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Jul 21, 2026, 6:25 PM

The Story That Changed the Middle East

How a Strategic Narrative Reshaped Iran, Iraq, and the KRG In geopolitics, what governments believe happened often matters more than what actually did. Claims of a US plan to arm Iranian opposition groups through Iraqi Kurdistan have circulated — but...

Jul 8, 2026, 7:58 AM

Despite their neglect, the Kurds remain a strategic ally of the USA

At Peshmerga Border Post at Qarachuq Mountains

During the recently partially concluded US-Iran war, Iran and its proxies in Iraq have conducted over 850 missile and drone attacks in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Iran launched thousands of projectiles at Israel and the Gulf states, which...

Jul 6, 2026, 6:16 AM

The Middle East — The Memory Palace of Civilizations

The Cradle of Civilization Civilization emerged first in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, and soon afterward along the Nile. Whatever sequence historians ultimately prefer, one fact remains unmistakable: the Middle East has been humanity's most consequential civilizational crossroads...

Jun 30, 2026, 3:06 PM

Washington’s New Middle East Playbook

Iraq, Lebanon, and the Politics of Conditional Sovereignty A quiet shift is underway in how power is exercised in the Middle East. It is no longer defined primarily by large-scale military intervention or formal regime change, but by a more...

Jun 23, 2026, 8:25 AM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 12

As is typically the case for the Zionist's Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC), it will be politics first today, then onto the football. We will begin in Colombia where the second round of the presidential elections is now in...

Jun 17, 2026, 8:11 AM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 6

For all of the recent demonization of “settler colonialism” in recent years, no sportscasters or commentators or other know-it-alls seemed to remember this blight on human existence when it came to today’s France-Senegal match. France, as the former colonial...

Jun 10, 2026, 2:34 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup Group–H/I/J Previews

Group H In past editions of the Zionist's Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC), Spain was consistently rated poorly. This assessment was based almost entirely on those inconveniences of 500+ years ago commonly known as the Expulsion from Spain and...

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,...

Jun 4, 2026, 8:03 PM

The Heavenly Horizon: A Spaceman’s Shabbat

Rabbi David Shloush, 2008 (Wikipedia, https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A5:Rabi_david_shloush.jpeg, Public Domain)

On 1 April 2026 – the eve of Passover 5786 – NASA launched a crewed spacecraft on a flyby trajectory around the Moon and back to Earth. This was the first crewed flight near the Moon since Apollo 17...

Vorya Hossein Panahi Tazehabad

Jun 3, 2026, 3:18 PM

After the fall, will Iran be free or just different?

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The country I loved was the people, the language, the mountains... What will it take to bring it back and not risk suffering under a post-Islamic Republic regime?

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