The “Supreme Leader,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is dead. It’s heartbreaking to watch the exuberant, elated people of Iran — with massive celebrations in the streets, women singing and dancing, hijabs burning, and jubilant crowds sobbing…
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The Blogs: Hezbollah Sleeper Cells Active in US Backyards: Wake-Up Call Now | Yosef Eitan
(Co-authored with Joshua Wander, American-born Israeli rabbi, security and intelligence analyst, IDF veteran, and founder of Bring Them Home)
The Austin bar shooting at Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden early Sunday morning was not just another…
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The Blogs: The Lemonade Stand for Justice | Molly Livingstone
On October 7, 2023, a bunch of super evil terrorists attacked Israel. They ran through their tunnels deep in the pits of hell, fell from fire in the skies, and broke through borders, to rape and murder. Some took to social and some just took….
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The Blogs: Purim and Finding the Happy Medium between Noise and Silence | Eytan Saenger
Silence is the world’s natural resting state, yet to us, it can feel deeply unsettling.
The very concept of “awkward silence” is built on the suspicion that something is wrong when there is no sound. We grow uncomfortable in the absence…
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The Blogs: 100% Civilian Casualties Does Not Bother Sarandon | Guy Ginton
Susan Sarandon speaks at a Palestinian rally in New York City, November 9, 2023. Sarandon later apologized for remarks at similar events that were widely criticized as antisemitic. Photo: Wyatt Souers (CC BY-SA 4.0). The Regressive…
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The Blogs: This Too Will Pass — And That Is Precisely the Point | Mohamed Osman
The phrase “This too shall pass” is among the most enduring expressions in human thought. Its power lies in a simple but demanding truth: impermanence. Whether applied to joy or suffering, success or failure, the phrase reminds us that no…
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The Blogs: We All Share a Stake in What Happens in Iran | Ted Deutch
I spent 16 years in government.
In the Florida State Senate, we became the first state in America to stand up to Iran’s brutal regime by cutting off state investments in companies helping Iran develop nuclear weapons.
How did we get…
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The Blogs: Somaliland and Israel Reshape the Red Sea | Mohamed Abdi Idiris
The Red Sea has never been just water. It is a corridor of history, commerce, faith, and power. From ancient trade routes to modern energy shipments, whoever understands the Red Sea understands a central artery of global stability. But in…
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The Blogs: The Tyranny of Certainty: Iran After Khamenei | Michael J. Salamon
With confirmation of Ali Khamenei’s death, the machinery he constructed stands exposed as a regime shaped and ultimately distorted by a single man’s inflexibility and prejudice. Khamenei didn’t just rule; he defined the psychological…
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The Blogs: Geopolitics of Prosperity: Middle East Window | Kambiz Zare
A New Chapter for Iran
With Ayatollah Ali Khamenei no longer alive, still part of the public discourse on the Middle East is already slipping into a familiar refuge: the region is “complex” and “complicated.” That framing typically…
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