The Dangers of the Cease-Fire in Lebanon
What might make this truce different from the last one.
April 20, 2026
The Islamic Republic Has Been Permanently Hollowed Out
Its survival is no victory.
On the one hand, Iran has suffered devastating losses to its leadership, military infrastructure, stockpiles of weapons, and the industrial base it needs to produce more. On the other hand, it can still claim that it went toe-to-toe with a superpower, and its most capable ally, and survived. To make sense of the situation, Hassan Hassan and Kamran Bokhari look back at how Washington and Jerusalem have changed the equation of a conflict that began in 1979, and conclude that the Iranian regime has been “hollowed out” irreparably:
April 20, 2026
The Islamic Republic Has Been Permanently Hollowed Out
Its survival is no victory.
The Democrats Abandon Israel
The Jewish state must start making its own arms.
Muriel Spark’s Repressed Jewish Commitments
A celebrated Scottish novelist’s conversion to Catholicism.
The Meaning of the Hebrew Months
“First fruits,” “blossom,” and “season.”