Why Netanyahu Put Zohran Mamdani on a Billboard in Tel Aviv
Netanyahu is badly trailing in the polls. History suggests violence could change that. Until then, Mamdani is one political gift Bibi won’t let go
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Exclusive: The Warning Netanyahu Got Before the War
An in-depth look at Roaring Lion — the war aim Israel never made public, the intelligence assessment that failure could push Iran toward the bomb, and what the Mossad told the Kurds
The Crocodiles Are the Least of It
Ben-Gvir's crocodile prison is now official policy. It's also the clearest symptom of a government that plunders the budget
Exclusive: Senior IDF Officer — Government's Bills "Will Break the IDF"
Netanyahu's coalition grants ultra-Orthodox draft evaders immunity from arrest - and the IDF chiefs decide enough is enough
‘We Told You So’: Israel Watches the Iran Ceasefire Unravel
Iran Signed the Deal and Read It as an American Surrender. Israel Warned the Gap Would Surface — and Now It Has
America at 250: Notes from an Outsider
Despotism is humanity's default operating system. America is the 250-year rebellion against it. Plus: what really forged the U.S.–Israel alliance
What Mamdani Assumes About Judaism
Reduce Judaism to religion only and Jewish peoplehood disappears. That's the point. It's antisemitism, fluent in the language of universal rights
The End of the Israeli “Total Victory”
The agreement is a win for Iran. The deeper story is what Israel forgot about its own strategic tradition
The Quiet General: Can He Become Netanyahu's Most Dangerous Rival
A grieving father, a career soldier, an unlikely candidate — Gadi Eisenkot may be about to eclipse Naftali Bennett
The Lebanon Trap
Israel can hurt Hezbollah. It still has no credible path to dismantling it — and Washington is increasingly setting the limits of the campaign