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Sep 22, 2026, 6:26 PM

Three Years Later, Lebanon Is Where Peace Could Emerge

Three years ago this fall, Hamas' massacre in southern Israel exposed how far Israeli deterrence had eroded. Only months before the attack, Hezbollah pitched military tents on the Israeli side of the border near Mount Dov. Israel's own national...

Sep 22, 2026, 2:27 PM

By the Book: What the Laws of War Actually Say About the IDF

Me (left) and members of my IDF combat medical extraction unit (Palmar) inside Gaza. Photo ©️ 2026, T. Book.

In the flood of accusations levelled at Israel since October 7th, from NAZA to Sheeran, two phrases get thrown around constantly, and understood correctly almost never: "war crimes" and "proportionality." It is worth pausing to ask what that terms...

Sep 21, 2026, 6:45 PM

Security Is a Shared Interest

The war in Gaza has left enormous pain and anger across the Arab world and far beyond it. Yet only days ago, Morocco and Israel agreed to take another step in the opposite direction: upgrading their diplomatic representation to...

Sep 17, 2026, 3:33 PM

NAZA Lies Through an IDF Soldier’s Eyes

Wounded IDF soldier being medivaced to safety. Photo ©️A. Agronov , 2026

I have knelt in the sand of Gaza with a dying soldier's blood on my hands. I have served in Lebanon, in Judea and Samaria, and now, since October 7th, for hundreds of days on the front lines with...

Sep 17, 2026, 2:23 PM

September 17: The Day the Equation Changed

Two years ago today, on September 17, 2024, at 3:30 p.m., beeping sounds began to emerge from the pockets of thousands of Hezbollah operatives across Lebanon. Seconds later, the pagers began to explode. The following day came the second wave:...

Sep 15, 2026, 1:44 PM

Jordan Shows When Israel Goes to War

Israel is often portrayed as a state that reaches instinctively for force. Yet its longest and quietest frontier tells a rather different story. Along the border with Jordan, where violence once flowed freely, Israeli guns have largely fallen silent....

Aaron T. Walter

Sep 11, 2026, 5:40 PM

The Tunnel Demolition Was An Admission

The Israel Defense Forces used more than 1,100 tons of explosives on September 10 to destroy Hezbollah's tunnel network beneath the Ali Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon. The blast registered as a 4.1-magnitude earthquake on US Geological Survey instruments....

Sep 3, 2026, 6:18 PM

Iran’s Proxy Empire Comes Apart

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/).

Tehran built a regional strategy around armed partnerships. Now its greatest legacy may be forces it can no longer fully control.

Justine Johnston Hemmestad

Aug 25, 2026, 5:40 AM

Summer in Jerusalem

The Nameless One has very recently given a first-hand account of Jerusalem in today’s climate (literally). He reveals, “So far, the summer has been fantastic—not too hot, at least not in Jerusalem—and we are already entering the beautiful month...

Aug 22, 2026, 11:20 AM

Why Hold Israel to a Higher Standard

Photograph of landscape in ruins (iStock/Emanuel Acosta)

Israel is an opportunity and liability for Jews **** Jews understandably get more than a little upset that every way we turn, someone is accusing Israel of being the devil of the earth. In response to Hamas’s unprecedented and horrific October 7...

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