In a recent article, I made the point that the Israeli-Hamas war should be seen as part of a 1,400-year-long civilizational struggle between Islam and just about everyone else.

Recently, Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, confirmed that the state of Israel will soon attempt to assume control of Gaza, in an effort to liberate the region and its people from Hamas’ savage tyranny and terrorism.

By: Bret Stephens – nytimes.com – July 22, 2025 The charge isn’t only obscene. It’s also absurd. It may seem harsh to say, but there is a glaring dissonance to the charge that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. To wit: If the Israeli government’s intentions and actions are truly genocidal — if it is so malevolent that it is...

For the first time since the war began, there are credible concerns of hunger in Gaza. The main indicator, as expressed both by Gazans and economists, is the price of food in the enclave, a variable that can at least be used to calculate supply and demand and therefore offers a general picture of the overall trend. And that trend...

How a visible faction of the MAGA movement is revising American history, reviving dangerous conspiracies, and erasing the taboo against open bigotry.

By: Noah Rothman – nationalreview.com – June 30, 2025 The president seems to be taking seriously these indications that the Iranian regime still seeks avenues to retaliate against the U.S. If it ever faced a real threat to its existence, the Islamic Republic has been suspected of having the capability to activate its terror cells in the West, according to...

What are we to make of Saturday night’s destruction of the three Iranian nuclear sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan? Trump and the U.S. military took a great risk and succeeded in astounding…

Without Donald Trump, this doesn’t happen.

By: The Editorial Board – wsj.com – June 23, 2025 Iran’s feeble retaliation shows how damaged the Khamenei regime is. Iran fired 14 ballistic missiles at U.S. troops in Qatar on Monday, and in typical fashion claimed to have “destroyed the American air base” in retaliation for U.S. strikes on three nuclear sites. Here on Planet Earth, the base was...

Israel’s imperative to set back Iran’s nuclear program became clearer after two events in 2022 and 2023.