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Jun 14, 2026, 12:31 AM

Persia Bred Top-Tier Diggers for Millennia. Why Leave Its Uranium Buried?

In the second week of June 2026, as American and Iranian negotiators reported that a deal was within reach, a CNN report citing five sources familiar with United States intelligence described something that points in the opposite direction. Rather...

Myles Israel-Pardo

Jun 12, 2026, 6:55 PM

Addressing the Elephant in the Room

In early January, the Islamic Republic was reeling. It was attempting to survive a burgeoning protest movement emanating from Tehran’s bazaar, partially a result of the E3’s activation of the 2015 JCPOA’s “Snapback” Sanctions, and had seen its military...

Jun 12, 2026, 5:25 AM

Trump Cried Wolf and the Wolf Didn’t Come. But the Lion Might.

On June 11, 2026, President Trump announced that a “great settlement” with Iran was close to completion, that a memorandum of understanding could be signed within days in Europe, and that he believed Ayatollah Motjaba Khamenei had accepted the...

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

Jun 11, 2026, 10:14 PM

Israeli Sentiments

The Nameless One has shared a powerful reflection of growing frustration within the Zionist world over the relationship between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, particularly regarding Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israeli military restraint. The post included the Hebrew...

Jun 11, 2026, 8:08 AM

Good Cop, Bad Cop: Who Is Playing Whom?

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

First of all, I am a pro Israel advocate, not a pro USA advocate. Democrat or Republican, I honestly could not care less. Which president sits in the White House matters far less to me than whether Israel can...

Jun 11, 2026, 4:28 AM

Why the IRGC Needs Israel

Pro-government demonstrators chant slogans as they hold Iranian flags and a poster of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei in a gathering after announcement of a two-week ceasefire in the war with the United States and Israel, at the Enqelab-e-Eslami, or Islamic Revolution, Square, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

The Islamic Republic Needs External Conflict to Preserve Internal Power Many analyses of Iran's confrontation with Israel focus on ideology, military strategy, or regional influence. While these factors matter, they often overlook a deeper structural reality: the Islamic Republic's survival...

Jun 10, 2026, 9:24 PM

Trump Just Cried Wolf Again. Will the Wolf Come This Time?

On Wednesday, US President Donald Trump declared that the United States would be attacking Iran again that same day, complaining that Tehran keeps playing America for suckers, even as he insisted the deal was “fully negotiated.” Hours earlier he...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

Dear President Aoun

Dear President Aoun, My name is Jose Lev. I am an American-Israeli scholar, veteran, and member of a people that has buried too many of its sons because leaders mistook delay for wisdom. I write not as an enemy of...

Jun 9, 2026, 11:09 PM

Chilling Echoes

J.D. Vance, speaking on behalf of President Donald Trump, is beginning to sound more like Barack Obama than Barack Obama himself. Obama wanted more daylight between the United States and Israel. Trump now wants more "space." Obama pursued a long-term...

Raphael Cohen-Almagor

Jun 9, 2026, 11:19 AM

The Volatility Paradox

Conventional wisdom holds that Benjamin Netanyahu should feel most comfortable when Republicans occupy the White House and most constrained when Democrats do. For decades, observers have assumed that the Israeli right enjoys a natural affinity with Republican administrations, while...

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