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Aug 28, 2026, 6:21 PM

Article 5 Has a Map. Turkey Does Not Get to Redraw It.

An Israel–Turkey clash would be extraordinarily costly to both. But the decisive variables are not platform counts: who is attacked, where, which legal basis is activated, and who is obliged - or chooses - to enter. Cyprus sits at...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 27, 2026, 12:06 PM

Mossad Must Stop Collaborating with MI5 and MI6

Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government is currently drafting legislation to ban British trade with Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. Whitehall officials still softly whisper that commerce with Israel “inside the 1967 lines” will remain unaffected. But this distinction...

Silas Anastacio

Aug 26, 2026, 10:59 PM

Daniella Marques Talks Brazil’s Economic Future at Fisesp Event

On Wednesday, August 26, the Jewish Federation of the State of São Paulo (Fisesp) hosted economist Daniella Marques, former Special Secretary for Productivity and Competitiveness at Brazil’s Ministry of the Economy, for a meeting with community leaders and members. Opening...

Aug 24, 2026, 12:21 AM

Why Israel might be better off without the Abraham Accords

President Donald J. Trump, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Foreign Affairs for the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan signs the Abraham Accords Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020, on the South Lawn of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)

There are two maps of the Middle East. One is drawn for television: flags, ambassadors, handshakes, denunciations, and summits. The other is drawn in rooms that do not appear on any floor plan: intelligence exchanges, defense coordination, commercial understandings,...

Solomon Naftaliyev

Aug 23, 2026, 6:19 PM

Israel’s National Security Strategy

In the 21st century, as terrorism spreads globally, national security has become a fundamental aspect of states’ foreign policies. The methods and tools used to counter existential threats depend not only on the specific regions involved but also on...

Aug 22, 2026, 5:35 PM

The war of four nations

Before hostilities openly erupt between countries we can often observe the looming warning signs. The ancients from the Egyptians to the Assyrians claimed to actually see haunting visions in the skies of approaching armies of mighty chariots and hordes...

Aug 22, 2026, 11:37 AM

Turkey’s Next War Could Undo 1974

Achilles’ Shield, Cyprus’s rearmament, Israel’s naval doctrine and the widening F-35 gap now form one deterrent architecture. If deterrence fails, Poseidon’s Wrath will place Turkey’s occupation of northern Cyprus on the battlefield. On 7 July, at the Haifa naval base,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 18, 2026, 12:35 AM

The Nordic Rift: How Scandinavia Estranged Israel

The Postwar Consensus and Shared Idealism In the immediate aftermath of the Second World War, the nations of the Nordic world viewed the nascent State of Israel not with suspicion, but with a profound and genuine affinity. This was a...

Aug 17, 2026, 7:00 PM

Israel Will Price Riyadh’s Exit From the Dependence It Bought in Ankara and Islamabad

Riyadh bought protection from Ankara and Islamabad and imported their vetoes into its own security core. Neither will fight Saudi Arabia’s war with Iran; both need Tehran intact, while Turkey shields Hamas and profits when IMEC stalls. Jerusalem will...

Aug 16, 2026, 12:42 AM

Israel and the Myth of One Lebanese State

Hezbollah members march during a parade in southern Beirut, Lebanon, in the late 2000s. Attribution: Photo: Voice of America / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.

Behind the rhetoric of sovereignty lies an armed exception called Hezbollah What exactly is meant by Lebanese sovereignty? Is it a principle by which Beirut possesses supreme authority over Lebanese territory, or merely a useful incantation to be uttered whenever...

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