From the moment David Ben-Gurion declared statehood in 1948, Syria, the beating heart of Arab nationalism, has been one of Israel’s most vociferous enemies. But with the sudden fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad last December and his replacement by a new government that seems to seek an accommodation with Israel and has distanced itself […]
To no one’s surprise, Russia condemned Israeli and U.S. air strikes targeting Iran’s controversial and potentially ominous nuclear program, which appears to have been on the cusp of being weaponized. Russia’s pro-Iranian stance was expected, since Moscow has a strategic partnership with Iran, one of its closest allies in the Muslim world. Beyond offering Iran […]
A preliminary consensus has emerged that Iran’s nuclear program was considerably degraded during the recent 12-day Israel-Iran war. Israeli and U.S. aircraft bombed three major Iranian uranium enrichment facilities, Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, and they were badly damaged, if not destroyed. Since a definitive bomb damage assessment has yet to be released, we cannot be […]
You never know what lies around the corner. Case in point: Zohran Mamdani, an obscure New York State Assembly member who had kept a low profile until very recently, pulled off a resounding and stunning upset on June 24 when he defeated Andrew Cuomo, the former governor of New York, in New York City’s Democratic […]
One of the “key moments” in Israel’s 12-day war with Iran took place when one of the planners of Hamas’ October 7, 2023 massacre in southern Israel was killed by an Israeli air strike in the Iranian city of Qom. Saeed Izadi, the commander of the Palestine division in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds […]
Israel’s ceasefire with Iran, brokered by the United States and Qatar, is holding despite an exceedingly shaky start. If both sides exercise restraint, the 12-day Israel-Iran war may well have run its course. It erupted with an audacious Israeli preemptive strike on Iran and expanded with Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks against Israel. The […]
The shock waves of the current Israel-Iran war rippled into downtown Toronto on June 22. A day after the United States sided with Israel by bombing the heavily fortified Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, upwards of 1,500 demonstrators gathered in front of the U.S. consulate on University Avenue to blast the U.S. and Israel during a […]
In one bold and historic stroke, the United States may well have badly damaged or destroyed the core of Iran’s nuclear program. Yesterday evening, President Donald Trump launched Operation Midnight Hammer in coordination with Israel. It will probably be the most consequential decision of his presidency and is arguably a turning point in the Middle […]
One week into Israel’s war with Iran, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel has the “capability” to strike all of Iran’s nuclear facilities, including the heavily fortified Fordow uranium enrichment site. Israel has yet to attack Fordow, which is near the city of Qom and 95 kilometers from Tehran. Netanyahu had counted on U.S. […]
Donald Trump is keeping the world guessing concerning his attitude toward direct U.S. military participation in Israel’s current war with Iran. Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, hopes the American president will join Israel in destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities, particularly the heavily fortified site in Fordow. But it looks like Netanyahu will be waiting, perhaps […]