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Benjamen Gussen

May 26, 2026, 10:33 AM

The Death of the Middle East: The Abraham Accords and the Birth of the Med East

The Abraham Accords were not only a diplomatic breakthrough. They were the first clear sign that the region long called the "Middle East" had begun to outgrow the map that gave it that name. "Middle East" was never a native...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 13, 2026, 4:09 AM

‘Indiana Trump’ Barks Again; No Bite Yet

In the brutal chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the Spanish proverb perro que ladra no muerde—a dog that barks does not bite—now defines President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy with merciless clarity. Since the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire took effect on April 8,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 5, 2026, 3:19 PM

Hezbollah’s Drones Challenge Israel’s Edge

In late April 2026, a fiber-optic first-person-view drone struck an Israeli armored unit in the village of Taybeh in southern Lebanon, killing Israeli soldier Idan Fooks and wounding six others. Hezbollah subsequently released video evidence of additional strikes on...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 24, 2026, 3:27 AM

Pakistan Replaces Oman as US-Iran Broker

Oman is out as Washington’s Iran backchannel. In under six weeks, the Gulf sultanate that once hosted every quiet U.S.–Iran contact lost its seat. Talks shifted to Islamabad. The Serena Hotel hosted round one on April 11–12, 2026; twenty...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 23, 2026, 4:03 AM

Hormuz Hostage: The Great American Capitulation

President Donald Trump rightly eviscerated Barack Obama over the 2015 nuclear deal and the $1.7 billion in cash secretly airlifted to Tehran. That agreement—coupled with pallets of cash and over $100 billion in sanctions relief—supercharged Iran’s nuclear program while...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 10, 2026, 6:41 AM

Blunt Truth: Hezbollah’s Defeat Pays Off

Yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his government to immediately begin direct peace negotiations with the Lebanese government. The goal is straightforward: full Hezbollah disarmament south of the Litani River and the establishment of peaceful relations between the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Apr 9, 2026, 3:57 AM

The Upcoming Script Flip on Israel’s Lebanon War

Iranian state television declared today that the Iranian-mined Strait of Hormuz was closed once again. Minutes later, maritime tracking data from MarineTraffic showed the Panama-flagged, United States Treasury-sanctioned oil tanker AUROURA executed a sharp 180-degree turn while approaching the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Mar 30, 2026, 7:10 AM

Ukraine Rehearsed Iran’s Drone War on Israel

Israel is not neutral in Ukraine. Pretending otherwise now is either naivete or evasion. Ukraine is where the Russia-Iran drone model is being tested, refined, and scaled under battlefield conditions. Ukraine is where Russia launched more than 54,000 suicide...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Mar 27, 2026, 8:30 AM

Iran Crowned Israel Guardian of the Middle East

Iran did not break the Middle East. It revealed who can defend it. For years, Arab capitals tried to treat Israel and Iran as separate problems. That fiction is over. Missiles, drones, maritime coercion, and attacks on critical infrastructure have...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Mar 22, 2026, 10:43 AM

Iran’s War Is Forging the Next Abraham Accords

The war against the Ayatollah's regime is destroying more than launchers, depots, and proxies. It is destroying alibis. For decades, much of the Arab world denounced Israel in public, hid behind American power in private, and pretended Iran could...

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