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Oct 7, 2026, 9:21 PM

After Iran, the Strategic Vacuum

For several months, Israel has seen the weakening of Iran and its allies as a major change in its strategic environment. Hezbollah has been badly hurt, Bashar al-Assad’s Syria is gone, and Tehran must now focus more on its...

Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 AM

Before You Lecture Israel, Look in the Mirror

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Before You Lecture Israel, Look in the Mirror There is something increasingly difficult for me to accept when I listen to governments across Europe and beyond lecture Israel about colonialism, stolen land, occupation, violence and even genocide. It is not...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 1, 2026, 10:18 PM

Israel’s Benghazi Option: Realism Over Diplomacy

Egyptian subversion greeted King Hassan II’s February 1961 ascension, as Gamal Abdel Nasser’s assassins actively targeted the new monarch. In response, Mossad intelligence exposed the plot and alerted General Mohamed Oufkir, allowing Moroccan troops to dismantle the hostile Casablanca...

Kostis Konstantinou

Oct 1, 2026, 6:14 PM

Israeli Arms on Full Display – Cyprus’s Message

An Israeli-made BARAK MX air and missile defense launcher of the Cypriot National Guard is displayed during Cyprus’s Independence Day military parade in Nicosia, October 1, 2026. (Photo: Kostis Konstantinou)

The significance of Thursday’s military parade in Nicosia for the Independence Day of the Republic of Cyprus was not merely that the island, an EU member state, displayed Israeli weapons. It was that it chose to show them off -...

Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

George Papasimakis

Sep 26, 2026, 8:37 PM

Why Israel Needs the Greek Navy in the Levant

An Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6-class corvette during maritime operations. (Photo: IDF)

For decades, Israel’s strategic doctrine has rested on an unquestioned axiom: total air superiority guarantees national survival. From the preemptive strikes of 1967 to the surgical precision of modern fifth-generation operations over complex battlefields, the Israeli Air Force (IAF)...

Sep 25, 2026, 5:41 PM

Will Iran Join a Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Pact: What Would It Mean for the Houthis?

’According to Fox Business, oil began the week at $102 a barrel, fell to $97 by midweek, and is settling at $92.5 toward the end of the week. The decline signals that the oil market currently expects diplomatic easing...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:47 AM

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

When Benjamin Netanyahu walked toward the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of diplomats began walking in the opposite direction. Most delegations from Arab and Muslim countries left the hall, while the United Arab Emirates remained. Netanyahu...

Sep 24, 2026, 2:13 AM

Jordan’s king lectured Israel on Palestinians. His father shelled their camps

The king, emir and presidents who condemned Israel this week have records of their own, from Amman in 1970 to Tehran this January. On September 17, 1970, King Hussein sent his army against the Palestinian armed groups in Amman, Irbid...

George Papasimakis

Sep 22, 2026, 12:55 PM

The Syrian Trap: Why Israel Must Block a Turkish A2/AD Umbrella

Israeli Air Force F-35I Adir stealth multi-role fighter. (Photo: Maj. Ofer / Israeli Air Force)

For decades, Israel’s deterrence model and national survival have rested upon a single, undeniable operational reality: qualitative military edge (QME), manifested primarily through absolute air superiority. While surrounding regional actors often commanded massive standing armies and extensive conventional hardware,...

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