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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 24, 2025, 8:06 AM

The Ayatollahs’ Dictatorship Must Fall

The time has come: the ayatollahs' dictatorship must fall. A regime that since 1979 has murdered more than 6,000 homosexuals (not to mention those who have been forced to go through gender-affirming hormone therapy against their will to avoid capital...

Samuel Rothmann

Jun 17, 2025, 6:05 AM

Israel Is Reshaping the Middle East

Since October 7, Israel has shown the world what strength and resilience truly look like. While we all watched events unfold in real time, often without knowing the full picture, Israel took decisive, strategic action. In the months since...

Jun 7, 2025, 1:11 PM

Israel’s Attack on Hezbollah in Beirut: A Foreign Policy Perspective

Shortly before this year’s Eid Al Adha, the Israeli military launched air strikes on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon. Israeli authorities alleged that Iranian operatives were assisting the Shia Islamist group, Hezbollah, in mass-producing drones, despite a ceasefire agreement reached...

Andy Blumenthal

Jun 2, 2025, 3:59 AM

UN Complicity with Hamas

The United Nations, established to promote global peace and security, has increasingly come under scrutiny for its actions—or lack thereof—in addressing conflicts, particularly in the Middle East. Critics argue that the UN’s conduct, especially regarding Israel and Hamas, suggests...

May 4, 2025, 6:11 PM

Don’t Call Me a Hero

By far, the hardest thing to adjust to after returning to civilian life from the army—from the war—is how quick people are to call me a hero. I am not a hero. I do not feel like a hero. I do not...

May 2, 2025, 5:39 PM

What will you do with my son’s heart? The story of Yedidya Bloch z”l

Yedidya Bloch was not my closest friend. In fact, I had never even said a word to him until after the war broke out, when we were all kind of forced to spend time together. How could you not...

Michael Arizanti

Apr 21, 2025, 10:39 AM

You Don’t Defeat Terrorism by Starving Children

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Few would deny Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas—a designated terrorist organization responsible for heinous attacks on civilians. But what Israel is currently doing in Gaza is not defense. It is devastation. It is not a strategic military...

Apr 9, 2025, 10:00 PM

Hezbollah Should Wake Up to New Realities

US Deputy Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, recently visited Lebanon. During an interview with the LBCI news outlet, Ortagus stressed the importance of disarming Hezbollah. This statement from a senior US diplomat has sparked a new debate...

Bassel El-Bizri

Mar 14, 2025, 5:22 AM

Lebanon & Israel: Time to Normalize, Time to Heal

When technology bridges history: A shared future carved in silicon. Lebanon and Israel, side by side—where innovation speaks louder than borders.

For as long as I can remember, the border with Israel wasn’t just a line on a map. It was a wall in our minds. We’ve been told the same story over and over: that we are enemies. That...

Bassel El-Bizri

Mar 13, 2025, 6:22 AM

Peace Talks Once Unthinkable Now Within Reach

The Israeli and Lebanese flags wave side by side, symbolizing a new chapter of hope, dialogue, and the possibility of peace between two neighboring nations.

For decades, the border between Israel and Lebanon has been more than a poorly defined blue line or a barrier of concrete; it has marked a deep and painful divide. For generations, it has been a frontier defined by war,...

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