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“Iran’s regional isolation has created a rare strategic opening for Washington to build a durable security architecture linking Israel and the Gulf”

FREE PRESS The Middle East Is Ready for the Abraham Accords 2.0 Zineb Riboua March 12, 2026 …[Pete] Hegseth described Iran’s isolation as a military outcome, but it was in fact a structural inevitability—one confirmed when U.S. ambassador to the … Continue reading

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“The Iran war exposes, yet again, how many modern liberal movements now defend and excuse the very illiberal ideas they are supposed to oppose”

FUTURE OF JEWISH The Left forgot what liberal means. Vanessa Berg March 12, 2026 …Israeli society is democratic and liberal (in the classical sense). Palestinian society, by contrast, is inherently illiberal, which has nothing to do with so-called “oppression” or … Continue reading

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“The fact is that no one before Trump had the courage to attack. Iran has been waging a war against Americans, U.S. interests, and allies for nearly five decades, and no other American leader would stand up against that”

TABLET MAG Who Wants This War? Answer: winners Lee Smith March 5, 2026 Polls show that Republican support for the Donald Trump administration’s campaign to destroy Iran’s nuclear weapons facilities, ballistic missile program, and other military capabilities and dismantle the … Continue reading

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“America is in this fight because of China. Specifically, it is about dismantling the most significant Chinese forward base outside of East Asia”

FREE PRESS This Isn’t Israel’s War. It’s America’s. Haviv Rettig Gur March 3, 2026 The debate about the U.S.’s war in Iran is everywhere. It is threatening to split the conservative movement, dividing it between those who see it as … Continue reading

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“For 47 years, the Islamic Republic has targeted Americans directly or through proxies”

URBAN WARFARE Iran’s War on the United States Did Not Start Yesterday John Spencer March 1, 2026 Iran started a war against the United States in 1979. It has never stopped. That is not rhetorical flourish. It is historical fact. … Continue reading

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“A festering dispute broke out into the open as Trump took aim at Tucker Carlson”

FREE PRESS Trump: Tucker Carlson Is Not ‘America First’ Eli Lake March 5, 2026 Of the first political casualties of President Donald Trump’s second Iran war is his relationship with populist movement leader and social media broadcaster Tucker Carlson. In … Continue reading

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“The nouns have changed. The structure hasn’t.…The accusation is the same. Americans aren’t really in charge. Jews are”

ALGEMEINER From Coughlin to Carlson: The Return of the ‘Jewish War’ Libel Micha Danzig March 4, 2026 Nearly every generation in America produces the same refrain in moments of conflict: this is not our war. Sometimes that argument reflects prudence. … Continue reading

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“Financial Times reports IDF used algorithms to interpret troves of data, allowing it to build pattern-of-life models for top bodyguards; CIA had human intelligence on supreme leader”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Israel hacked Tehran traffic cameras to track Khamenei ahead of assassination Lazar Berman March 3, 2026 Israel hacked into Tehran’s extensive traffic camera network in order to track the bodyguards of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other top … Continue reading

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“United by their hostility to Israel, the liberal establishment, leftists and right-wing antisemites are hoping to capitalize on a disaster. But it could also backfire on them”

JNS Trump’s critics have a lot riding on the Iran conflict Jonathan Tobin March 2, 2026 Whether they admit it or not, a lot of people are rooting for disaster for the United States and Israel in the conflict that … Continue reading

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“Regardless of the desire for Israel to act first, the likeliest scenario may be a jointly launched U.S.-Israel operation”

POLITICO White House officials believe ‘the politics are a lot better’ if Israel strikes Iran first Dasha Burns and Nahal Toosi February 25, 2026 Senior advisers to President Donald Trump would prefer Israel strike Iran before the United States launches … Continue reading

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