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: Eitan Fischberger – wsj.com – July 30, 2025 Hamas propaganda exploits seriously ill children, and Western media go along. Over the weekend, I embedded with the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza, where I saw the enormous quantities of humanitarian aid the United Nations has been refusing to distribute. What struck me most were the thousands upon thousands of pounds...

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...

By: Susan Greene & Mark Pinkert – nationalreview.com – July 16, 2025 They are united around a shared desire to see the destruction of the West. There is something strange happening in the “social justice” movements du jour: They have all been fused with anti-Israel activism. Rioters in L.A., environmental activists, anti-capitalists, feminists, and a New York City mayoral candidate — at...

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...

It is hard even to digest the incredible train of events of the last few days in the Middle East. Iran had been reduced to an anemic, performance-art missile attack on our base in Qatar—the last…

‘The Islamic Republic was victorious and, in retaliation, delivered a hand slap to America’s face,’ Khamenei said.

By: Jonah Goldberg – thedispatch.com –  June 25, 2025 Applying a cost-benefit analysis to the Iran strike. When events are moving fast, it sometimes makes more sense to talk about how to think about events rather than what to think. Washington is full of people desperate to win the argument about what to think about the last couple weeks. Trump...