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How Iran protests put Hezbollah's survival in jeopardy - opinion

In its current fragile condition, Hezbollah appears incapable of assisting the Iranian regime if attacked or of suppressing renewed protests.

|ByYOSSI MANSHAROF
Hezbollah supporters attend a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of their late leader Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2025
People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion

Western outrage over Israel contrasts sharply with silence on Iran’s mass killings, exposing ideological bias and moral blindness.

|ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump. (illustration)

Even without regime change in Iran, Netanyahu and Trump can still reshape Middle East - analysis

Israel and the US might also consider a more modest but still historic opportunity to reduce the capabilities of Iran and Hezbollah, even if it doesn't topple the Islamic Republic regime.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Flags of Iran and Israel behind pawns on the chessboard. Chess game.

Iran fined €25,000 for Israel boycott at Chess Olympiad

The global chess body fined Iran €25,000 after its women’s team skipped a match vs Israel in Budapest, and warned of a possible one-year ban.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Investing through Israeli eyes: How to win in the current market - opinion

Geopolitical tensions are at the heart of the global agenda and have been increasingly shaping the considerations of investment managers worldwide. 

JULY 13, 2025ByRAMI DROR
New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Why Erdogan, not Netanyahu, is the real threat to Middle East peace - opinion

While Israel has worked to put an end to Iran’s campaign to dominate the Middle East, Turkey has consistently undermined peace.

JULY 10, 2025ByMEM HUSEDIN, JASON SHVILI
TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization last week in Khankendi, Azerbaijan.

How much time does Western civilization have left? - opinion

Much of what we have come to know, as the predictable flow of normal life, is about to change, with or without our approval, because an unavoidable tidal wave is already here.

JULY 9, 2025ByCOOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
MK AVIGDOR LIBERMAN, chairman of Yisrael Beytenu, addresses a meeting of his party’s faction in the Knesset last month. He says that we have only three years to prepare for the next war with Iran.

China’s power play with the US is tested by the Israel-Iran crisis - opinion

If the Israel-Iran conflict drags on, despite US President Donald Trump’s attempts at an extended truce, and the Chinese leadership comes to the Iranians’ aid, it will end up fueling global disorder.

JULY 9, 2025ByEMANUELE SCIMIA
CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER Wang Yi is flanked by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (left) and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi at a meeting on the Iranian nuclear issue in Beijing in March.

Widespread hatred: The cost of Israel's victory over Iran - opinion

Thinking of our accomplishments against Iran and its proxies brings a smile to my lips. At the same time tears wet my eyes when I ponder the more than 430 soldiers who gave their lives.

JULY 9, 2025ByFRED NAIDER
IDF VEHICLES stand on the Israeli side of the Gaza border this week. ‘Thinking of our accomplishments against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran brings a smile to my lips,’ the writer asserts.

War and rehabilitation: Urban redevelopment as Israel's next step - opinion

In today’s reality, what is needed is a more centralized, agile, and emergency-ready system that treats urban renewal not as a real estate venture but also as a cornerstone of national resilience.

JULY 9, 2025ByELCHANAN LIZEROVITCH
Construction in Israel.

Betrayal among us: How the enemy found allies inside Israel - opinion

That citizens would align with a regime openly committed to Israel’s destruction is a symptom of something deeper: a broken civic contract and a loss of shared purpose.

JULY 8, 2025ByILAN MOR
The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

UN slams Israel in the name of rights - opinion

When institutions that claim to uphold universal values cannot call out a regime that propagates terror, represses its own population, and denies women’s basic rights – something essential is broken.

JULY 8, 2025By COCHAV ELKAYAM LEVY
THE WRITER speaks outside the UN in December 2023. ‘I have spent my life believing in the promise of the human rights community, imperfect though it may be, as a force capable of restraining the worst impulses of power,’ she says.

Attacking Iran isn't enough: Only regime change will end the nuclear threat - opinion

Airstrikes alone won’t dismantle Tehran’s nuclear threat. The complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear program cannot come without the removal of the regime that pursues it.

JULY 7, 2025ByANTHONY AVICE DU BUISSON
IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian attends a news conference in Tehran last week. At a cultural event, he was told not to read poetry in Azerbaijani, says the writer.

Is an Iran nuclear deal still possible after the US-Israel strikes? - opinion

Is the fighting really over? How likely is a new nuclear deal now? What is the war’s impact on US-Israel relations?

JULY 7, 2025ByCHUCK FREILICH
People watch from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise from Sharan Oil depot, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.