The Butcher Is Dead. What Comes Next for Iran?
The unexpected death of the Iranian president may be the vent that allows a volcano of rage to explode. Reuel Marc Gerecht explains.
Reuel Marc Gerecht
The Death of Iran’s President Does Not Bode Well
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has not always seen eye to eye with his country’s presidents. Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani nudged the Islamic Republic too close to the West for the supreme leader’s...
Op-eds
Georgia’s democratic opposition is begging for our help
It's time to sanction the oligarchs that are pulling the country into Russia's orbit.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: April 22, 2024
Today’s Issue: Aharon Haliva, Head of Military Intelligence, Submits His Resignation | IDF Kills 14 Terrorists and Arrests 15 in Counterterrorism Operation in Nur Shams | Suspect Arrested in West Bank...
Israel at War Situation Report
Iran’s Nuclear Calculus Has Now Become More Dangerous
Supreme Leader Khamenei must wonder if the Islamic Republic’s situation would be better if it had already tested a nuclear weapon. The West shouldn’t underestimate the ailing ayatollah’s need for a glorious legacy.
Op-eds
Israel Promises Response to Iran Attack as World Leaders Urge Restraint
Israel’s war cabinet decided to strike back at Iran “clearly and forcefully” during a closed-door meeting on April 15. The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Channel 12, reported that the cabinet chose to respond to send a message that Israel “would not allow an attack of that magnitude against it to pass without a...
Flash Briefs
Putting U.S. Power Behind Israel Will Keep Iran at Bay
Until Iran’s barrage of missiles and drones against Israel, the two countries had avoided open military intrusions into each other’s territory. Tehran most often acted through proxies, and...
Op-eds
Iran Is Winning the War
Right now things look good for Israel. But the Islamic Republic is playing the long game. And its advantages, alas, are many.
Op-eds
Khamenei’s Strategy to Dominate the Middle East Will Outlive Him
Iran’s aging supreme leader is ensuring that any successor will stay the course.
Op-eds
Israel SitRep: March 13, 2024
Today’s Issue: IDF Has Struck More Than 4,500 Hezbollah Targets Since War Began | Hamas Confirms Death of Lebanese Operative in Airstrike | Stabbing Attack Thwarted at Checkpoint near Jerusalem, IDF...
Israel at War Situation Report
When Iran Goes Nuclear
The Islamic Republic will even more aggressive toward Israel and improve its standing with Russia and China.
Op-eds
Should America strike back at Iran?
Tehran knows that it's winning its proxy wars
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Israel SitRep: Jan. 23, 2024
24 IDF Soldiers Killed on Monday, 21 in One Incident: On Monday, 24 IDF soldiers were killed in southern Gaza in two separate incidents. According to an IDF statement on Tuesday, Hamas operatives apparently...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: Nov. 28, 2023
Today’s Issue: Fourth Group of Hostages Returns to Israel, Truce Extended by Two Days | Israel’s Public Broadcaster Reports That IDF Intelligence Unit 8200 Had Reduced Monitoring of Gaza Border | IDF...
Israel at War Situation Report
Israel SitRep: Nov. 22, 2023
Today’s Issue: Israeli Cabinet Approves Hostage Deal | Details of Israeli Cabinet Decision on the Hostage Deal | Terror Victims Group Petitions Israel’s High Court on Hostage Deal | IDF Breaks Through...
Israel at War Situation Report
There’s only one way forward after Gaza. Israelis must accept it.
Reflecting on the Gaza war and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict more broadly, former president Barack Obama offered this regret: “I look at this, and I think back, ‘What could I have done...
Op-eds
Hezbollah’s Nasrallah to Deliver Friday Speech
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is scheduled to deliver a speech on November 3, his first public address since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7. Nasrallah is due to speak...
Flash Briefs
Israel SitRep: Oct. 31, 2023
Rocket penetrates Israeli defenses: During a rocket barrage, a rocket impacted and severely damaged a residential building in Rishon LeZion, causing only two minor injuries as residents adhered to...
Israel at War Situation Report
Biden’s Iran Policy Is About to Change—One Way or the Other
The administration could shift from appeasement to nuclear acceptance quietly, or it could try to build a bolder, bipartisan consensus.
Op-eds
Forget the Bomb and Help Iranians Fight Their Regime
All the other options have failed.