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Shaike Komornik

Jul 22, 2026, 11:47 AM

Israel-Turkey Relations: Strategic Competition and Imposed Partnership

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Relations between Israel and Turkey, which began in 1949 as an unannounced regional alliance between two non-Arab powers in the Middle East, have witnessed an unprecedented deterioration over the past year. Israel’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide at the...

Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Jul 19, 2026, 2:09 PM

Syria’s leader charms the world, crushes the Druze. Israel should be wary

This handout photograph released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on November 10, 2025, shows US President Donald Trump (L) shaking hands with Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House in Washington DC. (Handout / SANA / AFP)

Sharaa seems to be a pragmatic diplomat, but before pursuing warmer ties, Jerusalem needs guarantees that he will stop repressing his minority citizens

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 15, 2026, 8:13 PM

Mount Hermon: Israel’s Alps

The Book of Dvarim lists four names for Mount Hermon. The first three, Hermon, Sirion and Snir are found in Dvarim 3:8-9: At that time we took from the two kings of the Amorites the land beyond the Jordan, from...

Jun 27, 2026, 10:04 PM

Eilat 2035: How Israel Should Respond to the Saudi-Turkish-Qatari IMEC Challenge

According to reports published by TheMarker and Haaretz, Transportation Minister Miri Regev recently sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu concerning the strategic implications of the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) and regional developments. The letter demonstrates that...

Jun 20, 2026, 10:50 PM

Trump’s Turkey Bargain May Cost Israel

President Donald J. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his wife Mrs. Emine Erdogan Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead). Wikimedia Common.

Behind the compliments lies a colder regional design There are betrayals announced by trumpet, and betrayals performed with a smile, a handshake, a press conference and a few vulgar compliments about “strength”. The latter are more dangerous, because by the...

Jun 17, 2026, 5:33 AM

The Icebreaker Effect in Trump’s Rhetoric

Commenting on a ‘Memorandum on a Memorandum’ without an officially published text remains premature. Yet, a more fundamental question arises today: why is an agreement framework being pursued with such persistence with those who do not represent the sole...

Jun 16, 2026, 11:44 AM

Reports of Israeli or US Defeat Are Greatly Exaggerated

In my last column, I argued that the reported Trump-Netanyahu blowup mattered less than the strategic realities beneath it. The United States and Israel had similar but not identical interests. Washington was trying to prevent a wider regional conflict...

Jun 16, 2026, 5:45 AM

Pride and Prejudice: When Inclusion Requires Exclusion

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Pride is supposed to be a celebration - A celebration of dignity. A celebration of identity. A celebration of belonging. For decades, LGBTQ activists fought to create spaces where people would not be judged by stereotypes, excluded because of who...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 9, 2026, 6:14 AM

America’s New Anti-Israel Left-Right Consensus

Fifteen years ago, both major American political parties treated Israel as a strategic asset in the Middle East. Gallup’s 2011 surveys showed clear majorities sympathizing more with Israelis than with Palestinians across Democratic and Republican ranks. By February 2026,...

Jun 8, 2026, 8:18 PM

Trump Turned the White House into a Licensing Desk for Foreign Powers

In the European Parliament, Qatargate 2022 showed foreign influence arriving through intermediaries and ending in raids, cash and criminal files. In Trump’s Washington, it walked through the front door, shook the president’s hand, licensed his name, entered his family...

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