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Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 3, 2026, 10:25 PM

The Strait Of Hormuz: Iran’s Trump Card

Shortly after the eruption of the war in Iran last winter, the Iranian regime closed the Strait of Hormuz to virtually all commercial shipping. The selective closure of this international waterway excluded allies like China and Pakistan, but affected...

Jul 2, 2026, 11:30 PM

Even in Those Dark Places of War, Our Food is Our Hope

We met online several years ago, probably on some social media post where I admired his food, and vice versa. There were calls exchanged. He was living in the states, but fate took him back to Iran to care...

Jul 2, 2026, 11:10 PM

Waging War Against God

Waging War Against God - with a Microphone I am a political scientist, and the most uncomfortable thing I can tell you about the Islamic Republic is this: it is not paranoid. Its threat assessment is correct, its priorities are...

Shamai Leibowitz

Jul 2, 2026, 10:38 PM

No more Pharaohs?

Using nothing more than a warm meal, a safe roof, and a radical commitment to Jewish justice, August and Henrietta Bondi turned their home in Greeley, Kansas into a refuge where runaway slaves knew they could find rest, shelter,...

Jul 2, 2026, 8:44 PM

The Biggest Losers

An analysis by Dr. Michael Milstein (Ynet) recently highlighted how a Trump-brokered agreement has inadvertently inspired optimism within Hezbollah. Strengthened by a reality shaping up in their favor, Hezbollah has made its position clear: Israel must withdraw completely, with...

Jul 2, 2026, 8:37 PM

One Thousand Days Later. Two Democracies. One Shared Responsibility

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This week, two anniversaries arrive just one day apart. On July 3, Israel marks 1,000 days since October 7, 2023. One thousand days since Hamas carried out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s modern history, murdering families in their homes,...

Jul 2, 2026, 3:17 PM

Trump Opened Pandora’s Box in Iran. Who Can Close It Now?

On February 28, 2026, the United States and Israel opened Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Weeks earlier, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, had warned President Trump in several briefings that Tehran could answer...

Aaron T. Walter

Jul 2, 2026, 3:12 PM

Buying Time For Whom?

President Donald Trump wraps up his speech at the opening of the Great American State Fair, Wednesday, June 24, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

The memorandum Donald Trump and Masoud Pezeshkian signed on June 17 bought Iran a Strait of Hormuz it can still threaten to close and Washington a 60-day clock it has already started treating as a formality. For Israel, the...

Jul 2, 2026, 3:04 PM

1,000 Days Since Oct. 7 & the Torah Study Law

Today marks 1,000 days since the tragic events of October 7, 2023. It has been 1,000 days since the failure that led to the massacre. We remember the hostages and honor the heroism of hundreds of ordinary citizens who...

Jul 2, 2026, 1:11 PM

The Strait That Holds the World

Close-up view of Middle East map highlighting countries and borders, as from Pexels website (URL is https://www.pexels.com/photo/middle-eastern-countries-in-a-world-map-8828624/).

The latest confrontation between the United States and Iran suggests that the Middle East has entered a different strategic era. Military escalation and diplomacy are no longer sequential phases of conflict but parallel instruments of statecraft, with both sides...

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