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Iran Remains Defiant And Resilient

When the United States and Israel jointly went to war with Iran on February 28, President Donald Trump predicted that the conflict would last from...

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Russia’s Balancing Act During The Iran War

As Russia watches the current war in Iran play out, it is caught between its support of the Iranian regime and its desire to preserve bilateral...

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Israel, China, Jews and Iran

China has condemned the United States’ and Israel’s joint military offensive in Iran and has called for an immediate ceasefire. As the largest...

01.04.2026 30

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Iranian Proxies Join The Iran War

Two more members of Iran’s Axis of Resistance have been drawn into the month-long war waged by the United States and Israel in Iran. On March 28,...

30.03.2026 40

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Lebanon Caught Between Israel And Hezbollah

Nearly a month into its third war with Hezbollah since 2006, Israel has expanded its ground and air operations in Lebanon and may yet launch a...

28.03.2026 40

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The US and Iran Have Reached a Diplomatic Impasse

The nearly one-month-old war pitting the United States and Israel against Iran shows no signs of letting up, but President Donald Trump is clearly...

26.03.2026 30

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Iranian Missiles Exact A Toll On Israel

Israel has absorbed four rounds of punishing Iranian ballistic missile and drone bombardments since the spring of 2024. Although Israel has managed to...

25.03.2026 40

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September 5: The Munich Massacre

The summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 presented West Germany with a golden opportunity to welcome visitors to the “new” Germany. A quarter of...

24.03.2026 40

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Iran’s Attacks On Gulf States May Backfire

Arab Gulf states are shocked and dismayed that they have been continually targeted by Iran during its war with the United States and Israel. Since its...

23.03.2026 40

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Israel Confronts A Resilient Foe In Hezbollah

Israel is currently embroiled in a two-front war. As Israeli jets pound Iran, Israel hammers Hezbollah in Lebanon. The war north of Israel’s border...

21.03.2026 50

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The Joe Kent Affair

Joe Kent’s abrupt resignation as director of the National Counterterrorism Center in Washington, DC, represents an inflection point in the...

19.03.2026 30

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Iran War Triggers Antisemitic Attacks In Canada

Canada’s normally peaceful and placid facade has been violently ripped away by a wave of arson, vandalism, shootings and firebombings directed at...

18.03.2026 50

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Bella! This Woman’s Place Is In The House

The late Bella Abzug aroused strong reactions. “She was loved and definitely hated,” says her daughter, Liz, in a succinct summation. A brash and...

17.03.2026 40

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The Al-Quds Day Rally In Toronto Was A Hate Fest

The Al-Quds Day rally, an annual venue for anti-Israel rhetoric, took place in front of the U.S. consulate in downtown Toronto on March 14 as a war in...

16.03.2026 70

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Tehran (3) — An Amalgam Of Mayhem And Intrigue

The third season of Tehran treats viewers to the usual dose of thrills, spills and chills against the backdrop of Israel’s existential conflict with...

14.03.2026 60

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US, Israel Race To Achieve Iran War Objectives

Nearly two weeks after the United States and Israel went to war with Iran, President Donald Trump appears eager to wrap it up expeditiously, worried...

12.03.2026 40

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Closed Circuit: Terrorism In Real Time

A Palestinian terrorist attack in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2016 was a unique event, having been the only one inside Israel recorded in real time by...

11.03.2026 50

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Canada Is All Over The Map On The War In Iran

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s lack of clarity regarding Canada’s position on the current war in Iran has drawn scathing criticism. Lloyd...

10.03.2026 60

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Iran’s Strategy Is To Outlast The U.S. And Israel

The Iranian regime is attempting to expand the war in Iran beyond its borders to drive up the economic and political costs for the United States and...

09.03.2026 70

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The Optimist

Herbert Heller, a Czech Holocaust survivor, did not talk about his ordeal for 60 years. It was his deep, dark secret. Even his wife and children had...

07.03.2026 60

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Marco Rubio Sparks A Debate On The War In Iran

Israel regards Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, as one of its closest friends. But on March 2, as the United States and Israel intensified...

06.03.2026 80

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Iranian Proxy Hezbollah Drags Lebanon Into War

The current war in Iran has spilled into Lebanon, much to Iran’s satisfaction. Hezbollah, a creation of Iran and Iran’s chief proxy in the Middle...

04.03.2026 70

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The Unholy Legacy Of Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme ruler of the Islamic Republic of Iran, was the longest-serving head of state in the Middle East until his...

03.03.2026 80

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Israel, US Seek Regime Change In Iran

Iran’s highly controversial nuclear program has ignited Israel’s second war with Iran in less than a year. It broke out on February 28, when the...

02.03.2026 90

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Modi’s Visit Tightened Israel’s Bonds With India

By any yardstick, Narendra Modi’s most recent visit to Israel, his second in nine years, seems to have been an unqualified success. The prime...

01.03.2026 60

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The Swedish Connection

Sweden hewed to a policy of neutrality during World War II, but Swedish industrialists profited from the conflict by selling iron ore and ball...

27.02.2026 60

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Palestinians In Canada Launch A Malicious Campaign

The Ontario Camps Association should be commended for having categorically rejected an arrogant and unreasonable demand by a coalition of Palestinian...

26.02.2026 40

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Ukraine And Russia Mired In A War Of Attrition

The longest and most destructive war in Europe since World War II grinds on remorselessly, exacting a horrendous toll in Russian and Ukrainian lives....

25.02.2026 80

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Deep Inside Iran

An Israeli documentary, Deep Inside Iran, adds an additional layer of substance and understanding to Israel’s 12-day war with Iran last June. Now...

23.02.2026 80

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Trump’s Board Of Peace Faces Grave Issues

Four months after its formation, US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace convened its first official meeting in Washington, D.C. on February 17....

21.02.2026 60

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Jesse Jackson’s Mercurial Relationship With Jews

Jesse Jackson, the American civil rights leader who died on February 17 at the age of 84, had a mercurial relationship with the Jewish community in...

19.02.2026 70

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Donald Trump Has Crossed A Red Line

Being the president of the United States, the world’s preeminent superpower, Donald Trump acts as if he can arbitrarily impose his views or diktats...

18.02.2026 80

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Field Agent 566

Eli Cohen has been a household name in Israel for decades. Sixty one years after his execution in Damascus, he is remembered as probably the greatest...

16.02.2026 90

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JD Vance Stirs Unease In US Jewish Community

07.02.2026 90

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The Odessa File

01.02.2026 40

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Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire

27.01.2026 100

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A State Commission Should Investigate October 7

25.01.2026 70

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Trump Backed Down From Threats To Strike Iran

19.01.2026 60

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Iran Convulsed By Anti-Government Protests

14.01.2026 100

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Holocaust Monument Desecrator Treated Leniently

12.01.2026 40

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Israel’s Conflict With Iran Is Simmering Ominously

01.01.2026 80

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The Forgotten Ones

22.12.2025 70

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Antisemitic Attack Arouses Australia

20.12.2025 60

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The Cantonists: Jewish Boys In The Russian Army

16.12.2025 50

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The Contagion Of Antisemitism Strikes Australia

14.12.2025 20

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Remembering Marrakesh

12.12.2025 30

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Lebanon Has Been Too Slow To Disarm Hezbollah

25.11.2025 40

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U.S. Conservatives Struggle With Antisemitism

23.11.2025 80

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The US Is Deepening Its Rapprochement With Syria

13.11.2025 40

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Trump Doubles Down On Gaza Peace Plan

25.10.2025 50

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