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How Israel Is Hunting Members of the Iranian Regime
As the Israeli Air Force operates freely in the skies over Tehran, the strikes on regime officials are becoming more daring and more important than…
Amit Segal
Israel Once Again Decapitates the Serpent
As Israel kills Ali Larijani, the regime’s most senior military leader, who’s left to lead?
Amit Segal
Donald Trump Says You Can’t Negotiate with Terrorists
The U.S. is trying to internationalize his war with Iran by making the world understand that this is not America’s problem alone.
Amit Segal
My Hometown in Michigan Is Under Attack. I’m in a Bomb Shelter in Israel.
I know where I feel safer.
Polina Fradkin
Where in the World Is Mojtaba Khamenei?
The Iranian regime is trying to hide their new Supreme Leader while the IRGC is running the war.
Amit Segal
Will Trump Call Time on the Iran War?
Israelis want to exhaust their list of targets in Iran, but fears are growing that ‘Trump always chickens out.’
Amit Segal
The Race to Capture the Ayatollah’s Treasure
Under a mountain in central Iran lies the key to the Iranian regime’s international power
Amit Segal
The Coalition That Was Built After the Bombs Fell
Operation Epic Fury is forging a new paradigm in the Middle East, in response to Iran’s attacks on its neighbors.
Amit Segal
From October 7 to Killing Khamenei
How a single attack launched across Gaza’s border mushroomed into a 28-month-long conflict entangling at least 18 countries while claiming tens of…
Michael Oren
Life Under Iran’s Rockets
After four months of peace, Israelis are back in shelters.
Seth J. Frantzman
This Is How the Islamic Republic Falls
The Islamic Republic’s power over its population is crumbling, because of its toxic ideology.
Haviv Rettig Gur
Why I Let Anti-Israel Protesters Interrupt My Talk
I went to Haverford College to talk about history. I ended up teaching my interrupters a lesson I hope they don’t forget.
Haviv Rettig Gur
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