Iran fires on Israel on the 23rd of Sivan, the Hebrew calendar day when Haman’s decrees get reversed
V’nahafoch hu is not merely a historical account of what happened on a single day in ancient Persia. The Sages understood it as a governing principle of Jewish existence: those who construct the machinery of Jewish annihilation have a persistent tendency to be destroyed by it themselves.
Behind the scenes: who is really controlling Iran?
The real power in Iran has never resided solely in any single office. It has always been distributed across the networks that the Rafsanjani dynasty, more than any other family, helped create and continues to sustain.
Ballistic missiles, broken ceasefires, and Iran’s open hand in the war against Israel
Sunday night, Iran launched ten ballistic missiles at Israel. This was not a strike against Israeli aggression toward Iran. For the first time in this war, Tehran made no attempt to disguise that they were going to war for Hezbollah.
Beaufort, the Tehran Grand Bazaar, and boots on the ground in Lebanon
A twelfth-century Crusader fortress in southern Lebanon teaches a lesson that Washington keeps refusing to learn: ceasefires are not a strategy, and walking away from the battlefield only guarantees the next generation will have to return to it.
Rabbi Pesach Wolicki on the Erin Molan Show: Trump Made a Promise to the Iranian People. He’s Breaking It.
On February 28th, President Trump stood before the nation and told the Iranian people their hour of freedom was near. That was a promise America is now in the process of breaking.
Israel and the UAE: How war forged an unbreakable alliance
When Iran unleashed its fury on the UAE on February 28, firing over 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at Emirati cities, airports, and energy facilities, something unprecedented happened. Israel sent its soldiers and its most advanced defense technology to protect an Arab nation.
Trump demands Abraham Accords expansion in Iran deal. Arab leaders respond with silence.
According to two U.S. officials, Trump told the assembled leaders that any agreement ending the war with Iran must come paired with expanded recognition of the Jewish state. The response from the Muslim and Arab leaders on the line? Silence.
You cannot make a deal with a regime that lies as a strategic weapon
“I want to believe that President Trump understands what I know to be true about the Islamic Republic: You can never negotiate with them. They will always lie and do anything to stay in power and maintain control over more than 90 million Iranians.”
Iran’s parliament votes to put a price on Trump’s head, and it’s not the first time
Iran is institutionalizing assassination as state policy, funding it with public money, and clothing it in the language of jihad, holy war. It has effectively declared war on the sitting president of the United States and the prime minister of Israel.
Living Between the Ceasefires
In Israel these days, there’s a shorthand in our speech and mannerisms that are just understood and can be discerned quickly, in under five seconds.