Trump now has the opportunity to set a different precedent – one that distinguishes accommodation from endorsement, and allies who constrain instability from strongmen who monetize it.
This support is embedded in a broader context of severe and long-term loss of legitimacy facing Iran’s incumbent theocratic regime.
Leadership begins with accountability. When leaders refuse to acknowledge responsibility, they abandon the very people they claim to represent.
Americans and Israelis shouldn’t need haters to remind us how closely our two countries are interconnected – with aligned values, overlapping liberal-democratic ideologies, and intertwined fates.
Israel can and should move forward on its own – still a close friend of the United States, but an independent friend, not a friend in need.
A Sudan captured by Brotherhood doctrine and Iranian influence represents not only an African crisis but another potential platform in the expanding arc of pressure against Israel.
In its current fragile condition, Hezbollah appears incapable of assisting the Iranian regime if attacked or of suppressing renewed protests.
Israel risks being sidelined as Trump forms a controversial “Board of Peace” with potentially biased members.
Northern Syria is collapsing into chaos, and unless the West acts, the Kurds will pay the price.
As Yemen fractures between competing power centers, millions face poverty and hunger.
What unfolded in Jerusalem was not merely a tragic accident. It was the foreseeable result of a prolonged erosion of governance, oversight, and responsibility.
