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US, Israel preparing secret plan for 'day after' Iran's ayatollah regime

Magazine

Iran's moment of collapse looks closer than ever

August 27, 2026

A severe fuel shortage could soon bring down the ayatollahs' regime. International media learn what happens when the journalist is the terrorist. Plus: Gadi Eisenkot's foreign policy doctrine is revealed.

Israel welcomes Hamas' concession, warns of traps ahead

Magazine

White House prepares pre-election victory image for Netanyahu

Amit Segal

Israel wary UNIFIL could return under new Lebanon deal

Explainer

What Lebanon's Shiites don't tell you about Hezbollah

Dr. Noa Riven

Trump's Gaza Plan

Mladenov lays out Hamas disarmament plan, reveals key dispute with Israel

Danny Zaken

End of the 'Butcher of Bosnia': Ratko Mladić dies in prison

by Neta Bar

August 27, 2026

Hezbollah moves to undermine Lebanon-Israel framework agreement

Middle East

US reiterates Hezbollah terrorist designation, rules out role in negotiations

by Shachar Kleiman

August 27, 2026

United States

Orthodox Union rebuilds leadership after death of Rabbi Moshe Hauer

by Yotam Deshe

August 27, 2026

Gaza War

Israel changes targeted-killing policy against Hamas in Gaza

by Lilach Shoval

August 27, 2026

Iran & The Gulf

US aircraft carrier heads to Middle East as tensions with Iran escalate

by ILH Staff

August 27, 2026

Art

Yayoi Kusama dies at 97

by ILH Staff

August 27, 2026

Psychedelic medicine's moment has arrived – Israel should not sit it out

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Guest Column

Psychedelic medicine's moment has arrived – Israel should not sit it out

by Prof. Itamar Grotto

August 27, 2026

Magazine

Iran's moment of collapse looks closer than ever

August 27, 2026

Magazine

White House prepares pre-election victory image for Netanyahu

US officials say talks with Hamas are a means to disarming the terrorist organization and removing it from power in Gaza, while addressing Israeli concerns over Qatar, Turkey and the role of an international oversight body.

August 27, 2026

Explainer

What Lebanon's Shiites don't tell you about Hezbollah

The struggle over the identity of Lebanon’s Shiite community has been unfolding for decades, with senior clerics offering an alternative to the doctrine of wilayat al-faqih, maintaining their independence from Iran and challenging Hezbollah. Behind the political dispute lies a deeper struggle over one question: Who has the authority to speak for Lebanon’s Shiites?

August 27, 2026

Turkey's blood libel against Israel – and the record Ankara hopes you won't check

Analysis

Israel sent a warning shot; Erdoğan finally got it

Turkey's quiet push to entrench itself near Aleppo forced Israel's hand. The strike worked, and now is not the time to accept limits on Israeli freedom of action – in this neighborhood, people tend to listen only once actions start speaking.

August 27, 2026

Analysis

Inside Israel's intelligence room: The unfolding drama amid Turkey's secret military inroads in Syria

Ankara's covert military influence in Syria has been on Israel's radar for over a year – whether it's APCs given as a "gift" to Al-Sharaa or Turkey's aerial capabilities. The strike on Abu al-Duhur signals an end to Jerusalem's containment strategy.

August 22, 2026

Analysis

Why is Iran's regime still standing?

The IMF projects Iran's economy will shrink sharply this year, contracting somewhere between 5.4% and 6.1%. Nominal GDP has already plunged around 29% from 2017, and the dollar now buys 2 million rials. However, a parallel, sanctions-proof economy may be maintaining the regime. Only one thing would make the regime buckle.

August 21, 2026

Magazine

Could this senator from Atlanta be the first Jewish president?

Jon Ossoff insists the presidency is off the table, but polls, prediction markets and a fierce Trump rivalry have put the Georgia Democrat firmly on the map.

August 21, 2026

Magazine

Another government with Ben Gvir could be disastrous

Four years of unrelenting artillery bombardment, aimed at short-term political gain at home, have caused long-term strategic damage abroad; Question is, how did we end up in a place where he's a senior minister?

August 20, 2026

US to impose sanctions on Palestinian Authority officials and PLO members

Analysis

How the Palestinian Authority's 'pay-for-slay' facilitated Oct. 7

A July 30 study by the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs concluded that the PA's policy of financially supporting terrorists “materially facilitated” Hamas’ ability to “prepare for and execute” the massacre. The author of the report, IDF Lt. Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, hopes his study will provide a still stronger basis for lawsuits against the PA.

August 19, 2026

Feature

Rare glimpse inside Iran: The plan to topple the regime without Israeli help

The regime in Tehran is trying to convince the world that it emerged from the war stronger than ever, but testimony from inside Iran paints a different picture. In a special interview with Israel Hayom, an Iranian opposition activist reveals what is happening behind the ayatollahs’ iron curtain.

August 16, 2026

AI has learned to trick us. This could end like Chernobyl

Magazine

AI has learned to trick us. This could end like Chernobyl

Lies, circumvented safeguards and secret instructions for operating under our noses. From bots that developed coded language to agents that concealed information, a string of incidents is raising fears that humanity is losing control of artificial intelligence. Would an AI version of “gun reform” help? Perhaps, if catastrophe is the goal.

August 16, 2026