Opinion

The Iranian strategists' failure lies in the Ayatollah's historic blindness - opinion

MIDDLE ISRAEL: The big Iranian misconception about war was the delusion that fighting could be outsourced.  

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks on the 33rd anniversary of the death of the leader of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, at Khomeini’s shrine in southern Tehran in June, 2022.

A dramatic turning point: How to define victory in the war against Iran - opinion

 DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz speaks to the media at the scene of the Iranian missile attack in Holon yesterday. He says that he instructed the IDF to carry out attacks that would ‘undermine’ the Iranian regime.

Grapevine June 20, 2025: An Arab tragedy

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG offers words of sympathy to grieving husband and father Raja Khatib.

My Word: The dogs (and cats) of war with Iran - opinion

 PEOPLE AND their pets take cover at an underground parking lot in Tel Aviv on Tuesday as a siren  sounds to warn of incoming ballistic missiles fired from Iran.

Why isn't the US joining Israel in the war against Iran? - opinion

How is it possible that Americans of all shapes and sizes would not rally to support, even participate in, an operation to rid the world of one of the most dangerous enemies to the world?

 An anti-America mural is seen on a building in Tehran, Iran January 25, 2023.

Israel’s Dunkirk moment demands national solidarity, not fragmented efforts - editorial

Israel must now decide what kind of nation it wishes to be in this hour of trial. One that rescues its own or one that leaves them to fend for themselves.    

 View of the almost Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, after all flights were cancelled following an Israeli attack on Iran, June 13, 2025.

Editor's Notes: This is how the IDF ghost army wires Iran for destruction - comment

The same ingenuity and resolve that carried us through eight months of clandestine planning will carry us through whatever comes next.

 PEOPLE WATCH from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise on the Sharan Oil depot in Tehran earlier this week.

In Tehran, Iranians brace for what’s next in unpredictable war - opinion

“My biggest fear is the uncertainty and the ambiguity of it all,” Neda, 35, said in a social media chat from a suburb on the outskirts of northern Tehran.

 Smoke rises following an Israeli attack on the IRIB building, the country's state broadcaster, in Tehran, Iran, June 16, 2025

Letter from Jaffa: ‘It was the loudest boom I have ever heard’ - opinion

It was the loudest boom I have ever heard. The safe room door blasted open. The house trembled. Outside, something smashed. For a split second, I wondered if my heart might literally stop.

 Rashad stands outside one of his stores in Jaffa, Israel, following damage from a blast related to an Iranian missile strike, June 19, 2025.

America and Israel first: Dismantling the Nazi regime of our time - opinion

Now, the US and Israel together have the opportunity to do what was impossible in 1945, before the establishment of the Jewish state: to destroy and dismantle the Nazi regime of our time. 

 US President Donald Trump seen with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (illustrative)

Macron’s push for a Palestinian state is a betrayal of Israel, France, and democracy - opinion

French President Emmanuel Macron's push for Palestinian statehood is reportedly due to pressure from radical Muslim communities, but that

 FRANCE’S PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Nice earlier this month. Under Macron’s leadership, France is drifting away from Israel and from the core values of Western democracy, the writer argues.

Haredi draft dilemma: Religious exemption from IDF will bring down the government

With a majority of Israelis calling for public change, haredi exemption from the IDF is no longer just a legal debate, but a question of Israel’s survival.

 Ultra-Orthodox Jews clash with police during a protest against the drafting of ultra orthodox jews to the Israeli army, on road 4 near Bnei Brak, June 5, 2025.

New proxy sanction war? New UK sanctions assault Jewish values and identity - opinion

The UK's sanctions on Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are an ideological attack on Jewish sovereignty and values shared with America.

 BRITISH PRIME MINISTER Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump meet in the Oval Office earlier this year alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy and US Vice President JD Vance.

Israel's drought is a public health and food security crisis - opinion

Israel's national food security plan offers a plan forward amid one of the worst droughts in the country's history.

 A researcher stands in an experimental rice field belonging to seed technology firm Kaiima Bio-Agritech near Kfar Tavor in northern Israel.