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Aug 21, 2026, 7:10 PM

The Mecca Agreement and Europe’s New Southern Front

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Europe has spent the last four years almost entirely focused on its eastern frontier. Russia's invasion of Ukraine brought NATO back to its original purpose, increased defence expenditure across the continent and forced European governments to think seriously about...

Peter Himmelman

Aug 21, 2026, 6:56 PM

Peace Talks With My Mom

Collage by the author

I was with my mom outside her house in suburban Minnetonka on a porch overlooking a water feature, a small formation of rocks that made up a miniature waterfall. We sat there on metal lawn chairs, listened to the...

Aug 21, 2026, 5:42 PM

Why Iran’s Threat Keeps Coming Back

Detail of the Israeli national flag highlighting the Star of David, emphasizing its cultural significance as from the Pexels website (https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-of-the-flag-of-israel-4033852/).

What if the Middle East’s recurring confrontation with Iran is not simply a story about a hostile regime, missiles, nuclear facilities or proxy forces, but about a political system capable of repeatedly rebuilding its power—and what would it take...

Ibrahim Mukherjee

Aug 21, 2026, 5:25 AM

Capability does not equal Trust.

Capability ≠ Trust Project Glasswing, artificial intelligence, human expertise — and why the most capable system is not necessarily the system we should trust Artificial intelligence is becoming extraordinarily capable. That sentence is increasingly difficult to dispute. Models can write software. Read medical literature. Analyse...

Aug 20, 2026, 8:47 PM

The Digital Front Door Helps Support a New Generation of Children Where They Are

If child protection is to remain relevant and effective, it must reinvent itself. Today, 85% of ELI’s intake arrives online rather than through traditional phone lines.

We live in an era where the primary gateway to a child’s world is no longer a knock on the front door, or even a ringing telephone. It is a screen. For older generations, picking up the phone to...

Menachem Rosensaft

Aug 20, 2026, 8:35 PM

Drawing numbers on Palestinian detainees? What were they thinking?

A Palestinian marked by IDF soldiers during a raid of the northern West Bank village of Qabatiya on August 17, 2026. (Screen capture/X)

Whatever the soldiers’ intent, reducing anyone numbers is dehumanizing — and ‘lessons were learned’ is no longer an adequate response

Aug 20, 2026, 8:34 PM

From Amalekism to Palestinianism

At the end of this week’s parasha, Ki Teitzei, the Torah issues one of its most disturbing commands: “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came out of Egypt… how he attacked you on the way...

Aug 20, 2026, 1:27 PM

Kushner’s Gaza Opening Is a Chance for Peace

AI generated image of Donald Trump looking back at the flag of Iran amidst rubble in Tehran. Trump is moving beyond degrading Iran's nuclear ambitions or targeting the IRGC. The emerging objective is to weaken the regime's capacity to govern.

Could Jared Kushner's direct talks with Hamas create the opening Israel and the Palestinians need to escape another cycle of war? The answer depends on whether Hamas is prepared to give up its weapons, whether Israel receives credible security...

Aug 20, 2026, 12:12 PM

Those Who Stand Guard To Protect Our Home

Yesterday, we went out with family and had breakfast at Aroma Café. Many of you who have been to Israel probably know it—it’s such a familiar, very Israeli place. While we were ordering, I noticed the soldiers around us. Some...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

Why I’m Changing My Mind About Trump’s Naval Blockade of Iran

In June I wrote that the strategy behind the American naval blockade was to provoke Iran's implosion, and I doubted the instrument could deliver it. Six days ago I showed that no blockade in the past century has ever...

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