Category Archives: Islam

“He thought nobody was listening. The Saudis heard everything. And the Palestinian Authority will never recover”

SUBSTACK The Tape That Just Ended Mahmoud Abbas Hen Mazzig April 17, 2026 …I have spent years being told, in every Western capital where I am invited to speak, that the Palestinian cause is the conscience of the Arab world. … Continue reading

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“By ignoring the ideological reality of Hamas and Hezbollah, Klein treats Israelis and Palestinians as props in a Western morality play rather than actors in a high-stakes struggle for survival”

FREE PRESS Ezra Klein Doesn’t Understand Israel Haviv Rettig Gur April 17, 2026 …Because [Klein] misses the central point that any Westerner concerned for Palestinians must deal with: Any Israeli withdrawal from significant parts of the West Bank will almost … Continue reading

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“The Arab Case for Israel is the book that I would recommend above all others for anyone who sincerely wants to understand the entrenched conflict between Jews and Arabs in Israel”

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Senior Israeli official: “United States now intends to actively lead efforts to disarm Hezbollah”

JPOST US intends to lead Hezbollah disarmament, senior Israeli official tells ‘Post’ Amichai Stein April 16, 2026 A senior Israeli official told The Jerusalem Post that, unlike in the past, the United States now intends to actively lead efforts to disarm Hezbollah … Continue reading

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Oren: “Before Europe casts us off completely, perhaps we should separate first. It’s time, I maintain, to say goodbye”

CLARITY Time to Say Goodbye Michael Oren April 16, 2026 This week, on Yom Hashoa, a friend told me a story I had never heard—how her father as a young Jew in Libya during World War II was arrested by … Continue reading

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“Critics of administration have predictably dismissed the reverse blockade move as a desperate effort to regain leverage over Tehran. In truth, the strategy is anything but spontaneous”

FORBES Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Has Been Planned For Years Ilan Berman April 15, 2026 …A decade-and-a-half ago, while on a visit to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) in Tampa, Florida, I had a candid exchange with a senior military official deeply … Continue reading

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“Why so many, on both the left and the right, keep getting Trump wrong”

TABLET MAG Seven Myths About the Iran War Michael Doran April 14, 2026 Donald Trump’s actions in the Middle East continually surprise the foreign-policy establishment and the media elite. According to commentators on both the right and the left, the … Continue reading

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“The mullahs believed they held all the cards when the ceasefire was called. But no permanent stoppage was possible without meeting U.S. demands”

FREE PRESS How Iran Wasted the Ceasefire Eli Lake April 12, 2026 The cliché about the Islamic Republic of Iran is that it has never won a war, but never lost a negotiation. Over the weekend in Pakistan, that diplomatic … Continue reading

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“The allies dismantled Iran’s military infrastructure, but left untouched the narrative engine designed to end wars by breaking democracies from within”

FUTURE OF JEWISH Iran’s deadliest weapon was never on the target list Guy Goldstein April 10, 2026 The allied campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran mapped air defenses, missile batteries, nuclear facilities, and command nodes. It has been called … Continue reading

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Segal: “If Iran maintains the ceasefire while Israel continues to strike Lebanon, then it is a sign that the terror proxy has been thrown to the wolves”

FREE PRESS This Ceasefire Could Mark the Death of Iran’s Axis of Resistance Amit Segal April 9, 2026 …Iranian negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has already declared negotiations “unreasonable” under the current conditions. Furthermore, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps have claimed that shipping … Continue reading

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