Opinion

Israel needs a government capable of combining military power with diplomatic judgment and building regional alliances.

For the foreseeable future, Iran can continue to rely on this substantial external military power to bolster its own military capacity.

Among other things, the Mecca Agreement includes a clause stipulating that any aggression against one member of the alliance will be considered aggression against all three.

Providing Eisenkot with security before the election is the best way to ensure the country does not endure another devastating national tragedy.

Hardly a day goes by without Iran thumbing its nose at Trump, declaring that Tehran, not Washington, controls the international waterway of the Strait of Hormuz.

The ruling establishment in Iran is paralyzed. The regime does not fear the United States or Israel. Its nightmare is a nationwide uprising by the Iranian people against the current establishment.

Don’t let anybody tell you you’re old. Keep going. Keep learning. Keep walking. Keep working out. Keep your knees strong. 

They insist it is possible, indeed necessary, to be both pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian because the two peoples are bound together. On the surface, this sounds reasonable. 

A poem is a spontaneous burst of emotion; the words come unbidden, and break through all your controlled inhibitions.

Mosaddegh’s career was characterized by constitutional subversion, political violence, and radical foreign policies that paved the way for the 1979 disaster.