Israel’s lingering headache after the war

Iran. The debate began the moment the war ended. As always in our part of the world, it is being conducted politically, not professionally. Those who support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared... Read more »

Trump, Pope Leo XIV on collision course as war tensions spill

Relations between Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, and the White House have sunk to a new low since the outbreak of the Iran War, as the Trump administration wrapped its... Read more »

Lebanon will determine the fate of the campaign

The confusing results of the war against Iran will, from Israel’s perspective, ultimately be decided in Lebanon. As for the war in Iran, the fact that the US administration enlisted itself in... Read more »

Netanyahu: Iran truce a ‘way station’ to achieving war objectives – JNS.org

( Apr. 9, 2026 / JNS ) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday night that the ceasefire agreed to by the United States and Iran the previous day was coordinated... Read more »

Hamas not expected to okay disarmament offer by Saturday deadline, but talks ongoing

The Board of Peace does not expect to receive a final approval from Hamas to its disarmament proposal by the Saturday deadline set by the international body overseeing the postwar management of... Read more »

Slamming Israel at Michigan rallies, Hasan Piker boosts Senate candidate Abdul el-Sayed

ANN ARBOR, Michigan (JTA) — Outside, in a line that stretched around the block, the hundreds of people who turned out for Abdul el-Sayed’s campaign rally with Hasan Piker gave a range... Read more »

Israel’s military gains are silenced by political failure

Nearly half a day has passed since the ceasefire took effect, a development the Israeli public learned about from American and Iranian media, and not a single Israeli official has come before... Read more »

Israel failed to achieve its goals, and the price is likely to be heavy

The ceasefire in the fighting with Iran, for now for two weeks, leaves Israel in a problematic strategic position: It failed to achieve any of the war goals it had set for... Read more »

Hegseth: US achieved ‘decisive victory’ in Iran, troops to stay put – JNS.org

( Apr. 8, 2026 / JNS ) U.S. President Donald Trump “made history” in his series of actions against Iran, which culminated in the “decisive military victory we just achieved in Operation... Read more »

IDF launches largest airstrikes yet against Hezbollah after truce with Iran

The Israeli Air Force on Wednesday carried out its largest wave of airstrikes yet against Hezbollah, the military said, after announcing that it would keep fighting the Iran-backed terror group in Lebanon... Read more »