Israel Acts Because It Must, Because Its Survival Demands It; Europe Doesn’t Act Because It No Longer Knows What It Stands For
The Regime Is Not Broken. Its Ambitions Remain Intact. It Will Now Set About Trying to Revive Its Capacities
Civil War Would Devastate Iran, but That Becomes a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy If the U.S. Doesn’t Push for Managed Transition
The Islamic Republic Has Gained Little from Decades of Investment in Its Nuclear Program, and Has Suffered from Crippling Sanctions
One Report Says Iran’s Procurement Activities in Germany for Missile Technology and Missile Programs Are on the Rise
According to the Author’s Saraya Ansar Al-Sunna Source, the Group’s Origins Lie in a Recruitment Office for Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham
It Is Wishful Thinking to Believe the Houthis Will Simply Fade Away—They Crave Power and Money
Paris Has Seen Three Days of Demonstrations, with Pro-Islamic Republic Crowds Setting Out from Boulevard Voltaire
The Hypocrisy Is Not Accidental—It Is Part of a Broader Ideological Playbook That Mirrors the Regime’s Own Tactics
Spotlight: The False Narratives of the Palestinians
False narratives of Palestinian settlement in parts of the modern state of Israel claim that “Palestinians” are the original inhabitants, while Israelis are “colonizers” with no historical claim to the land. Yet, as Daniel Pipes wrote in 2024, “Palestinians … are not an aboriginal, autochthonous, first, indigenous, or native people; most of them are as recently arrived as Zionists. They are also as ethnically diverse.”
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
What are these ahistorical narratives, and how can they be corrected? How do they affect the current wave of recognitions of a “State of Palestine” and public perceptions of Israel?
Whatever Its Goal—Be It to Destroy Israel or Only Reduce Its Size—The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Is Israel’s Most Intimate and Permanent Enemy
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Fall 2025 Volume 32: Number 4
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