Trump’s Iran diplomacy could empower Hezbollah, weaken deterrence - opinion
Trump’s emerging Iran strategy risks empowering the very actors most interested in sabotaging peace and dividing allies.
Trump’s emerging Iran strategy risks empowering the very actors most interested in sabotaging peace and dividing allies.
France was conned, and the question is whether Washington allows the same performance to repeat on its own diplomatic investments.
With all due respect to political considerations, the coalition, with the ruling party at its helm, must come to its senses. It must put the public interest first.
When this war began, there was a brief, powerful moment of unity. We believed that the existential threat would finally force a consensus: every capable citizen must contribute to the state's defense
Catholic influencers' rhetoric has contributed to a climate in which hostility toward Israel is presented as the authentic Catholic position. Catholic Voices for Israel denounces this.
As anti-Zionist narratives spread globally, Israel's defenders must focus more on winning public trust.
For Israel, the success of any US-Iran deal will be measured not by headlines or market reactions, but by whether Tehran’s ability to threaten its neighbors is reduced.
Trump has a clear compass; sometimes Israel falls on the same needle, and sometimes it may point elsewhere. That does not mean the compass should be discarded when there is no alignment.
The problem is that Iran is not governed by one power center. It is a three-headed dragon. One head wears a religious turban, one carries a military weapon, and one wears a political suit.
Erdogan is positioning Turkey to turn post-Assad Syria into a strategic corridor of influence, and Israel would be negligent to wait until that corridor becomes a military fact.
The Iranian regime must be toppled at the soonest possible date.