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Robert Huebscher

Sep 6, 2024, 5:43 PM

15 questions about Israel for the next President

Next week, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off in their first debate. With the war in Gaza nearing its one-year anniversary without the likelihood of an imminent ceasefire, it is imperative that the candidates make clear their...

Aug 28, 2024, 9:53 PM

'Crashed Souls' - Luca M Damiani - Kiss and Arrow 2024 - www.lucadamiani-art.com

In a war, that's all we have. Constantly crashed souls. We must rebuild.

James M. Dorsey

Aug 26, 2024, 6:56 AM

Escalating Middle East tensions raise multiple questions

Sunday’s escalation of hostilities along the Israeli-Lebanese border raises more questions than it provides answers. Israeli said it launched airstrikes against 40 targets in southern Lebanon to preempt retaliation by Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed Lebanese Shiite militia, for the July 30...

Aug 23, 2024, 7:45 AM

Under Sinwar, Hamas Has Chosen to be an Iranian Satellite Like Hezbollah

Head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar attends a rally in support of Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque in Gaza City on October 1, 2022. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

After lengthy negotiations in Doha, Hamas has named Yahya Sinwar as its new Political chief, replacing Ismail Haniyeh who was assassinated in Tehran. Since 2017, Sinwar has served as the group's leader inside the Gaza strip. He now becomes...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Aug 16, 2024, 1:19 AM

Hello to you, wonderful land!

In Parshat VaEtchanan, Dvarim 3:25, Moshe pleads with God: “Please, allow me to cross over and see the good land that is across from the Jordan, this good mountain and the Levanon.” God does not grant Moshe his wish to...

Jaime Kardontchik

Aug 9, 2024, 7:33 AM

Hezbollah will not strike: It has already achieved all its goals

Northern Israel has been abandoned by its residents for months: Practically, Israel has lost its sovereignty over that stripe of Israel’s land. Hezbollah achieved this by lobbing a few hundred missiles here and there, now and then, into the...

Aug 9, 2024, 6:56 AM

Americans in Danger Need a Safe Way Home

Project DYNAMO launches Operation Galilee Wind, a mission to evacuate American citizens from Israel and Lebanon

On Tuesday, I landed in Tel Aviv, Israel with my team of U.S. military veterans. My mission: to evacuate American citizens from the developing conflict in Israel and Lebanon, take them out of harm’s way and if possible, return...

Aug 9, 2024, 12:59 AM

Why Israel Is Still Waiting for Iran’s Revenge

Radovan Zierik, Pexels. 2019.

In light of recent events, there has been heightened global attention directed toward the Middle East, particularly the escalating tensions involving Israel, Iran, and their respective allies. Despite prior announcements of a substantial attack by Iran or Hezbollah against...

Aug 6, 2024, 6:38 PM

The Shiite strategic patience is the real terror

"There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it." (Alfred Hitchcock). The anticipation of a response from the Shiite axis towards Israel following the assassinations of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and Fuad Shukr in Beirut illustrates...

Jonathan Zausmer

Aug 3, 2024, 4:35 PM

Following the assassination of Hamas leader Ismael Haniya in Tehran, just after the inauguration celebration of Iran's new president, the wonder, admiration and brilliance of the scheme was widely hailed in Israel and abroad. Israel’s enemies were shocked, stunned...

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