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Paying a diplomatic price for hitting its enemies is a high-wire act that Israel has long had to perform

The brutality deployed against Israel by the likes of the ‘Black September’ group persuaded the Jewish state that it had to ‘terrorise the terrorists’

6 min read

Israelis in the Munich Olympic stadium on September 6, 1972 at the memorial ceremony for the victims of the hostage-taking of Israeli team members by Palestinian terrorists (Photo by -/AFP via Getty Images)

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

The myth of ‘Jewish power’: How AIPAC became America’s bogeyman

The pro-Israel lobby is painted as uniquely sinister on the far left and far right. In truth it speaks for millions of Americans, Jewish and non-Jewish, who simply support a strong US-Israel relationship

2 min read

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army on October 3, 2025, shows an Israeli army soldier behind a mounted machine gun in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Yaakov Lappin

By Yaakov Lappin

The real bottleneck in the Gaza deal is coming up

A failure of phase two could lead to resumption of war, former Israeli national security adviser Yaakov Amidror warns

4 min read

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani meets with the US Secretary of State at the Amiri Diwan in Doha on September 16, 2025 (Photo by NATHAN HOWARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Yossi Melman

By Yossi Melman

How the Israeli air strike on Hamas in Doha helped pave the way for the peace deal

The failed Israeli attack on Hamas pushed Qatar into the hands of Trump, whose price for protection was a demand to help force the terrorists to the table

3 min read

Kasra Aarabi

By Kasra Aarabi

Prepare for a weak but reckless Iran to go on the front foot against Israel

The return of snapback sanctions hurt but, for the regime, Israel and the US are the immediate threats

4 min read

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Survey of Jewish staff shows the US academy is ‘broken’

A new report details anti Jewish activity on campus

2 min read

Edy Cohen

The six times Palestinian leaders rejected a state

A minority of people who voice views about the conflict know anything about its history

4 min read

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Melissa Langsam Braunstein

By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Nadler failed his Jewish base – who will replace him?

The battle to replace him will show how far Democrats have drifted from their once staunchly pro-Israel position

3 min read

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) speaks during a New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani press conference (Image: Getty)

Yossi Melman

By Yossi Melman

Mossad did oppose the Doha strike – but not for the reasons being reported

The head of the intelligence agency, David Barnea, was troubled by the potential ramifications for the hostages

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The aftermath of strikes on Doha (Getty)

Jacob Jaffa

Why can’t the BBC bring itself to call Hamas terrorists?

This week’s Jerusalem assailants were described as ‘gunmen’ and the only use of the word ‘terrorist’ was attributed as an Israeli claim

1 min read

The BBC did not label the Jerusalem mass shooting as a terrorist attack, instead attributing this as a claim made by Israeli officials (Image: Flash90)

Alex Hearn

Starmer appointed Mahmood to blunt Reform’s rise – but can she reassure British Jews?

The community will be watching: Will she tackle rising antisemitism, confront extremist groups, and back Rayner’s push to define Islamophobia in law?

4 min read

Newly appointed UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood leaves Number 10 Downing Street as Keir Starmer holds a cabinet reshuffle on September 5, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Nathan Jeffay

By Nathan Jeffay

The UN severely underreports the amount of aid entering Gaza

UN figures exclude trucks arriving via the northern Erez crossing, airdrops, and private-sector deliveries not coordinated by UN agencies. COGAT counts everything

6 min read

Trucks loaded with aid enter Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing on August 6, 2025 (Image: Getty)

Yaakov Lappin

By Yaakov Lappin

Mossad has penetrated the Houthis –and the Saudis may have helped

Decapitation attack in Yemen is a landmark advance against the terror group

3 min read

Huthi military spokesman Yahya Saree speaks during a rally in solidarity "with the people of Gaza" in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on December 13, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Janatan Sayeh

Navid Mohebbi

By Janatan Sayeh and Navid Mohebbi

Iran’s perfect storm of domestic failures

Blackouts and dry water taps are nothing new for Iranians, but this year the country’s infrastructure problems have become a true crisis

3 min read

An Iranian flag flies over Tehran (Image: Getty)

Why the clock is ticking on the Iranian regime

Iranians suffering from decades of economic decay have seen the ayatollah’s billion-dollar weapons projects go up in smoke – and the rage is mounting

By Jonathan Harounoff

3 min read

Masked Basiji militants carry a mockup of a missile with Iran's flag during a parade of an alleged 110,000 paramilitary Basij and IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) forces in downtown Tehran, Iran, on January 10, 2025. (Photo by Hossein Beris / Middle East Images / Middle East Images via AFP) (Photo by HOSSEIN BERIS/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

Stephen Flatow

By Stephen Flatow

Turkey’s dangerous drift from Nato ally to Islamist agitator

As President Erdoğan cosies up to terrorists and autocrats, it’s time for the West to stop pretending that he is still a reliable partner.

2 min read

President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Image: Getty)

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