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Editor's Notes: Why JD Vance is beginning to sound more like Rahm Emanuel on Israel - comment

From JD Vance to Rahm Emanuel, American politicians are questioning the terms of US support for Israel. Jerusalem must prepare for a changing alliance, regardless of who holds power.

 US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a press briefing, the first since Karoline Leavitt stepped down as press secretary, at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 3, 2026.
Iranians make their way after crossing into Turkey at the Kapikoy Border Gate in the eastern Van province, Turkey, March 3, 2026.

Turkey says Iranian fire killed soldier on border as foreign ministers discuss US-Iran talks

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani meets with Iranian Interior Minister Eskandar Momeni in Doha, Qatar, October 6, 2026.

Tehran reviews 'concrete proposals' on future of nuclear program amid talks with US - report

 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

After US midterms, is there a time limit on the Iran war? - analysis


Pahlavi to 'Post' ahead of Freedom Prize: 'Europe's leaders understand Iran's regime must go'

Ahead of accepting the Friedrich Naumann Foundation’s Freedom Prize, Reza Pahlavi tells the ‘Post’ that European leaders increasingly recognize the need to end the Islamic Republic.

CROWN PRINCE Reza Pahlavi has been entrusted with accepting the 2026 Freedom Prize on behalf of the Iranian people, in recognition of its struggle against the Islamic Republic. The award, he told ‘The Jerusalem Post,’ is an opportunity to bring international attention to the people’s sacrifices.

‘Nobody considered this a European problem’: Is Europe ready to stand up to Iranian threats?

As Iran threatens Europe and cyberattacks hit retailers across the continent, the EU is urging households to stock emergency kits for the first 72 hours of a crisis.

 A B‑1B Lancer bomber arrives at RAF Fairford airbase in Fairford, Gloucestershire, Britain, September 29, 2026.

Putin holds talks with Iranian security chief as Turkish soldier killed by fire from Iran

Putin met Iran’s top security official at the Kremlin as Moscow urged Russians to avoid travel to Iran, while Turkey said a soldier was killed by cross-border fire from Iran.

Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting with members of the government via a video link in Moscow, Russia, November 5, 2026.

US sanctions three for aiding Iran's air defenses amid reports of Moscow-Tehran arms deal

A day later, the Financial Times reported that Russia had signed a weapons deal with Iran to supply the regime with 90 advanced guided missile launchers.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Can Israeli leaders afford not to change after the American midterm results? - opinion

America has just demonstrated that its institutions are greater than its leaders. Israel must ask whether its own leaders remember the same truth.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

US financial aid to Israel not politically sustainable after midterms, former Biden official warns

"I don't think any of the candidates [in the next Democratic presidential primary] will support the notion of financial assistance to Israel," Phil Gordon told The Jerusalem Post.

Philip Gordon, then-assistant to the President of the United States and National Security Advisor to the Vice President, speaks during the Herzliya Conference at Reichman University, June 24, 2024

The red-and-black reactionaries: Hostility toward the Pahlavi dynasty - opinion

This sinister triangle vies in its hostility toward the Pahlavi dynasty, spreading lies about Iran’s former patriotic king while concealing its alliance with the mullahs in the 1979 upheaval.

Iranian Kurdish fighters from the Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) take part in a training session at a base on the outskirts of Erbil, Iraq February 12, 2026.

Iran's IRGC says two tankers and tugboat caught fire in Strait of Hormuz

The IRGC said one tanker hit a mine south of the strait, while another caught fire exiting the waterway in the east.

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, October 12, 2026.

Iran's political, religious leaders shift stance to support nuclear weapons as war looms - report

In past decades, Iranian officials have publicly endorsed the fatwa issued by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei forbidding the development and use of nuclear weapons. 

A satellite view shows vehicles at an entrance to Pickaxe Mountain tunnels, of the Natanz nuclear facility, near Natanz, Iran, June 21, 2026.

Israel must wake up to US and the world before national security is permanently harmed - comment

Can we keep some kind of security zones in Gaza and Lebanon for some period of years beyond the years we have already kept them? Very likely. As large as we currently have? No way.

IDF soldiers operating in the West Bank in October 2026.