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Jannus TH Siahaan

Jun 29, 2026, 7:16 PM

The US-Iran Truce Is Already Falling Apart

The Middle East has once again been plunged into a dangerous cycle of uncertainty as an emergency diplomatic effort seeks to contain the escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran. Caught between competing hegemonic ambitions and mounting economic...

Jun 29, 2026, 7:08 PM

The Chareidi Draft Crisis Is Not Only About Chareidim

Right now, the issue tearing the Knesset apart, threatening the coalition, shaping the coming election, and at times dividing the country itself is not Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, or the Supreme Court. It is the issue that the war has...

Jun 29, 2026, 7:05 PM

The Hostage State: Tehran’s Cynical Gambit in Lebanon

In the high-stakes theater of modern statecraft, the Islamic Republic of Iran has perfected a singular, ruthless art form: the conversion of sovereign nations into expendable bargaining chips. As we witness the ongoing regional instability, it is becoming increasingly...

Sheldon Kirshner

Jun 29, 2026, 6:47 PM

Israel’s Agreement With Lebanon May Be Doomed

Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, called it a "major milestone," heralding what could be a new chapter in Israel's often rocky bilateral relations with Lebanon. Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister, described it as "a major achievement" that could...

Jun 29, 2026, 6:38 PM

One Thousand Days, and What Do You Get?

"You load sixteen tons, and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt" - chorus from the song “Sixteen Tons” by Merle Travis. “The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of...

Sergio Restelli

Jun 29, 2026, 6:31 PM

A return to 1979, Iran, Afghanistan and South and West Asia.

History often tends to repeat itself and shortsighted leaders tend to repeat errors of their own predecessors. The Trump Administrations emboldening of Pakistan is one such error which will eventually cost the United States dearly. In 1979 the US...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 29, 2026, 6:27 PM

Oman Cannot Be Trusted on Hormuz

Today’s Muscat meeting of the Iran-Oman Joint Hormuz Committee, led by Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi, is extremely worrisome. This gathering marks the formal initiation of a bilateral control over the Strait of Hormuz. The sides discussed operations,...

Michael Knighton

Jun 29, 2026, 12:34 PM

‘Peace, Peace’: The Prophets’ Warning and the Deal with Tehran

The word doing the heaviest lifting in the present diplomacy is the word "peace," and the prophets of Israel had a precise name for peace that is announced rather than achieved. They called it a lie, and they did...

Jun 29, 2026, 6:03 AM

The Tumbling of Trump: An American Defeat

He’s finally lost me. Two years ago, I wrote a column called “Confession: Hamas Made Me Vote for Trump,” explaining why I considered his support for Israel strong enough to warrant my backing. Its gist: that Trump’s staunch opposition to...

Jun 28, 2026, 6:48 PM

How America’s election calendar ended the war

In early April, Trump promised to turn Iran’s power plants and bridges to rubble if Tehran did not reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Eight weeks later, he signed a deal that handed Iran its oil revenue, sanctions relief, and...

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