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All Eyes Are Now on Iran and Lebanon, While in Gaza, the IDF Keeps Working

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The nightly news, and social media, are full of stories on the latest on-again-off-again American negotiations with the Islamic Republic of Iran, and stories, too, about Israel under American pressure agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Gaza has been much less in the news, but for the IDF, Gaza has not been forgotten, as the latest reports from the Strip make clear. More on the IDF’s most recent “mowing the lawn” in Gaza, with help from the Shin Bet’s Arab assets inside Gaza, can be found here: “IDF, Shin Bet kill several Hamas General Security Apparatus officials in Gaza,” Jerusalem Post, June 4, 2026:

The IDF and Shin Bet (Israeli Security Agency) struck and killed several senior members of Hamas’ General Security Apparatus in the Gaza Strip overnight, a clandestine group which is responsible for protecting and assisting Hamas leadership.

The General Security Apparatus’ responsibilities include maintaining communication and coordination between Hamas leaders, protecting them and escorting them to emergency facilities, and collecting intelligence and guiding the leadership in decision-making….

The General Security Apparatus is in charge of protecting Hamas leaders from attack, helping them to communicate safely with each other, and providing intelligence to those leaders that will enable them to make well-informed decisions. Their record is not impressive. The last four leaders of Hamas were killed one after the other. The Shin Bet appears to have penetrated the ranks of the GSA with its Arab agents, and knows exactly where its own senior officials are hiding, when and how they change dwellings, and when they come out into the open.

“The senior members of the General Security Apparatus were eliminated in order to remove an immediate threat, after recently engaging in efforts to rebuild the Hamas terrorist organization and assisting its leadership in advancing terrorist activity against the State of Israel and IDF troops,” the IDF said.

The IDF also stated that, prior to the strikes, steps had been taken to reduce and mitigate the potential threat to civilians, including through the use of precision munitions and aerial surveillance.

The IDF certainly kept civilian casualties to a minimum. A total of ten people were killed, four of them the senior leaders of the GSA, while four of the other six casualties are almost certainly to have been their wives in the four apartments that were struck before dawn; the remaining two dead were possibly their children. That is what precision bombing can accomplish.

In Gaza, Hamas is again licking its wounds, counting its dead, and wondering who in the terror group the relentless IDF will eliminate next, with the aid of Palestinian Arab informants in the Strip. Trump may call Netanyahu “f**king crazy,” but that is not how they think of Netanyahu in Gaza. They are terrified.

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Latest Skirmish Demonstrates Why Iran Is Still the Bad Guy

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Nearly a month after President Trump informed Congress that the Iran war is “terminated,” the belligerents continue to routinely trade fire in the Persian Gulf, as Iran refuses to abide by the ceasefire. The latest exchange of fire came Tuesday, resulting in one death and dozens of injuries after an Iranian missile struck civilian infrastructure in a country not at war with it. Iran is clearly the “bad guy,” but the breathless denunciations so freely hurled at the first insinuation of Israeli misconduct are strangely absent on the Left.

The skirmish began with Iran firing one-way attack drones at civilian shipping in the Persian Gulf. U.S. Central Command shot down three of the drones and responded with strikes on Iranian ground control stations on Qeshm Island.

After that, Iran launched a volley of projectiles toward Bahrain, home to the U.S. Fifth Fleet. Bahrain’s air defenses “intercepted and destroyed three missiles and a number of drones,” with no damage resulting.

Iran also launched a volley toward Kuwait, where the U.S. operates several military bases. Two missiles failed to reach their targets, and some were intercepted, but Kuwait had to deal with a total of 13 missiles and 17 drones.

One missile that was not intercepted crashed into Kuwait’s international airport at dawn, causing “severe material damage” and suspending air traffic. Clearly, the missile was not aimed at a U.S. military base, which would have been a legitimate military target. The Iranian attack killed one Indian national and injured 63 other people in the airport. It sounds like an open-and-shut war crime — or at least it would be, for anyone named “Israel.”

For their part, Iran pointed fingers at the U.S. Earlier on Tuesday, an American aircraft fired a missile into the engine room of a sanctioned oil tanker trying to run the U.S. blockade and reach Iran’s Kharg Island, its oil export hub. Iran claimed that it launched drones at ships in the Persian Gulf in response to this incident, and that it launched missile barrages at Bahrain and Kuwait in response to America’s retaliatory strikes.

By even issuing such an explanation, Iran continues to insult the world’s intelligence by insisting that they fall for a patent lie. Seizing or disabling ships that try to run a blockade is a basic function of maintaining a naval blockade. If there were no hazard to venturing past the U.S. Navy, then the presence of its ships would not slow traffic, and if it never made good on its threats to use force against ships that tried to slip past, then the threat of force would lose its effect.

Iran understands how this game is played. In fact, it previously blockaded the Strait of Hormuz, creating a precedent to justify America’s action. The entry to the Persian Gulf is like a high-stakes version of the playground game “sharks and minnows.” The shadowy fleet of ships aligned with Iran wants to slip past the powerful American sharks, but they understand that anyone who gets tagged in the attempt must be considered “out.”

Of course, in such a playground game, it would be entirely inappropriate for a child who was tagged out to stamp off in a huff and “retaliate” against the kid who tagged him by punching the tagger’s little sister in the face. It would be even more bizarre if he stamped off and punched some random little girl in the face and claimed that it was in retaliation. Such a child would face severe consequences, parents would be involved, and charges might even be filed. Certainly, a cloud would hang over his participation in future games.

Yet this is what Iran did Tuesday — and what it has done repeatedly and consistently since February 28. Iran’s war is with the U.S. and Israel. Yet it has fired the majority of its projectiles at defenseless shipping from unrelated nations and neutral Arab countries around the region. These are — and continued to be — unjustified acts of war, naked aggression.

The sovereign state of Iran immediately resorted to the mewling tactics of a lowly terror group — like the network of terror groups it funds. Instead of playing by the rules everyone agrees to, Iran simply delights in sadistically inflicting maximum punishment on as many people as possible. Not only that, but Iran continues to violate the ceasefire while refusing to agree to reasonable terms.

The only conclusion to draw from this situation is that Iran is the “bad guy,” which every rational American already understood Iran to be.

Yet many leftists are not acting like Iran is the “bad guy.” The loud and omnipresent denunciations of Israel — heard for the past two years in every college, urban center, street protest, and even some political campaigns — are totally lacking. Yet, compared with Iran, Israel conducts wars with the care and gentleness of Mr. Rogers.

Where are the cries of genocide, of war crimes, of demands to use America’s full power to end the evil regime? They are not there. Does this mean there is a double standard for Israel? There seems to be no other explanation. And the word for such a double standard is “anti-Semitism.”

On Wednesday, House Democrats carried a resolution to force the president to end the Iran war, with support from four Republicans. The resolution perpetuates the charade of pretending that Iran is a normal state that plays by the rules, not one that lost every play in the war and still demands to be called the victor by cheating.

Yes, Iran is certainly the “bad guy.” Will we let the bad guy win?

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Joshua Arnold

Joshua Arnold is a senior writer at The Washington Stand.

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A Whole Lotta People Aren’t Buying Axios’ Report On Trump’s F-Bomb-Laced, Bibi-Bashing Phone Call

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Social media users across the political spectrum are casting serious doubts on a new Axios report claiming President Donald Trump cursed out Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Axios reported Monday that Trump “lashed out” at Netanyahu during a phone call concerning Israel’s threat to bomb Beirut, Lebanon, and the Israel Defense Force’s invasion of Southern Lebanon amid a fragile U.S.-Iran ceasefire. One anonymous official, “summarizing” the phone call, claimed Trump told Netanyahu, “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.” Axios also reported that Trump “reined in” Netanyahu and convinced him to scrap the plans to bomb Beirut and Hezbollah targets.

However, many people aren’t buying it.

Progressive “Breaking Points” host Krystal Ball compared the new Axios story to nearly identical stories leaked during former President Joe Biden’s administration. Biden had reportedly described Netanyahu as a “bad f*cking guy” and an “asshole,” all while his administration continued to green-light U.S. weapons sales to Israel. 

Fox News host Mark Levin claimed the story was “largely fabricated” and called for one of its authors, Barak Ravid, to be fired.

Amit Segal, a correspondent for Israel news outlet N12, reported that the Axios story was “inaccurate.”

Independent journalist Caitlin Johnstone accused Ravid of making a “whole career” out of Biden-era leaks suggesting the former president was fed up with Netanyahu or on the verge of making an ultimatum to the Israeli prime minister.

Dave DeCamp, news editor at antiwar.com, pointed to a report that the U.S. had coordinated with Israel in its threat to attack Beirut.

Progressive journalist Mark Ames joked that Trump was “Brandonmaxxing,” a reference to Biden’s nickname coined by conservatives early in his term.

For his part, Trump claimed that he acted as an intermediary between Israel and Hezbollah and prevented further attacks from happening Monday.

“I had a very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no Troops going to Beirut, and any Troops that are on their way, have already been turned back,” he said in a Truth Social post. “Likewise, through highly placed Representatives, I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — That Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel.”

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Trump Administration Reads In Conservative Podcasters On State Of Iran Negotiations

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The White House briefed multiple conservative media figures on negotiations with Iran over a potential peace deal which could end the nearly three-month-long armed conflict.

Multiple conservative media figures, including Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings, Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, Daily Caller Editorial Director Vince Coglianese, and Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet took to X to defend President Donald Trump’s efforts following a briefing with a “senior administration official.” Coglianese outlined what the unidentified official told them about progress in the talks, saying there had been one marked shift in the Iranians’ tone, using the phrase “NO DUST, NO DOLLARS” as the “topline.”

The senior administration official told Coglianese and others the Iranians were “clearly talking details about getting rid of the enriched stockpile in a way they never have before” and had agreed to end further uranium enrichment.

“They have acknowledged that is something they’re going to have to give on,” the official added.

“Iran doesn’t get a dime unless they actually produce real results,” Coglianese posted, adding, “The Trump administration believes it is now just days away from a memorandum of understanding with the Iranian regime. It won’t be signed today or tomorrow, the official says, but that’s primarily because communication with Iranian leadership moves very slowly.”

“Relief is phased in when Iran actually delivers,” Coglianese posted later. “If they deliver their stockpile of enriched uranium, they’ll get some sanctions relief. If they deliver real long-term commitments to stop nuclear enrichment, they’ll get some sanctions relief.”

Trump took to Truth Social on Sunday to target critics of the agreement’s rumored provisions. Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and other conservatives expressed concern over the potential deal on social media, even citing how the reported deal drew praise from former Biden administration official Robert Malley. Malley was the lead negotiator of former President Barack Obama’s 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran; Trump said any deal he accepted would be nothing like the that which Obama signed.

“If I make a deal with Iran, it will be a good and proper one, not like the one made by Obama, which gave Iran massive amounts of CASH, and a clear and open path to a Nuclear Weapon,” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Our deal is the exact opposite, but nobody has seen it, or knows what it is. It isn’t even fully negotiated yet.”

“So don’t listen to the losers, who are critical about something they know nothing about,” he continued. “Unlike those before me who should have solved this problem many years ago, I don’t make bad deals!”

Former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center Joe Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration March 17 over the conflict, warned in a Saturday post on X the United States would have to also address Israel after he expressed optimism about an end to the fighting.

“To make the deal effective we have to be realistic about Israel. We must recognize that a peace deal of any kind with the Iranian regime will be viewed by Israelis as an existential threat to their objectives, therefore they will seek to thwart the deal,” Kent said. “To stop the Israelis from thwarting a potential peace deal, we will have to take away the military support that we provide that allows them to go on the offensive against Iran, and make it clear more will be taken from them if they attack Lebanon.”

More than three out of four respondents to a CBS News poll released May 17 said they felt “concerned” about the economy, while two in three said they felt “stressed” as the war continues to affect the U.S. economy, such as stubbornly high inflation, particularly due to higher energy prices.

The average price of a gallon of gas in the U.S. on Sunday was $4.515, according to AAA, up over $1.50 from that of Feb. 26 — $2.98 per gallon — days before the start of U.S. and Israeli military operations against Iran. Diesel prices have also soared to an average of just over $5.62 a gallon at the time of writing, which affects multiple sectors of the economy.

The United States and Israel launched military strikes against Iran on Feb. 28 after talks over the Islamic regime’s nuclear weapons program broke down. Trump and other administration officials asserted the Iranian nuclear program was “obliterated” after the June 2025 strike against multiple Iranian nuclear sites, but maintained Iran posed a threat to the U.S. without providing specific details.

During a May 10 interview on “Meet the Press,” Energy Secretary Chris Wright told host Kristen Welker that Iran possessed sufficient material for ten nuclear devices and nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium enriched to 60%. Trump Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff made comparable claims during a March 2 appearance on “Hannity.” The administration has not provided evidence to substantiate these assertions from either Witkoff or Wright.

The New York Times reported April 7 that, although there was skepticism among a number of administration officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Trump was persuaded to authorize the military campaign against Iran following a February meeting at the White House by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Editor’s note: This report and its headline were updated for clarity.

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Harold Hutchison

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VIDEOS: Declaration Day, Jerusalem Day, and Shabbat 250 — A Beautiful Jewish Package “Deal”

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The official symbol of the City of Jerusalem is a lion. It represents the “Lion of Judah,” the symbol of the Tribe of Judah and later the Kingdom of Judah, whose capital was Jerusalem.

The Liberation of Jerusalem:

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“Jerusalem of Gold” – Israeli Patriotic Song (Yerushalayim shel zahav)

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“It becomes the song of the time …. It is a song of hope, and it is a song of prophecy that was fulfilled in our very own day. The song Yerushalayim Shel Zahav is embedded within the psyche of the Jewish People. It is part of who we are.” — Rabbi Lewin.

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Rape Dogs Claim Lands NYT in Defamation Lawsuit

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Israel announced it will pursue a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times following the publication of an opinion piece by columnist Nicholas Kristof that alleged Israeli forces trained dogs to rape Palestinian women.

“Today I instructed my legal advisers to consider the harshest legal action against The New York Times and Nicholas Kristof,” Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on X. “They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers. Under my leadership, Israel will not be silent.”

“We will fight these lies in the court of public opinion and in the court of law, truth will prevail,” the head of state continued.

Critics have said Hamas has engaged in a propaganda war intended to “provoke outrage, shift public opinion, and pressure Israel through foreign governments and media.”

Danger of Defamation in Media Reporting

The Israeli Foreign Ministry did not respond to The Daily Signal’s requests for comment.

The dispute comes amid heightened tensions following Israel’s military campaign against Hamas and Hezbollah after Hamas terrorists killed, raped, and or tortured over 1,000 Israeli civilians on Oct. 7, 2023.

The American Jewish Committee has reported a 400% increase in antisemitic incidents in the United States since the attacks.

While The New York Times has not directly responded to Israel’s legal threat, the newspaper defended Kristof’s column on X after Israeli officials described the essay as “blood libel.”

In a statement, the outlet said the op-ed “draws together on-the-record accounts and cites several analyses documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers.”

The paper added that the “deeply reported piece of opinion journalism” begins with Kristof’s assertion that “whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.”

“The accounts of the 14 men and women he interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in—including family members and lawyers,” the statement said. “Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys, and in one case, with U.N. testimony.”

The United Nations has acknowledged that Hamas committed acts of sexual violence during the Oct. 7 attack and released a report describing bodies with “genital injuries” found near the Nova Music Festival, which was overrun by Hamas terrorists. The U.N. has not formally condemned Hamas for those acts.

American politicians and commentators have sharply criticized the op-ed.

“Claiming Israel trains dogs to rape Palestinians is modern-day blood libel—propaganda pushed as more horrific details emerge about Hamas’ systematic torture on Oct. 7,” former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley wrote on X. “Distracting from these atrocities and smearing Israel while victims still fight for acknowledgment is sickening.”

Political commentator David Collier, who has more than 270,000 followers on X, accused major news outlets of amplifying Hamas propaganda.

“Since Oct. 7, Western media sources like @nytimes have become Hamas propaganda agents—dressing up Hamas lies as ‘investigative pieces’—and helping to fuel hatred of Israel and violent antisemitism around the world,” Collier wrote. “Seems like Israel has had enough.”

Who Is Nicholas Kristof?

Nicholas Kristof is a longtime New York Times columnist and self-described liberal or progressive commentator known for his focus on human rights, poverty, and social justice. A frequent CNN contributor, Kristof has won two Pulitzer Prizes for commentary.

In 2022, Kristof attempted to run for governor of Oregon as a Democrat but was disqualified by the state Supreme Court, which ruled he did not meet the state’s three-year residency requirement.

Following the ruling, Kristof said he planned to remain politically engaged, writing that he would “keep fighting” on issues, including homelessness and mental health.

“I want to be clear that I’m not going anywhere,” Kristof said.

New York Times’ Rebuttal

A spokesperson for the New York Times told the Daily Signal that “the Israeli Prime Minister has threatened to file a libel lawsuit against The New York Times regarding Nicholas Kristof’s deeply reported opinion column on sexual abuse by Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers, and interrogators.”

“This threat, similar to one made last year, is part of a well-worn political playbook that aims to undermine independent reporting and stifle journalism that does not fit a specific narrative. Any such legal claim would be without merit,” she continued.

The spokeswoman pointed out that “Nick’s column starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape.’ Nick writes about the brutal sexual assaults against Israeli women during the Hamas-led attack on Israel.”

“He then chronicles 14 on-the-record victim accounts and cites eight independent human rights reports documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers,” she added. “Nick has covered sexual violence for decades, and is widely regarded as one of the world’s best on-the-ground journalists in documenting and bearing witness to sexual abuse experienced by women and men in war and conflict zones.”

The NYT spokesperson concluded: “The accounts of the men and women he interviewed were corroborated with witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in, including family members and lawyers. Details were extensively fact-checked, with accounts further cross-referenced with news reporting, independent research from human-rights groups, surveys and in one case, with U.N. testimony. Independent experts were consulted on the assertions in the piece throughout reporting and fact-checking.”

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Pedro Rodriguez

Pedro Boccalato Rodriguez-Aparicio is a journalism fellow at the Daily Signal. Follow on X pedrobrodrigue7.

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Israel to Sue New York Times for Defamation

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The just-published New York Times piece by Nicholas Kristof, accusing Israel of horrific crimes, including the sexual abuse of “Palestinians” in Israeli prisons, with victims said to include men, women, and children, and of “training dogs” to rape “Palestinians” as well, has quite properly enraged the government and the people of Israel. The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced in a Thursday, May 14 statement that Israel will take legal action against the Times over Kristof’s column.

More on this welcome news can be found here: “Israel to take legal action against ‘New York Times’ over claims of ‘dog rape’ of Palestinians,” by Shir Perets, Jerusalem Post, May 14, 2026:

Israel will take legal action against The New York Times over a column penned by Nicholas Kristof, which included allegations of serious sexual abuse of Palestinians in Israeli prisons, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a Thursday statement.

The PMO, which referred to the accusation as “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar instructed officials to begin preparing a defamation lawsuit against the publication.

“They defamed the soldiers of Israel and perpetuated a blood libel about rape, trying to create a false symmetry between the genocidal terrorists of Hamas and Israel’s valiant soldiers,” Netanyahu wrote on X/Twitter….

The planned lawsuit would focus on whether statements in the article crossed the legal threshold from opinion or criticism into actionable defamation. It was not immediately clear where the lawsuit would be filed, what damages would be sought, or whether Israeli state institutions or individual officials would be listed as plaintiffs.

On Wednesday, the New York Times issued a statement affirming its support for Kristof’s controversial op-ed, saying he “draws together on-the-record accounts and cites several analyses documenting the practice of sexual violence and abuse conducted by various parts of Israel’s security forces and settlers.”

His “deeply reported piece of opinion journalism starts with a proposition to readers: ‘Whatever our views of the Middle East conflict, we should be able to unite in condemning rape,’” the news outlet stated.

“The accounts of the 14 men and women he interviewed were corroborated with other witnesses, whenever possible, and with people the victims confided in – that includes family members and lawyers,” the outlet said.

Kristof’s sensationalist charges, including the charge that the IDF deliberately has trained dogs to “rape” “Palestinian” prisoners, has spread around the world, causing untold harm to Israel’s image. Kristof relied on “Palestinians” for this malignant misinformation, apparently unaware that “Palestinians” have a long history of lying, and he never bothered, prior to publication, to obtain a comment, and rebuttal, from Israel that he might at least have included in his piece; he might even have checked with canine trainers who, to a man, have now publicly spoken about the impossibility of training dogs to rape humans.

This isn’t the only part of Kristof’s hit piece that is blatantly false, but it is the most outrageous and unbelievable of his many outrageous and unbelievable claims. When Israel did respond to the piece, and denounced its wild fabrications, the NYT doubled down, claiming that it stood by Kristof’s piece, and by the “Palestinians” upon whose testimony he relied.

This was too much for the government of Israel to let pass with just a denunciation of the New York Times and Kristof. It knew his piece damages Israel’s reputation around the world, and not just among those who are always prepared to believe the worst of the Jewish state. That preposterous charge about that canine corps of doggy rapists, and other bizarre charges, too, which Kristof made, will now become the stuff of approving comments from Hamas, CAIR, the Iranian government, and of course wsuch people as Francesca Albanese, Roger Waters, Susan Sarandon, Rashida Tlaib, Wally Shawn, Zohran Mamdani, and others of that silly-sinister ilk, whose name, alas, is legion, will pick them up and repeat them.

Now the New York Times will be sued for defamation by the State of Israel. How much will it ask for? Let it be Trumpian in size — a billion dollars, or two, or more. How do you measure the cost of such lies being made and disseminated across the globe, to the reputation of the Jewish state? How many more attacks on Israelis or Jews will be the result of those baseless kristovian charges?

Israel thinks that the New York Times will rue the day it published Kristof’s hit piece, not because it will have come to its senses, morally — the New York Times long ago lost that sense when it comes to its reporting on Israel — but because having to pay a billion or two for having published Kristof’s calumny, which is a kind of updated version, applied to the Jewish state, of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, will be painful. Does anyone doubt that the State of Israel will be able to call on the best defamation lawyers in the world, no matter where the suit is brought?

But here is another question. Why should Israel limit itself to suing the Grey Lady? Shouldn’t the onlie begetter of this defamation, the egregious Nicholas Kristof, with his long history of anti-Israel animus, also be sued? Let his days be full of exhausting testimony, both his own and that of others, and of withering cross-examinations, as lawyers for the plaintiff make mincemeat of him, and when the verdict comes down, he who is morally bankrupt will now be personally bankrupt as well.

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WATCH: The Vienna Café that Refused to Boycott Israel at Eurovision

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The Vienna café that refused to boycott Israel at Eurovision. After most Vienna venues refused to host Israel’s Eurovision delegation, a non-Jewish Austrian couple opened their café as an unofficial Israeli embassy, declaring it a public stand against rising antisemitism in Europe.

As part of a local initiative in Austria, cafés were invited to host different Eurovision delegations. But when it came to Israel’s delegation, no café initially agreed to participate.

That’s when the local Jewish community stepped in — and Lisa and Johannes answered the call.

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A Rapper’s Love Song to Israel and Persia

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I cannot stand rap music, but I must make an exception for a remarkable British-Iranian rapper who goes by the name of 021Kid. He lives in London, where he has just released his own lyrics in Persian and English to an Israeli song, “Harbu Darbu.” The song in his version is both a love letter to the people of Iran and of Israel, and a call for revenge against the monstrous regime that still rules in Tehran. More on the rapper and his message to the people of Israel and of Iran can be found here: “Iranian Rapper Releases Persian Remix of Israeli Song, Calls for Revenge Against Regime,” by Shiryn Ghermezian, Algemeiner, May 7, 2026:

British-Iranian rapper 021Kid has released a Persian remix of the song “Harbu Darbu” by Israeli rap duo Ness & Stilla, and in the lyrics, he calls for the death of the Iranian regime forces responsible for the killing and oppression of their own people.

The rapper, whose real name is Tony Mohraz, sings in both Farsi and English in “Harbu Darbu,” which was originally released by Ness and Stilla in 2023 in response to the deadly Hamas-led terrorist attack in southern Israel on Oct. 7.

In the Persian remix, 021Kid calls for the destruction of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an Iranian military force and internationally designated terrorist group, as well as the Basij parliamentary force that operates underneath it. The regime uses the Basij to violently suppress protests and crush political opposition across the country.

The rapper, who was born in Tehran but now lives in the United Kingdom, also sings about Iranian leaders and senior military figures who have been killed in US and Israel strikes. He mentions by name Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force Commander Qasem Soleimani, former Iranian Air Force Commander Aziz Nasirzadeh, and Brig. Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the IRGC Aerospace Force.

021Ki [sic] further targets the People’s Mojahedin Organization of Iran (MEK), an Iranian opposition group that has been persecuted by the regime and seeks its overthrow but was a US-designated terrorist group from 1997 to 2012.

“We don’t want mullah, neither MEK. Smoke ’em on site, show no mercy,” 021Kid raps in English. He then sings in Farsi, “I’m standing with Iran till the end … We get our country back, just watch.”

“The song includes some Hebrew phrases as well. “My Persian Jews, Irani Chai and that’s why Am Israeli Chai,” 021Kid raps in the song. “I pull up Tel Aviv, Ma Nishma? [How are you?].”…

In 2024 the two Israeli singer-songwriters Ness and Stilla were denied visas to the U.S. because, apparently, wishing revenge on the rapists, torturers, and murderers of Hamas makes one unfit to enter the U.S. That, however, was when Biden was still president. Ness and Stilla, try again — this time with America under new management, I’m sure you will be allowed in. And so, if he wants to, would 021Kid.

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Celebrating the Miricle of Miracles: Throngs celebrate Israel across the globe!

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Throngs celebrate Israel across the globe! 

WATCH: Raw Footage of Thousands Celebrating Israel’s Eternal Capital with Dance, Flags | Jerusalem Day

The Miracle of Israel’s Survival through History

One cannot help but notice when reading the Bible that most of the people groups mentioned no longer exist. Even the major empires—such as the Assyrian, Babylonian, Persian, and Roman Empires—have passed from history. But this tiny little people group—the Jewish people, numbering no more than 17 million at any time in history—still exists, despite repeated attempts from her enemies to wipe her off the map. Recent decades of such threats by Iran and Iran’s proxies are just the most recent examples—and evidence of God’s promise of preservation being fulfilled before our eyes.

The Jewish people somehow survived two exiles (one of which was almost 2,000 years long) and centuries of persecution and expulsions, as well as multiple attempts at annihilation. Certainly, the odds were against their continued existence, not to mention the reestablishment of national sovereignty in their ancient homeland. Iran’s threats and pursuit of nuclear weapons underscore the continuing peril the people of Israel face. And yet, Israel survives.

Israel’s Guaranteed Survival

To describe their survival as a miracle is justified and correctly assigns responsibility for it to God, who affirmed several times in the Hebrew Scriptures that the people of Israel would never cease to be a nation before Him (Jeremiah 31:36; Isaiah 66:22). Consider God’s promise through Jeremiah:

“For I am with you,” says the Lord, “to save you; though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a complete end of you. But I will correct you in justice, and will not let you go altogether unpunished.” (Jeremiah 30:11)

Even though God would discipline His people for disobedience, the Jewish people would endure. The fact that Israel is surviving and thriving today is evidence of this.

The calling on the Jewish people was to bless the world through God’s redemptive plan—and they would suffer greatly for it. The powers of evil would forever fight against God’s plan because it would bring an end to their power on earth. Throughout history, they have tried to stop it by destroying the people called to bring it about.

Psalm 83 tells us God’s enemies hate His people, the children of Israel, and have “taken crafty counsel” against them in an attempt to cut them off from being a nation (vv. 2–4). Israel’s enemies that are trying to annihilate her today are, in reality, God’s enemies. The nations coming against Israel are merely doing Satan’s bidding—he knows God’s purpose and plan for the Jewish people and has been trying to stop it from coming to pass since the beginning. The physical battles for Israel’s existence are in truth spiritual ones—and a tale as old as time.

However, the God of Israel is not unaware; He understands the difficult place this has put His people in and therefore has guaranteed their survival. Amid modern warfare and nuclear threats, Israel stands; her continued existence testifies not to her abilities or her allies’ military prowess but God’s faithfulness.

The Book That Preserved

As God’s people, they represented Him in an evil and idolatrous world. Therefore, they needed to live a righteous life that reflected His holy character by observing hundreds of moral and ritual laws. As dispersed Jewish communities throughout all five continents passed down these laws from generation to generation, they retained an identity that went beyond their nation of residence. Even within a wide diversity of interpretations of these laws, the book in which they were found—the Torah—kept Jewish identity alive.

Their remarkable achievement in retaining a national identity during 2,000 years of dispersion is unmatched by any other people group in history. David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, quipped: “We have preserved the Book, and the Book has preserved us.”

Longing for Zion

Because many of the laws required residency in their ancient homeland, a longing to return to Zion also bonded communities of Jews living on different sides of the world and without a common language. “Next year in Jerusalem” became the heartfelt motto for Jews no matter their age, ethnicity, place of residency, or language. It’s a longing realized in the modern State of Israel where millions of Jews from around the world have returned—even if amid war and hardship.

Resiliency of Heart

Almost half of the Jews of the world live in the Land of Israel today, where they have enjoyed 70 years of statehood and endured 70 years of a constant state of war and thousands of terror attacks. For the past half-decade, the Iranian regime has reminded Israel regularly of its intention to annihilate it, while it tries to develop the nuclear weapons that will allow it to do so. The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement has bombarded Israel with a steady stream of hatred and demonization of her citizens.

Yet Israel has been ranked among the top 10 happiest countries in the world for three consecutive years! This astounding statistic indicates the great resiliency of the Jewish people. Centuries of opposition have made them a strong people. They have not just survived but have thrived.

Principles found in their Book have also made them a caring people. Despite how they have been treated by others, they continue to volunteer and help the helpless around the world. The little State of Israel has provided humanitarian assistance in over 140 countries—all because of the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, to “repair the world,” and their biblical mandate to be a “light to the nations” (Isaiah 60:3). They do this in times of peace—and in times of war.

Conclusion

The story of the survival of the Jewish people is a painful one, filled with much suffering and great sorrow, but it culminates in the greatest event of all history: the day the Lord will appear in His glory in Zion and rule the nations from there (Psalm 102:15–16). Jerusalem will be a praise in all the earth (Isaiah 62:7), all wars will cease (Isaiah 2:2–4), and the nations will come up to Jerusalem to worship the King of kings and Lord of lords—the God of Israel (Zechariah 14:16).

Until that day, modern conflicts—including this most recent war with Iran—remind us that though the struggle against Israel’s enemies continues, Israel’s existence today remains real and tangible evidence of God’s faithfulness throughout history.

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Israel Deployed Iron Dome to Protect UAE During Iran War

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The UAE has become the closest ally of Israel in the Arab world. It is one of four Arab countries to join the Abraham Accords. Israeli businessmen are doing deals in the Emirates, while Emirati businessmen are investing in Israel. The Moses Ben Maimon synagogue has been built in Abu Dhabi for Jewish and Israeli residents, visiting businessmen, and tourists. A Chabad House has opened in Dubai. The UAE and Israel have concluded both a reciprocal visa-free agreement, and a free trade agreement. The UAE has been buying large numbers of weapons from Israel. As of late 2025, the UAE was identified as the secret buyer in a record $2.3 billion defense contract with Israel’s Elbit Systems for advanced aircraft protection systems. This is the largest sale in Elbit Systems’ history. There are plans for the systems to be jointly manufactured in the UAE. Even before that sale, and just after the Abraham Accords had been signed in 2020, the UAE had bought Barak MX air defense systems from Israel Aerospace Industries. Both Elbit and IAI have opened offices in Abu Dhabi. In 2025, an Emirati state weapons contractor was reported to be investing in an Israeli defense supplier, reinforcing the ongoing military-technological cooperation between the UAE and the Jewish state.

And now we learn that during the Iran conflict, when Iran launched 550 ballistic missiles and 2,200 drones at the UAE, Israel’s military sent its Iron Dome missile defense system, along with dozens of Israeli soldiers to operate them, to help defend the Emirates. Israel also sent its laser-based Iron Beam missile defense system to the UAE, but apparently in the end, the Emiratis did not use it. More on this remarkable event — Israeli soldiers and weapons defending an Arab state — that shows just how close the relations between Israel and the UAE have become, can be found here: “Israel sent Iron Dome system, dozens of IDF soldiers to UAE during Iran war,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob and Goldie Katz, Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2026:

Israel sent an Iron Dome system and dozens of IDF troops to the United Arab Emirates during Operation Roaring Lion, its recent war with Iran, according to foreign sources.

Multiple Israeli officials have stated that the decision to send the Iron Dome battery and interceptors was made after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a phone call with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ).

Dozens of Iranian missiles fired towards the Gulf state were intercepted by the system, according to foreign sources.

This is the first instance of the Iron Dome being utilized operationally outside of the United States or Israel, though Singapore has previously reportedly purchased and received Iron Dome, and Romania is expected to do so as well.

Military, security, and intelligence cooperation between Israel and the UAE has been on the rise since the countries signed the Abraham Accords in September 2020, but reached new heights during the recent Iran war….

In contrast, while Israel and Saudi Arabia both cooperated under a regional umbrella through the US as a conduit on regional air defense, there have been no reports of Israel providing such a system to Riyadh.

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are now supporting different sides in the Sudan, in Yemen, in the Horn of Africa. The UAE’s anger at the dominant role Saudi Arabia plays in OPEC, in setting production quotes for oil, exacerbates their geopolitical rivalry. The UAE finally decided it was being asked to limit its output by too much, and in a stunning development, it has withdrawn from OPEC altogether, and plans to produce as much oil as it can. Now that the UAE has done this, other oil producers, chafing at their own production limits, will now declare their intention — once the Strait of Hormuz is reopened — to produce as much oil as they can. The Saudis have lost control of the once-powerful oligopoly.

The UAE saw how well the Iron Dome performed in intercepting Iranian missiles and drones, and how quickly the Israelis came to their rescue, while none of their fellow Gulf Arabs offered to share any of their anti-missile weaponry. Israel’s intervention, and the spectacle of IDF soldiers firing Israeli Iron Dome missiles on UAE soil to protect the Emiratis, has convinced the UAE that in signing the Abraham Accords, and moving ever closer to Israel in security matters, with a massive purchase — $2.3 billion — of weapons from Elbit Systems, that it made the right choice of ally.

As for the Saudis, they will no longer be the de facto ruler of OPEC; instead, they will be trying, after the UAE’s announced intention to pump as much oil as possible, to keep other OPEC members in line, but for those countries to restrict their own production makes no economic sense. Right now, the UAE’s quota, which OPEC set in 2024, was 3.22 mbd; after having invested $150 billion in new wells, the UAE can now produce 5 mbd, and intends to do just that. At the same time, the world’s largest oil producer, the U.S., with proven reserves constantly growing, is producing at full capacity, of more than 14 million barrels per day. Finally, Venezuela, which has the world’s largest oil reserves but under the regimes of Chavez and Maduro, with their mismanagement, and the crippling American sanctions, saw its production fall to 800,000 to 900,000 barrels a day, when just a few years ago, it produced 3.5 mbd. After the removal of Maduro, American investment in Venezuela’s oil industry will now return, as President Trump has said, and Venezuela will again be producing more than four times what it produces at present.

In addition, there have been significant new oil discoveries in high-growth production areas. These are currently concentrated in South America (Guyana, Brazil, Argentina), Africa (Namibia), and in new, deep shale formations in the United States. The Permian basin in Texas now produces 1.3 mbd. The Bakken shale oil filed in North Dakota and Montana, one of the newest shale oil fields, now produces 1 mbd. Major recent finds, which advanced extraction technology has driven, include immense, untapped, and developing fields. Oil deposits that were once deemed too expensive to exploit can now, with the latest extraction methods, be exploited at a suitable profit. And a new entrant into the field is China, that has discovered in just the last four years 225 large and medium-sized oil and gas fields. The world is awash in oil, and Saudi Arabia has now lost its power to impose production cuts on the other members of OPEC. The UAE has been the first OPEC member to defy the Saudis by resigning from the group. This is likely to lead others to go and do likewise: they will produce as much oil as they can, and not allow OPEC quotas that the Saudis dictate to stop them.

Similarly, the UAE’s public embrace of a security arrangement with Israel, that recently proved so helpful for the country’s defense, saving many Emirati lives, may make several other Arab states more desirous of a similar arrangement with Israel. Morocco, Bahrain, and Oman are three of the countries most likely to make overtures.

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Turkish journalist close to Erdogan: Turkey should become a nuclear power and consider nuking Israel

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Why? It’s all about Islam. Karagül says that Israel is “a racist idolatrous structure that is at war with Allah.” How does Allah fight those who go to war against him? Through the Muslims: “Fight them, and Allah will punish them by your hands, and he will lay them low and give you victory over them, and he will heal the hearts of people who are believers, and he will remove the anger of their hearts.” (Qur’an 9:14-15)

“Turkish Journalist Close To Turkish President Erdoğan: ‘Turkey Should Urgently Be Turned Into A Nuclear Power… A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered,’” MEMRI, February 24, 2026:

On February 23, 2026, Turkish journalist İbrahim Karagül published a column in the Turkish pro-government daily Yeni Şafak titled “If You Want To Prevent The Third World War, Get Israel Under Control. If You Want To Prevent A Nuclear Disaster, Get The Jewish Tribe Under Control. A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered.”…

“Israel should be disarmed in every sense. Its power should be taken or an inspection mechanism should be put on its power. The Israeli army should be disbanded, and it should be given only the right to police power.

“Israel’s right to statehood should be revoked. Because this ‘Tribe’ is not qualified to be a state. It has proven this many times through its own actions.

“Israel cannot and should not have a ‘right of the map.’ There should be no such region as Israel in the region that constitutes the center, the axis of the world. This country, with this condition, should be taken under guardianship in the full sense of the word.

“Turkey Should Be A Nuclear Power, A Preemptive Strike On Israel Should Be Considered

“If these things cannot be done, every country in the region should be a nuclear power. Turkey should urgently be turned into a nuclear power. A map of siege, of encirclement, should be drawn around Israel.

“If everything comes to a standstill, the concept of a ‘preemptive strike’ with all of its elements should be directed at Israel. One cannot wait for a country that is clearly prepared to use nuclear weapons and commit horrific acts of destruction against the region to implement its plans.

“This is clear: Israel and the Jewish Tribe are at war with the human race. Without distinguishing between Muslim or Christian; without distinguishing between Turk, Arab, French, English, Russian, or German, it brings death to all generations.

“Racist Idolaters Who Make War On Allah!

“The family of humanity should develop a joint measure against this threat to the entire world.

“The political mind of Israel today has no grain of relation to Prophet Moses or the religions. It has no relation to the concept of ‘God’ that we know.

“They are actually a racist idolatrous structure that is at war with Allah, with God. They have become a society that throws poison on the world, spreads contagious disease, and endangers humanity.”

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The Exploits of the Israeli Navy Deserve Greater Attention, and Applause

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The exploits of Israel’s air force, that in just forty days of Operation Roaring Lion struck 12,000 sites across Iran, and of its army, that has driven Hamas out of more than half of Gaza, forcing it to the west of the Yellow Line, while killing more than 50,000 of its combatants, and in Lebanon, having killed or maimed (in the “pager caper”) thousands of Hezbollah terrorists, while reducing the terror group’s stock of rockets and missiles by 90%, are well-known. Less well-known, and deserving greater notice, is Israel’s navy. More on its many achievements can be found here: “Israeli Navy hits Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza targets with precision strikes,” by Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post, April 16, 2026

The Israel Navy has torn apart enemy forces in Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Yemen since 2023, raising Israel’s power in the Middle East to new heights, since most of its rivals have been wiped out militarily.

With over 1,000 naval combat soldiers at sea, logging over 26,000 operational hours in only 47 days of the current war with Iran and Hezbollah, the Navy said on Thursday that it has already undertaken or provided critical intelligence for 154 attacks.

95 of these attacks have been in Iran….

In addition, the Navy has attacked six targets in Gaza, mostly senior terror operatives, during the current war….

According to the Navy, it destroyed 15 out of 21 Syrian naval ships.

These ships all included long-range missiles capable of reaching targets 80-200 kilometers away.

The Navy said that it struck these ships mainly at two bases: Latakia and Tel Baida, and that they were all destroyed within only a few hours.

Next, the Navy said there were complex reasons that could not be disclosed why the other six ships could not be struck….

Could it be because Russian sailors may have been on those six ships, and had they been killed in an Israeli attack, there could be severe repercussions for Israel’s ties with Russia? Or were there possibly Mossad agents on board one or more of those six ships, and their presence would have stayed the Navy’s hand?

All of Hezbollah’s ship-to-ship missiles were destroyed by Israel in just a few months after October 7, 2023.

Further, the Navy revealed that it has mostly destroyed Hezbollah’s Unit 1200, which had a substantial number of underwater drones before 2023.

The Navy said it destroyed nearly all of them within a few hours at a specific location where Hezbollah concealed them, thinking they would be safe….

Hezbollah, thinking it could hide its underwater drones successfully, foolishly placed them together at one site instead of spreading them out among a dozen or more hiding places, making it possible for Israel’s navy to destroy all of those drones in a single attack.

While Y declined to discuss the specifics of the operation against Yemen, the Post and other Hebrew media previously reported on June 10, 2025, that two of Israel’s navy missile boats, one of them a Sa’ar 6, fired two long-range precision missiles from hundreds of kilometers away at the Houthi port in Hodeidah….

The Yemenis were no doubt expecting an Israeli air attack on Hodeidah, and were scanning the skies for signs of planes. But instead, the Navy fired long-range precision missiles from missile boats, missiles that flew close to the land, and completely surprised the Houthis who had been waiting for an aerial attack.

Airplanes fly quickly, drop their bombs, and leave at once. Navy ships can fire their missiles and then remain in the area for a long period, ready to adjust their aim based on satellite photos of the site after the initial attack, and fire again at the target.

The Navy disclosed on Thursday that Hamas had over 300 naval commandos in 2023, and that nearly all of them have been killed or wounded.

Despite that broad success, the Navy admitted that Hamas still has naval commandos and has continued to work to reconstitute that force.

Israeli killed “nearly all” of the 300 Hamas commandos, but not “all.” So how many are still alive? One dozen? Two? And how successful has Hamas been in recruiting new commandos? Given the sky-high mortality rate of the 300 original commandos, one can assume very few people will want to sign up for what is an exceedingly dangerous task.

Israel has five Dolphin-class submarines, They are not nuclear-powered, but do carry missiles with nuclear warheads. I would assume that of the three submarines that recently saw action, one was in the Red Sea facing Yemen, ready to respond to any Houthi attack, another in the Gulf, off the coast of Iran, helping enforce America’s blockade of Iranian ports, and the third, off the coast of southern Lebanon, ready once the latest ceasefire breaks down to fire shot and shell on Hezbollah emplacements in southern Beirut, in the Bekaa Valley, and in the area between the Litani River and the Israel-Lebanon border.

Given all that it has achieved, in inflicting such major damage on Hamas in Gaza, on Hezbollah in Lebanon, on the Houthis in Yemen, as well as lesser damage, so far, on Syria and Iran, one would have thought that Israel’s Navy had not 10,000, but five times that number of personnel. And who knows if, even now, Israeli Navy ships are steaming to the Gulf to help enforce the American blockade of Iranian ports?

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The Greatest Loser in the Current War

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The greatest loser in the current war is not Iran, nor the United States, nor Israel. It is the GCC countries. They have learned that the American airmen and planes they hosted could not always protect them from Iranian missiles and drones, but their presence in GCC countries was all the excuse Iran needed to bomb those countries. Now they are wondering whether to have the Americans continue to stay in their countries, given that the American bases have become important targets of Iranian attacks, or to ask them to leave, which means those countries will no longer have American protection right on site.

When a $2 million dollar missile has to intercept an Iranian drone costing $40,000, eventually such interceptions become economically unsustainable.

While the GCC nations, especially the UAE and Saudi Arabia, have threatened to retaliate directly against Iran, they have not done so as yet. They are afraid of antagonizing Iran still further, and are hoping, by keeping their heads down, that Iran will stop attacking them and concentrate its attacks, using missiles and drones, on the U.S. and Israel. It is clear that the Iranians have had no qualms about attacking fellow Muslim states, and are likely to continue attacking the GCC nations that are incapable of striking back.

The Iranians have managed to keep launching ballistic missiles at the Gulf states; they may have many more of these missiles than either the US or Israeli defense analysts had realized at the beginning of the war. But at this point, in mid-April, it seems that the Americans have seized the initiative in the Strait of Hormuz. Instead of pleading with Iran to reopen the Strait to international shipping, Trump has ordered American warships to blockade all Iranian ports on the Gulf, so that Iran, too, like the Arab oil states that can no longer use the Strait of Hormuz, won’t be able to ship its oil anywhere, and the Islamic Republic’s total economic collapse should soon follow.

The Iranian leaders are confused, scared, full of hollow bravado, while they wonder who among them will Israel assassinate next. Iran’s command-and-control centers are largely destroyed, and it is entirely unclear who is now running things in the public absence of Mojtaba Khamenei, who hasn’t been seen since Mojtaba’s father, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed. It is believed that his face is now too deformed to have him appear in public. Despite the Iranian leaders’ seeming confidence, the more realistic among them must know that both Israel and the United States have badly battered their military. “In the Gulf, states are ‘paying the price’ for a war they didn’t start,” by Lucia Stein and Tim Swanston, ABC.net.au, 

Atlantic Council distinguished fellow Brett McGurk, who has served in top national security roles under administrations of both US political parties, said to “take a signal” from what Iran was doing with its “significant missile and drone launches.”

“They’re trying to send a signal to the Gulf states: There’s a new equation here, and it favours us,” he told CNN.

The “equation” to which Brett McGurk alludes is this: the expense of intercepting Iran’s drone swarms and ballistic missiles, of which it still has many more than initially believed by the Pentagon, is many times greater than the cost of those interceptors. Gradually the cost of such an asymmetric war will become apparent, and the anti-war sentiment in the United States is then likely to explode. The American people are keenly aware of the more than four trillion dollars the U.S. spent on the two senseless and expensive wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Both these wars ended in ultimate defeat for America. The Taliban again control Afghanistan, and an Iraqi regime hostile to America, one that hosts the Iran-linked terror group Kata’ib Hezbollah, now rules in Baghdad.

Iran has lost not just most of its store of ballistic missiles, its ballistic missile plants, and its nuclear enrichment facilities in Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan. It has also lost the trust of every single one of its Gulf Arab neighbors. Even Iran’s former friend Qatar, having been hit hard by Iranian missiles and drones, now sees Iran as an enemy.

Now Iran is demanding “compensation” from five Arab states — Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, and Jordan — for the damage that has been done to Iran’s infrastructure, not by those countries directly, but by the Americans who have military bases in those countries. Of course there is not the slightest chance any of the five will pay a dime to Tehran.

Iran now stands alone in the Gulf, having earned the mistrust and hatred of all of its neighbors. And it is hard to see how it will ever recover.

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Senator Fetterman, a Voice Crying in the Democrat Wilderness

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There are lots of Democrats in Congress: several hundred of them, in fact. Many of them are to be deplored. A few — Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib come swimmingly to mind — are fifth columnists in America’s war of self-defense against the global jihad. And then there is Senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, a remarkable man who, when it comes to Israel, in the Democratic Party is at times a vox clamantis in deserto. At other times his voice is that of someone who demonstrates his absolute mental freedom to speak forthrightly in support of the Jewish state, which has made him a lonely man in his party, someone who, as Brahms’ motto (borrowed from his friend Joseph Joachim) puts it, is “frei aber einsam” — “free but lonely.”

He’s a curious fellow, often seen wearing his shorts and pullovers, a 6’8” apparition as he lopes along through the Senate Office Building. He wears shorts. He goes sockless. He wears hoodies. But he makes more sense on one matter than any of his colleagues wearing Ermenegildo Zegna suits and Canali ties. John Fetterman has consistently upheld the right of Israel to defend itself, using whatever means the IDF deems appropriate, and has vocally supported the embattled Jewish state more than any other senator from either party. On the walls just outside his office, he has posted photographs of the Israeli hostages. He has spoken out about the Trump administration’s willingness to negotiate with the masters of deception in Tehran over their nuclear program; he doesn’t think negotiations will do more than allow Tehran to stall for time, as it continues to race forward with its enrichment of uranium to a level of 60% purity, one step below weapons-grade. He thinks Trump’s negotiator Steve Witkoff should be called home, and supports the American military’s efforts against the Islamic Republic.

More on Senator Fetterman can be found here: “Fetterman: ‘Insane’ for Democrats to view Israel negatively,” by Sarah Davis, The Hill, April 10, 2026:

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a fierce advocate for Israel, on Thursday slammed the increasing Democratic criticism of the country over its joint operations with the U.S. against Iran.

The lawmaker cited a Pew Research survey released this week, which found that 80 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents have a negative view of Israel.

“That’s insane. You know, that’s our special ally,” the Democratic senator told Fox News’s Jesse Watters on Thursday evening.

“That’s the only place in the region that has the kind of values in the kinds of way that we live and what we want here,” he continued. “As a Democrat, how is that possible that 8 out of 10 view Israel as a negative thing as Democrats?”…

“I think more Democrats should listen to me and say be on the right side of history and holding Iran accountable, and if you have to pick a side, pick our side, pick civilization, pick Israel,” Fetterman said.

And he affirmed his support for the U.S.-Israeli military operations against Iran, calling the effort “necessary.”…

Senator Fetterman is famed for wearing his hoodies, shorts, and sneakers even when at work, but to make up for it, he has the best-dressed mind of any Democrat in Congress.

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