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Twelve days of war: what did Israel achieve?

Israel decapitated the Iranian regime’s leadership and destroyed its most prized assets, but the ayatollahs remain in place

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

4 min read

This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. President Donald Trump said US air strikes early on June 22 "totally obliterated" Iran's main nuclear sites, as Washington joined Israel's war with Tehran in a flashpoint moment for the Middle East. (Photo by Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/ SATELLITE IMAGE ©2025 MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - THE WATERMARK MAY NOT BE REMOVED/CROPPED

To the backdrop of a Palestinian flag, Bobby Vylan of British duo Bob Vylan leads the chant of 'Death to the IDF' at the Glastonbury festival (Image: Getty).

By The JC Leader

Glastonbury and the BBC must answer for platforming anti-Israel hate

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Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan led a Glastonbury crowd in chants of 'death, death to the IDF' (Image: Getty)

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Glastonbury’s death cult: When ‘progressive’ Britain turns its back on Jews

By Hen Mazzig

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Downing Street (Image: Getty).

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On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

By Lorin Bell-Cross

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By Daniel Roth

After the strikes: The six steps to fully dismantle Iran’s nuclear programme

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By Jake Wallis Simons

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

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By Arsen Ostrovsky

Netanyahu and Trump showed the kind of resolve Churchill himself would have saluted

3 min read

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Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been set back by years

Israel and the US hold the upper hand after the bold strikes on Iran

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IN FLIGHT, UNITED STATES: A B-2 Stealth Bomber flies towards a refuel stop with an KC10 refueling jet as part of Global Power Launch training mission out of Whiteman Air Force Base, Home of the 509th Bomb Wing and all US B-2 Stealth Bombers 30 October, 2002 some where over Missouri. The US will deploy B2 Stealth bombers closer to the Gulf region to increase the US firepower there amid mounting pressure on Iraq. AFP PHOTO / TIM SLOAN (Photo credit should read TIM SLOAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Why isn’t there a Jewish family living on Coronation Street?

Could it be because the writers of British soaps think Jews are too middle class?

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Terrorists murdered my wife and daughters, shattering my life. This is how I learned to love again

Two years ago Rabbi Leo Dee faced the horrific tragedy of the murder of his beloved wife and two of their children. This week he announced his engagement

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Rabbi Dee announced his engagement to Aliza Teplitsky in a Facebook post on Friday (Image: Rabbi Dee/ Facebook)

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Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel

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Smoke rises as Israel targets the notorious Evin Prison in the north of Tehran (Getty Images)

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Never again is now: Trump bombs Iran’s path to another Holocaust

The President strikes a severe blow to Iran’s nuclear programme. As always when Israel is involved, a strange coalition of bedfellows unites to criticise US military action

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Following the announcement that the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran, President Donald Trump addresses the nation alongside US Vice President JD Vance (L), US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd R) and US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (R), from the White House on June 21, 2025 (Image: Getty)

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From Trafalgar to Tehran: How October 7 unmasked the enemies within

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Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran

Critics are wrong. Whether viewed as part of an ongoing armed conflict or a necessary act of self-defence, international law is on the side of the Jewish state

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Israeli fighter jets strike Iranian military installations (Image: IDF)

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Twelve days of war: what did Israel achieve?

Glastonbury and the BBC must answer for platforming anti-Israel hate

Glastonbury’s death cult: When ‘progressive’ Britain turns its back on Jews

On welfare reform, as on Israel, is Starmer being bossed around by his backbenchers?

After the strikes: The six steps to fully dismantle Iran’s nuclear programme

Settler violence is corrosive to the soul of Israel – It must be confronted

Netanyahu and Trump showed the kind of resolve Churchill himself would have saluted

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Iran’s nuclear ambitions have been set back by years

Why isn’t there a Jewish family living on Coronation Street?

Terrorists murdered my wife and daughters, shattering my life. This is how I learned to love again

Khomeini’s war: Sunni Islamists taught Shia Iran to hate Israel

I’m pleased the End of Life Bill didn’t exist when Mum had terminal cancer

How the Mossad infiltrated Iran: Using the enemies already inside the gates

Never again is now: Trump bombs Iran’s path to another Holocaust

From Trafalgar to Tehran: How October 7 unmasked the enemies within

Israel’s just war: the legal case for striking Iran