Afford a Draw

Armed tribal gatherings to show support for the Houthi regime near Sanaa.

Over the last four months the Houthi have advanced down the Red Sea coast to the Bab al-Mandab, encircled Taiz, and brought Riyadh under missile fire. But those gains have come at a steep price, and a movement that...

Nov 10, 2026, 1:00 PM

Israel Can’t Take America for Granted

Israel has spent decades treating its alliance with the United States as the bedrock of its national security. That assumption is now being tested. The political landscape in Washington is shifting, Congress is becoming increasingly important to the future...

Michael Zoosman

Nov 10, 2026, 10:07 AM

Commemorating Kristallnacht During an American Execution Spree

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(Note: this essay appeared in its original form in the Jurist on November 9, 2026.) Once again this year, the specter of state-sponsored murder - otherwise known as judicial execution - stains the American Jewish community’s commemoration of Kristallnacht. The...

Nov 9, 2026, 7:50 PM

"Tyre, Southern Lebanon: Damages resulting from assaults" by Marko Kokic / International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The abstract patron in Tehran and Lebanon’s broken glass Somewhere in the machinery of the delegated war the author goes missing, and nobody files a report because the war continues to arrive on schedule – unsigned – as smoke above...

Nov 9, 2026, 6:43 PM

The Sleepwalkers: Israel After the Vote

The ministers of foreign affairs of Germany, the United Kingdom, China, the United States, France, Russia, the European Union and Iran meeting in Geneva for the interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme (November 24, 2013). (Source: U.S. Mission / Eric Bridiers / Wikimedia Commons)

Sleepwalkers are not careless people. They walk with their eyes open, navigate furniture, sometimes even answer questions. What they lack is awareness. Israel today fits that description. On October 27, Israelis voted in the highest numbers in decades. The result...

Nov 9, 2026, 2:41 PM

A Second Home for Western Jews

Why a free Iran, under a parliamentary monarchy, could open its doors again When the Islamic Republic falls, Iranians should choose their future in a free referendum. If they choose a parliamentary monarchy under Reza Pahlavi, Iran could become something...

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