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Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin
Editor-in-Chief
Ruthie Blum
Senior Contributing Editor
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributor
Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) look on during a hearing with the Senate Armed Services Committee at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., on March 12, 2026. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.
From the Editor-in-Chief
What do the Democrats want from Israel?
Senate Democrats haven’t turned on the Jewish state because the Netanyahu government is reckless. It’s because they fear a party base of deluded antisemites.
Apr. 17, 2026
Jonathan S. Tobin
Trump
Column
Trump cards
The last thing the U.S. president should want is to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
Apr. 19, 2026
Ruthie Blum
Pope Leo XIV performs liturgy at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey, as part of a regional trip there and to Lebanon, Nov. 30, 2025. Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images.
Column
An unholy silence
The pope’s genuflection to Islam spells disaster for Western civilization.
Apr. 16, 2026
Melanie Phillips
The Israeli and the Lebanese flag near the border with Lebanon in northern Israel on April 7, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Column
Lebanon ceasefire exposes deeper battle against Iran’s regional axis
The 10-day truce may open a diplomatic window, but dismantling Hezbollah remains essential for lasting stability.
Apr. 17, 2026
Fiamma Nirenstein
A woman carries an Iranian flag during the two-week ceasefire in place amid war with the United States and Israel as part of a pro-government National Army Day demonstration in Tehran on April 17, 2026. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.
Iran War
Ceasefire with Tehran doesn’t end the regime’s war on Iranians
A state with public backing does not flood its cities with checkpoints, expand executions and shut down the internet.
Apr. 20, 2026
Janatan Sayeh
Haifa’s municipal rescue unit, together with the Home Front Command and residents of a building hit by an Iranian ballistic missile, search through the rubble for personal belongings in Haifa, April 16, 2026. Photo by Sharon Leibel/Flash90.
Perisan Gulf States
Feeling what it’s like to be Israel
Tehran’s missile campaign targeting Muslim nations illustrates a new reality of shared civilian vulnerability, while exposing the silence of institutions that claim to defend sovereignty and non-combatants.
Apr. 20, 2026
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Liz Wagner
Opinion
Stop following the leaders
Liz Wagner
Clifford D. May. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The Iran nuclear deal Trump wants
Clifford D. May
Opinion
Israel and the future of civilization
Matthew Schultz
Bryan E. Leib
Opinion
The path forward is a single, sovereign Israeli state
Bryan E. Leib
Oshy Ellman
Opinion
Why the president of Israel and Jewish leadership got it wrong
Oshy Ellman
Farley Weiss. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
IHRA definition remains the standard for fighting antisemitism
Farley Weiss
Daniel Friedman. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The ‘What about Sudan?’ trap
Daniel Friedman
Harold Rhode
Opinion
How to solve the Iranian problem
Harold Rhode
Sarah N. Stern
Opinion
Why is the world pulling the wool over our eyes?
Sarah N. Stern
James Sinkinson. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
10 big lies Palestinians tell to deny Jewish history in the Land of Israel
James Sinkinson
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