The current war in Iran has spilled into Lebanon, much to Iran’s satisfaction. Hezbollah, a creation of Iran and Iran’s chief proxy in the Middle East, is dragging Lebanon into a war yet again, despite having assured the Lebanese government that it would not intervene on behalf of Iran if U.S. and Israeli strikes remained […]
Until his assassination, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme ruler of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East. He was killed by Israel and the United States in a joint operation on February 28. The air strike on his compound in Tehran took place shortly after U.S. President […]
Iran’s highly controversial nuclear program has ignited Israel’s second war with Iran in less than a year. It broke out on February 28, when the United States and Israel attacked the Islamic Republic of Iran in a preemptive offensive intended to destroy its military and nuclear capabilities and decapitate its leadership. Within hours of the […]
By any yardstick, Narendra Modi’s most recent visit to Israel, his second in nine years, seems to have been an unqualified success. The prime minister of India, the world’s most populous democracy, spent two days in Israel, one of the few democracies in the Middle East. He conferred with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his […]
Four months after its formation, U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace convened its first official meeting in Washington, D.C. on February 17. It went reasonably well, but serious problems lie ahead. Trump, in a flourish of enthusiasm, announced pledges of $7 billion from Arab allies such as Saudi Arabia and Qatar and $10 billion […]
Donald Trump is engaged in a guessing game with respect to Iran. Since Iran’s brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters last month, the American president has spoken out from both sides of his mouth about an issue that could well trigger a war in the Middle East. While he has threatened to attack Iran, he has […]
The first set of talks between the United States and Iran in nearly a year took place in Oman on February 6 amid mutual mistrust and fears that diplomacy may fail and give way to a renewal of war in the Middle East. Last June, Israel attacked its arch enemy, Iran, bombing its nuclear and […]
This was the moment Israel had been waiting for with profound anticipation. On January 26, the Israeli army announced that the remains of Ran Gvili, the last hostage in the Gaza Strip, had been found. With this momentous announcement, Israelis unburdened themselves of a trauma that had weighed on them for the past two years. […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unyielding in his refusal to create a state commission of inquiry to investigate Hamas’ one-day invasion of southern Israel on October 7, 2023, the worst military and intelligence failure in Israel’s history. Claiming the lives of roughly 1,200 people and resulting in the abduction of 251 Israelis and foreign nationals, […]
There was a discernible disconnect between U.S. President Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric to intervene in Iran’s anti-government protests and his failure to act on his threats. According to Iran Human Rights, at least 3,428 Iranian protesters were killed and thousands were injured during the nation-wide demonstrations. Convulsing the country for about two weeks from December […]