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“Washington is drafting the rules of Israel’s self-defense – without Israel in the room”

MIDDLE EAST FORUM Micromanaging Survival Gregg Roman June 23, 2026 Don’t let the headline numbers — barrels, waivers, frozen billions — set tonight’s frame. The tell of the day is a small procedural fact almost everyone skipped: the United States … Continue reading

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“Israel made Operation Epic Fury devastating because it supplied the things American power often lacks on its own: intimate access, human intelligence, target geometry, and real-time knowledge of the regime’s military architecture.”

FUTURE OF JEWISH America owes Israel a thank-you, not a lecture Bob Goldberg June 20, 2026 U.S. Vice President JD Vance is worried that Israel is isolated. He should ask why. If President Donald Trump is now the only head … Continue reading

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In Iran, most of those death sentences have been carried out in the past three months, as the authorities have hurried to send a message to a restless population: The regime is still firmly in charge, and dissent won’t be tolerated”

WALL STREET JOURNAL As War With U.S. Eases, Iran Steps Up Hangings of Dissidents Henna Moussavi June 21, 2026 In the days before Iran’s regime hanged Nasser Bakerzadeh, the 26-year-old spoke of the normal life he would never return to. Bakerzadeh … Continue reading

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“To Trump: In the Middle East, loyalty is currency. If you abandon your closest friend halfway through a fight and cut deals behind their back while leaving them exposed, don’t expect anyone to trust your guarantees again”

GATESTONE ‘MIGA: Making Iran’s Regime Great Again’: Why Many Arabs Vehemently Oppose Trump’s MOU Khaled Abu Toameh June 22, 2026 The prevailing narrative in much of the Western media is that opposition to US President Donald J. Trump’s new agreement … Continue reading

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“The vice president is trying hard to sell an Iran deal that hawks claim is weak while offering an olive branch to noninterventionists who opposed going to war at all”

FREE PRESS Vance Tries to Have It Both Ways on the Iran Deal Eli Lake June 17, 2026 Vice President J.D. Vance emerged this week as the White House surrogate in chief to sell the agreement with Iran to end … Continue reading

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Israeli public sours on Trump for all the obvious reasons

NOON IN ISRAEL Iran Deal: It’s Worse Than We Thought Amit Segal June 18, 2026 It’s Thursday, June 18, and the official terms of the U.S. Memorandum of Understanding are out—and it’s worse than anticipated. The official signing ceremony isn’t … Continue reading

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“Regime change never came. Hormuz became the center of gravity. This ceasefire is not a victory — it is an exit strategy”

FUTURE OF JEWISH The Iran war ended exactly where it began. Andrew Fox June 15, 2026 …Washington appears to have bought time; Hormuz is to reopen; the naval blockade is to be lifted; Iran receives some combination of oil waivers, … Continue reading

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IRGC hired New Yorker to murder American dissident

NEW YORK POST NYC man hired by Iranian regime to ‘stalk and murder’ dissident journalist sentenced Victor Nava Published May 27, 2026 A New York City man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison Wednesday for his role in … Continue reading

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“Instead of insisting on efforts to topple the regime, there was a more effective step that was never taken, and the sense of a missed opportunity is enormous”

ISRAEL HAYOM (by agreement with JNS) We did everything in Iran, except what could have ended it Amit Segal June 10, 2026 …Was Netanyahu supposed to say “no thank you” to a US President eager to act together against the … Continue reading

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Memo to Trump: Remind Americans it would be a dangerous mistake to give Iran more time and money to hold the international economy hostage, rearm, work on nuclear weapons, revivify terrorist networks, and slaughter more Iranians.

WASHINGTON TIMES Letter to the POTUS: A few hopefully helpful notes on Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionaries” Clifford D. May June 2, 2026 …You might remind people, too, that the regime’s nuclear program has been significantly set back. According to David Albright … Continue reading

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