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Jun 7, 2026, 6:04 AM

Concerns About the U.S.–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative

What Is Section 224 Section 224, included in the House Armed Services Committee's chairman's mark of the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act, would establish the United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative. The provision directs the Secretary of Defense to designate...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 7, 2026, 5:59 AM

Eyes That Do Not See: The Moral Vanity of Anti-Zionism

There is an old, unsettling story about a blind woman who promises to marry her lover only if she regains her sight. When surgery finally restores her vision, she looks at him for the first time and immediately rejects...

Jean Pierre Braun

Jun 7, 2026, 5:54 AM

Iran: things are not going well. But should we care?

The so-called negotiations between the USA and Iran are not going well. In truth the two parties, assisted by less-than-reliable intermediaries are talking past each other, but certainly not with or at each other. None of the wish list...

Jun 7, 2026, 12:58 AM

D-Day, Victory, and the Leadership We Need Today

Eighty-two years ago, the world witnessed what was arguably the greatest military operation in human history. On June 6, 1944, Allied forces launched Operation Overlord, the invasion of Nazi-occupied France that would become known simply as D-Day. Nearly 160,000 troops...

Jun 6, 2026, 9:42 PM

The Strategy Is to Provoke Iran’s Implosion

Implosion: the violent collapse of a body inward upon itself, occurring when external pressure exceeds the pressure within. The opposite of an explosion, which bursts outward. On June 4, 2026, President Trump told reporters that the United States could seize...

Shamai Leibowitz

Jun 6, 2026, 12:14 AM

✈️ The Point of No Return

During takeoff, as an airplane accelerates down the runway, there is a critical moment when the copilot announces, "V1." What does it mean? It means the aircraft has reached a speed at which an aborted takeoff is no longer possible. There is...

Jun 5, 2026, 9:04 PM

Treasure Trove: Let the Opportunity for Peace Not Fall From Our Hands (1967)

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph of Life Magazine cover by David Matlow.

The six days of the Six Day War were June 5 to 10, 1967. In this edition of Life Magazine, the war was described as astounding and Israel as “a country still suspended between a nightmare and a dream,...

Jun 5, 2026, 5:45 PM

Securing Hormuz After Iran’s Defeat

Vibrant American flag flying against a clear blue sky, symbolizing freedom and patriotism from the website Pexels, free download for non-commercial use (https://www.pexels.com/photo/us-a-flag-on-pole-under-blue-sky-7483195/).

The United States and its allies must guarantee freedom of navigation in the world's most critical maritime chokepoint. The military weakening of Iran has created a strategic opening that the United States and its partners cannot afford to squander. While...

Jun 5, 2026, 10:43 AM

Iran War: The CIA-ODNI Turf War That Wasn’t

Why Tuslsi Gabbard Had to Go Recent reporting on Tulsi Gabbard's departure from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has focused on a familiar Washington storyline: an institutional feud between ODNI and the CIA, competing intelligence assessments about...

Yaakov Chaliotis

Jun 4, 2026, 10:24 PM

Netanyahu’s Iran War: The Strategic Paradox of Victory Without Resolution

Israel has shown extraordinary military reach. But the harder question is whether operational success has produced a durable strategic outcome — in Iran, Lebanon, or at home. For nearly three decades, Benjamin Netanyahu has organized his political identity around a...

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