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US funding for Iron Dome air defense system no longer enjoying bipartisan support

Funding was relatively uncontroversial in the past, but some of the progressives now opposing Iron Dome funding are arguing that Israel does not need the assistance.

Anti-missile batterie fire interception missiles toward incoming ballistic missiles launched from Lebanon, as seen in northern Israel, during the war with Iran and Hezbollah and ongoing missile fire toward Israel, March 22, 2026.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks on the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, in February.

Iran’s president urges Americans to reject ‘propaganda’ on Iran, calls US Israel's proxy

HOUTHI TERRORISTS carry weapons as they stand near the site of Israeli airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, in September. Iran has reportedly lost control of the Houthis, the writer notes.

When Iran becomes the battlefield, its proxies go their own way - opinion

People rush into a public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv amid reports of incoming missiles on February 28.

Israel’s 81% war consensus is an illusion - opinion


Western naiveté is undermining Israel's fight for survival – opinion

If Israel shifts to diplomatic pathways, it means victory for Iranian-backed terror groups and a death warrant for the Jewish state.

US DEFENSE Secretary Lloyd Austin welcomes Defense Minister Yoav Gallant at the Pentagon, in June. Austin’s demand ‘to pivot from military operations in Lebanon to a diplomatic pathway’ is naive, the writer argues.

Zionist influencers, activists tackle rising antisemitism at Oct. 7 documentary screening

Split into five separate stories, the film features the parents of those who were victims or taken hostage on that day and also explores the resilience of the Jewish people.

 Aish CMO Jamie Geller speaks with Iris Haim, mother of Gaza hostage Yotam who was mistakenly killed by the IDF.

Biden, Netanyahu speak as Israel prepares retaliatory strike on Iran

Gallant had been asked by Netanyahu to postpone his trip.

 US President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House, July 25, 2024

IDF discusses returning northern residents as Hezbollah hits Haifa area with over 200 rockets

As Northern Arrows stretches into its second week, Haifa is slammed by rockets

 An Israeli emergency responder stands at the scene where a rocket, fired from Lebanon, damaged a residential apartment building when it landed in Israel, amid hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, in Kiryat Yam, northern Israel, October 8, 2024.

Biden to Herzog on Oct. 7 anniversary: My deepest condolences on a day of unspeakable brutality

The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a deal in Gaza.

 Israel's President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog attend an event to mark one year since partygoers were killed and kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack by Hamas from Gaza, at the site of the Nova festival in Reim, southern Israel, October 7, 2024.

Emails show early US concerns of Israeli war crimes

US officials believed days into the war that a humanitarian crisis was forthcoming, but the Biden administration didn't acknowledge their concerns.

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, August 10, 2024.

American support for US diplomatic intervention waxes as support for Gaza war wanes - Pew

US public opinion on Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reflective of more Americans having little or no confidence in his ability to handle global affairs.

 Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters face off regarding the Israel Hamas conflict, outside Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas, after the commencement ceremony in Austin, Texas, US May 11, 2024.

Weekend escalation between Israel, Hezbollah not indication of wider conflict, Pentagon says

Pentagon was focused on supporting the defense of Israel and "ensuring that this did not escalate into a wider conflict."

 A forest fire caused from rockets fired from Lebanon, near Meron, northern Israel, August 23, 2024.

What's happening at UCLA is a microcosm of US society - opinion

America has a blind spot when it comes to antisemitism, and too many people still don’t see it as the urgent threat that it is.

 PROTESTERS ATTEND a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at UCLA in Los Angeles, in April 2024.

Dan Bilzerian: 'Israelis killed their own on October 7 as an excuse to take land'

Bilzerian made claims of Jewish involvement in crimes, and perpetuated well-known stereotypes including Jews owning the media and being involved in 9/11.

 Dan Bilzerian on Patrick Bet-David show, August 2024.