If this conflict accomplished nothing else, it has shown that Iran's ballistic missile program represents an existential danger to countries in both the Middle East and Europe.
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Negotiations risk not only legitimizing an Islamist terror group but also entrenching its authoritarian rule in the Gaza Strip and paving the way for more massacres against Israel.
Where no available partner exists for the negotiation of quiet borders, Israel will establish a physical barrier between its civilian population and the threat on the other side.
Something fundamental has changed. The aura of inevitability has been broken. The image of invulnerability has been shattered. Fear has begun to change sides.
There is something deeply misguided – if not outright dangerous – about the idea that the US or other international parties should beg Hamas to lay down its weapons.
By keeping a narrow economic lifeline open—such as continued oil exports—Washington may be attempting to prevent further escalation while preserving incentives for restraint within Iran’s political system.
Instead of foregrounding Larijani’s role within a regime accused of violently suppressing protests, coverage leaned into biography. Scholar. Pragmatist. A man of ideas.
Kasparian characterized Israeli military operations in Gaza as “random slaughter” while disregarding widely cited factors, such as Hamas’s use of civilians as human shields.
Larijani helped direct Iran’s regional strategy, including the use of proxies to attack Israel, the relentless pursuit of nuclear weapons, and the rejection of diplomatic efforts that would have halted that program.
For the first time in decades, truly courageous leadership has emerged in the presence of U.S. President Donald J. Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Scapegoating Israel and, by extension, its Jewish supporters, in this particular way is redolent of traditional antisemitic tropes about Jews of dual loyalty.
Whoever is in charge, the leadership has yet to hold a funeral for Khamenei—a striking delay, given that Islamic tradition calls for burial as soon as possible.
The question is whether the regime remains strong enough to quash an attempted uprising as it did in January, when it killed approximately 30,000 protesters.
Like his Palestinian proxies, Khamenei was always prepared to sacrifice as many Palestinians as possible as part of the Jihad against Israel and the US.