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“US first sought to seize the 650 Fifth Avenue skyscraper in 2008, after learning of the Iranian government-owned bank’s secret interest in the property”

JPOST Israeli victims of Iranian terrorism among those to be compensated after sale of NYC skyscraper Danielle Greyman-Kennard March 26, 2026 Victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorism are finally set to be compensated to the tune of $318 million after the sale … Continue reading

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“Systems that Russia marketed for years as nearly impenetrable have proven vulnerable to coordinated strikes, electronic warfare, and modern precision weapons”

URBAN WARFARE War Reveals the Truth: Russian and Chinese Weapons Are Outmatched John Spencer March 13, 2026 Wars do more than determine political outcomes or redraw borders. They also test weapons. Every conflict becomes a brutal proving ground where military … Continue reading

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I rarely post Al Jazeera, but this is worth a read: “Every aspect of Iran’s ability to project regional power is being successfully degraded”

AL JAZEERA The US-Israeli strategy against Iran is working. Here is why. Muhanad Seloom March 16, 2026 Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, the dominant narrative has settled into a comfortable groove: The United States and Israel stumbled into a … Continue reading

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Iran regime change: “One possible scenario, hinging on the unprecedented ability of the United States and Israel to carry out precision strikes from drones and advanced manned aircraft”

BOSTON GLOBE Yes, regime change could happen in Iran without boots on the ground Alex Safian March 13, 2026 While the fighting with Iran continues, many media commentators, strategic experts, and politicians have claimed that regime change cannot happen there … Continue reading

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Antisemitism today is served up in podcasts, on YouTube channels, and broadcast platforms hosted by personalities who insist they are merely facilitating debate or “just asking questions”

ALGEMEINER The Antisemitism Mainstreaming Pipeline — and Why Ben Shapiro Drives It Crazy Micha Danzig March 18, 2026 …The result is the antisemitism mainstreaming pipeline: a system through which fringe ideas gain legitimacy simply by appearing on platforms with massive … 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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“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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“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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