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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 23, 2026, 10:03 AM

Eilat Requires Capability, Not Complacent Defenses

Shin Bet Director David Zini has directed his agency to place Eilat’s defense at the top of its priorities. He assesses a risk of a large-scale attack on the southern city originating from Jordanian territory or the sea and...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 22, 2026, 1:45 PM

Iran: Disarm Hezbollah Before Israel Leaves. Deal?

Western capitals and influential segments of the international media are now urging Israel to withdraw from southern Lebanon without first disarming Hezbollah. They claim recent Israeli operations have weakened the Iranian-funded terrorist group “enough” and that it is time...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 16, 2026, 11:41 AM

The Vance Deal’s Nuclear Trap for Israel

Vice President JD Vance appears on "Hannity" on Monday, June 15, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

The “Vance Deal”—underwritten by U.S. Vice President Vance’s preferred Middle East patrons in Turkey, Qatar, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia—does not end a crisis. It monetizes American retreat, legitimizes and strengthens the Iranian regime, lifts America’s naval blockade of Iran...

Jun 12, 2026, 5:25 AM

Trump Cried Wolf and the Wolf Didn’t Come. But the Lion Might.

On June 11, 2026, President Trump announced that a “great settlement” with Iran was close to completion, that a memorandum of understanding could be signed within days in Europe, and that he believed Ayatollah Motjaba Khamenei had accepted the...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 11, 2026, 1:27 PM

Hamas Disarms for Cameras, Kills for Power

The latest United Nations report on Gaza exposes the fraud at the center of every negotiation with Hamas. The terrorist group tells diplomats it may disarm while its own enforcers execute, maim, and beat Palestinians to preserve power. This...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 10, 2026, 7:57 AM

Dear President Aoun

Dear President Aoun, My name is Jose Lev. I am an American-Israeli scholar, veteran, and member of a people that has buried too many of its sons because leaders mistook delay for wisdom. I write not as an enemy of...

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 4, 2026, 4:34 AM

Tel Aviv celebrates what its neighbors criminalize

Tel Aviv Pride, 2019 – where rainbow flags and the Star of David meet in one of the region’s most visible displays of LGBTQ+ freedom. (Ted Eytan / Wikimedia Commons)

On June 12, a quarter-million bodies will press against the Mediterranean shoreline of Tel Aviv-Yafo for the 28th edition of what has calcified into the most consequential Pride procession in the Middle East – and, by any honest geopolitical...

Jun 2, 2026, 6:31 PM

Values, Culture, and the Search for Peace

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk (AI)

Values, Culture, and the Search for Peace Most of us grow up with a basic understanding of right and wrong. We are taught to tell the truth, not to steal, to respect others even when we disagree with them, and...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jun 1, 2026, 8:03 AM

Macron’s Beaufort Blunder Reveals European Decline

French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech next to the submarine 'Le Temeraire' (The Temerarious) at the Nuclear submarines Navy base of Ile Longue in Crozon, France, Monday March 2, 2026. (Yoan Valat/Pool Photo via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron declared on May 29, 2026, that “nothing justifies the Israeli strikes conducted in southern Lebanon.” He called Israel’s operations unacceptable under international law. Forty-eight hours later, the Israel Defense Forces seized Beaufort Castle and the...

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