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Nov 5, 2026, 11:52 AM

Europe’s Geopolitical Crisis Opens Doors to Israel

In July 2026, the European Union attributed sabotage against Polish infrastructure, including combined heat and power plants, to Russia’s Federal Security Service. Moscow’s confrontation with Europe is reaching the systems that sustain civilian life, far from the Ukrainian front....

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Nov 5, 2026, 12:40 AM

Liberman’s Moscow Pivot: Surviving U.S. Aid Cuts

President Donald Trump’s Election Day declaration that Washington will terminate roughly $4 billion in annual military assistance to Israel by year’s end—citing an earlier understanding with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—collides directly with a congressionally appropriated memorandum running through fiscal...

Nov 3, 2026, 2:24 PM

‘Israel’s Titanic,’ Misdirection, and Today’s News

Just weeks ago, a brand spanking new submarine, the INS Drakon, began its service in the Israeli navy. What few of us remember is another submarine with a similar name, the INS Dakar, that disappeared in the Mediterranean in...

Oct 31, 2026, 10:22 AM

Russia Must Explain How Foreigners Promised Civilian Jobs End Up in Its Army

In April, seven Honduran men answered job offers sent over WhatsApp: farm work, masonry, plumbing. In Russia, they were locked in a building watched by cameras. Their passports were taken. Five escaped through second-floor windows. Two older men, in...

Oct 30, 2026, 3:51 PM

Iran, Trump and Netanyahu: Escalation or a Deal the Week after US Midterms?

WTI crude oil is trading today at $103.8 per barrel, according to OilPrice.com—a level that reflects market concerns about escalation and supply disruptions amid the continuing confrontation between the United States and Iran. On the one hand, there are reports...

Oct 27, 2026, 4:22 PM

Let Whoever Wins Step Up Cooperation with Kyiv

Today Israel votes, and many in Ukraine are watching closely. I’ve written many blogs on why Kyiv and Jerusalem should enhance cooperation, especially given that we share a common enemy: Tehran. Iran has supplied Russia with the drones used to...

Alexander Lutsenko

Oct 25, 2026, 5:24 PM

Russian Diplomats Pick Olives in West Jerusalem. Why Was the PA Mission There?

Sometimes a diplomatic question begins not with a government statement, a controversial vote at the United Nations, or a meeting behind closed doors, but with a photograph of an ambassador holding a stick beneath an olive tree. That is precisely...

Seth Goldschlager

Oct 21, 2026, 9:25 PM

Why Is Russia Still Pursuing the Arctic Sea Case?

Why Is Russia Still Pursuing the MV Arctic Sea Case? Russia is still seeking to prosecute a man it accuses of helping to organize the alleged hijacking of the MV Arctic Sea, seventeen years after the ship’s mysterious disappearance. A...

Oct 18, 2026, 9:45 AM

Could Putin Use a Low-Yield Nuclear Bomb at Chernobyl to End War with Ukraine?

More than four years after Vladimir Putin launched what he called a “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Kremlin faces a reality it almost certainly did not anticipate in February 2022: Ukraine has neither surrendered nor ceased to inflict...

Sheldon Kirshner

Oct 13, 2026, 5:56 PM

Trump Has Tilted Toward Russia In Ukraine War

The war in Ukraine seems interminable. It erupted in February 2022 with Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which Russian President Vladimir Putin described as a "special military operation." It has since dragged on remorsefully, killing roughly 400,000 to 450,000 Russian soldiers...

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