Iran

The USS Carney shoots down a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles in the Red Sea, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy Photo/Wikimedia Commons)

A year after hijacking the Galaxy Leader, the Houthis aren’t going anywhere

With Hamas and Hezbollah debilitated, the Yemeni group has emerged as Iran’s premier non-state ally, set to continue to disrupt trade and strike Israel.

By Magnus Fitz November 19, 2024

A woman watches the speech of Secretary-general of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah at her home in Mishmar David, September 19, 2024. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

What Israelis don’t want to hear about Iran and Hezbollah

For years, Israeli expert Ori Goldberg has tried to challenge commonly-held assumptions about the Islamic Republic and its allies. Will anyone listen?

By Edo Konrad September 20, 2024

An Israeli man carries a weapon as he walks through the market in Jerusalem, November 3, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Israelis are fearing the storm. Palestinian citizens fear the calm that follows

After the genocide ends, Palestinians in Israel will have to live beside those who spent the past year cheering and participating in Gaza’s slaughter.

By Tamer Nafar August 22, 2024

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Masoud Pezeshkian. (Ayoub Ghaderi/CC BY 4.0 Deed)

Threatened by a moderate Iranian president, Israel is pulling him into a fight

Israel prefers hardline leaders to maintain a monolithic view of the enemy. Its assassination in Tehran now forces the reformist Pezeshkian into a corner.

By Lior Sternfeld August 13, 2024

Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, May 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

We’re already in a regional war. Only a Gaza ceasefire can end it

As long as Palestinians were the primary casualties, Israel’s allies indulged its military hubris. Now they fear the bitter fruits of their mistake.

By Amjad Iraqi August 6, 2024

Billboards of Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Deif with the words 'Eliminated" in Tel Aviv, August 02, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Israeli leaders celebrate assassinations — and make the living pay the price

Has the genocide in Gaza increased the security of a single person in Israel? Are we safer while we wait for Iran’s response to Haniyeh’s killing?

By Orly Noy August 2, 2024

Israeli security and rescue forces take part in a drill near Meron, northern Israel, April 16, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Iran is acting more rationally than Israel — for now

Had Iran wanted to seriously escalate its conflict with Israel, its response to the Damascus embassy bombing would have looked very different.

By Lior Sternfeld April 16, 2024

Anti-missile system fires interception missiles as drones and missiles are fired from Iran, as seen over Tel Aviv, April 14, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

As Iran and Israel collide, will Palestinians pay the price?

The risk of all-out regional war grows more likely with every day that passes without a ceasefire in Gaza, warns expert Khaled Elgindy.

By Ghousoon Bisharat April 15, 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a government conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, September 27, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu and Raisi are more alike than they’ll admit

Smearing anti-gov't protesters as 'joining forces with the PLO and Iran' is just one of the things making Bibi a grotesque reflection of the Iranian president.

By Orly Noy September 28, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden visits the Israeli President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy

At a meeting on the UN sidelines, many anticipated Biden would pressure Netanyahu to halt his anti-democratic agenda. But the U.S. has other priorities.

By Naim Mousa September 27, 2023

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with the media during a security tour of the Palmachim Air Force base, on October 27, 2019. (Marc iIrael Sellem/POOL)

Bibi is unmoved by air force refusers — the occupation doesn’t need them

The prime minister's indifference to threats by over 1,000 reserve pilots shows that when it comes to Israel’s security, he’s been bluffing the whole time.

By Meron Rapoport August 22, 2023

Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia inspects Guard of Honour during Ceremonial Reception at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi, February 20, 2019. (MEAphotogallery / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

What will Saudi-Iran rapprochement mean for the Palestinians?

An accord between Riyadh and Tehran could stymie regional polarization and normalization with Israel. Will Palestinian leaders take advantage of it?

By Omar H. Rahman May 24, 2023

Reza Pahlavi, founder and leader of the self-styled National Council of Iran, an exiled opposition group, with Minister for Intelligence Gila Gamliel at an event in Ramat Gan, April 19, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Why Pahlavi’s Israel visit betrays both Iranians and Palestinians

Many Iranians have been silent as the opposition leader has essentially backed an apartheid state conducting the same abuses he claims to be fighting.

By Sarah Ariyan Sakha April 27, 2023