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Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

The US sanctioned Vahidi for his role as then-interior minister in clamping down on the protests after Mahsa Amini's death in 2022. He was also head of the Quds Force in 1994 during the AMIA attack.

Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.
People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2025.

Between PA and Turkey, Gaza’s peacekeeping future could reshape Israel’s borders - analysis

Former hostage Eli Sharabi with former US President Joe Biden.

Former hostage Eli Sharabi meets former US president Biden at Philadelphia football game

US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he boards Air Force One en route to Washington, at Palm Beach International Airport, in West Palm Beach, Florida, US, November 16, 2025.

Trump says all executive orders signed by Biden with autopen to be 'terminated'


Trump slams Biden administration: 'If I were president, we wouldn't have had October 7'

“If I were president, that war would have never started. We wouldn’t have had October 7,” Trump told Al Arabiya.

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL nominee and former US president Donald Trump makes a campaign speech in Savannah, Georgia, earlier this week. Trump expects to lose the election and is setting up the Jews to take the fall, the writer maintains.

Letters to the Editor, October 21, 2024: National taxes

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Why Israel ignores international advice and focuses on its survival – opinion

Despite well-meaning Western advice, Israel remains focused on battling Iranain-backed threats to preserve the Jewish state.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly last month.

How US and Israel can forge stability through war: Strategic lessons from the Middle East

Focusing on false timelines instead of victory plays to America’s counterproductive prescriptions for Israel, especially now that Israel is finally turning the tide of war in its favor.

 President Isaac Herzog meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv, in May. The Biden administration is focusing on false timelines instead of long-term victories, especially now that Israel is turning the tide of war in its favor, the writer argues.

Biden: Gaza ceasefire ‘harder’ to achieve as Blinken heads to region to discuss aftermath

Biden previously stated that now is the time to 'move on" towards a ceasefire.

 US President Joe Biden speaks to employees of the U.S. embassy at Berlin Brandenburg Airport, on the day he departs from Berlin, Germany, October 18, 2024.

Biden humanitarian envoy says Israel is too close an ally to suspend arms - report

Attendees say that the official stressed that Israel is a member of a tight circle of allies that the administration won't contest.

 U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023.

Ceasefire pressure grows, but Israel's enemies keep firing - opinion

If the world is putting pressure on a ceasefire in the Middle East, it's important to remember that the threat to Israel hasn't laid down its arms.

 IRANIAN PARLIAMENT Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri attend a news conference in Beirut last Saturday. Houthi rebels launch missiles and drones at Israel, and Iraqi militias also fire, yet no one demands that they cease, or that Iranian proxies retreat.

Biden: We’re asking Israel to stop hitting UN peacekeepers

The leaders of France, Italy, and Spain on Friday condemned the firing on the position of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon explaining that such attacks were "unjustifiable."

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken: The concept of an Israeli victory does not feature as a declared objective of US foreign policy, possibly due to its overuse by Prime Minister Netanyahu, says the writer.

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

US policy must stop prolonging the war with 'de-escalation', Hamas needs to go - opinion

The American interest is for the war to end as quickly as possible. However, the path to achieve this is entirely different.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the media after the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. August 20, 2024