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By Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Qatari money, priorities and interests are now woven into many US universities

Universities must reconsider their values, for the sake of America’s future

2 min read

June 19, 2025 10:16

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather for a mock trial against the University of Michigan's Board of Regents on the university's campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on April 21, 2025. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump ‘approved plan’ to strike Iran unless eleventh-hour ceasefire agreed

The president is reportedly ‘holding off’ in case Tehran agrees to give up its nuclear programme altogether

By Jacob Jaffa

1 min read

June 19, 2025 09:42

President Trump has reportedly 'approved' a plan for direct US strikes against Iran (Image: Getty)

By Dan Elbaum

Trump’s Truman Moment

When the history of Israel is written, they may stand side by side as two of the most consequential US leaders for the safety and security of the Jewish state

2 min read

June 18, 2025 14:51

US President Harry S. Truman (1884 - 1972) speaking to Congress on October 23, 1945 (left) US President Donald Trump (right) addresses a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on March 04, 2025 (Image: Getty)

By The JC Leader

Israel is poised to reshape and lead a new Middle East

The collapse or crippling of the Islamic Republic would mark the death knell of Islamism as a global force

3 min read

June 17, 2025 14:41

Smoke rises after a reported Israeli strike on a building used by Islamic Republic of Iran News Network, part of Iran's state TV broadcaster, on June 16, 2025 (Photo by Stringer/Getty Images)

Trump hints at direct US involvement in Iran war amid sudden G7 exit

The president urged residents of Tehran to evacuate and said he was working on something ‘much bigger’ than a ceasefire

By Jacob Jaffa

2 min read

June 17, 2025 10:09

President Trump has seemingly been sending mixed messages over the prospect of direct US involvement in the Iran-Israel war (Image: Getty)

Iranian missile damages US embassy branch in Tel Aviv

It is not clear whether the building was targeted as Iran continues to indiscriminately strike civilian areas in Israel

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 16, 2025 10:43

The US embassy branch in Tel Aviv has been damaged in an Iranian missile strike (Image: Flash90)

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump and Netanyahu played Iran by engaging in a good-cop, bad-cop strategy

Tehran clearly miscalculated. Its biggest blunder, perhaps, was to gamble its proxy assets before it needed them to shield its nuclear programme from Israel

3 min read

June 13, 2025 15:54