From Shushan to Tehran: Purim’s story repeats itself - opinion
Again and again, the pattern returns: a decree of destruction, a sudden fall, a people still standing.
Again and again, the pattern returns: a decree of destruction, a sudden fall, a people still standing.
Stuck in New York and missing Purim in Israel, unexpected hope was found in resilient Israelis, brave Iranians, and young Americans on a college campus.
After Netanyahu and Trump struck Iran, Tucker Carlson claimed that a demonic spirit had been unleashed. He is 100% correct, but he is that demonic spirit.
The antiwar front’s non-Western flank is joined by a sizable Western opposition to the war on both sides of the Atlantic.
As long the regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran remains intact, it will not be over, even without Khamenei and his closest circle.
I do not know why this is our hour. I do not know why that father stood above three small graves on Purim night. I do not know why history comes when it does.
Israel has grown stronger strategically, but Netanyahu also bears responsibility for past failures.
Iran's targets were never only Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. They included New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Washington, and beyond.
Mamads are not bombproof. They weren’t built to withstand ballistic missile attacks, and a direct strike by an Iranian missile or drone likely will destroy a mamad and kill its occupants.
The Gulf states are now making the Israeli argument, not because they have suddenly become Zionists, but because Iranian missiles have a way of concentrating the mind.
Netanyahu’s consistent focus on Iran led to a historic victory, but Israel must demand leadership that transforms military success into a lasting strategy and accountability.