Unprecedented intelligence and operational integration is pushing the relationship beyond aid dependency toward a true strategic partnership – with far-reaching implications for the Middle East.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian apologized on state television to neighboring countries for recent attacks, but missiles and drones continued to strike the Gulf region soon afterward. At the same time, parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and other hardline figures publicly rejected the president’s statement, showing deep divisions within Iran’s leadership.
Israeli leadership must not again miss a rare opportunity, one unlikely to repeat itself, for strategic change. The Israeli public is no longer buying a tactical achievement sold as a strategic one.
The West must ask: How much of Iran’s resilience is sustained by a NATO ally that has mastered strategic duality?
It can already be said: by the end of this campaign, the Iranian people will have the best conditions they have ever had to bring down the regime. Israel may not get another opportunity like this.
Discover the behind-the-scenes story of how Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Marco Rubio, and Lindsey Graham led the historic military action against Iran.
Modi’s visit to Israel thus contains a strategic appeal to the United States to abandon ambivalence and position itself unequivocally within the camp of the “responsible states.” Such a decision could reshape the global balance of power, strengthen deterrence against the Iran–China axis, and consolidate an international order grounded in a coalition of democratic and free nations.
Poker player Donald Trump is right to conceal his future moves. What is certain is that he has massed a military force around Iran capable of stunning the regime within hours. It is, quite simply, no contest.
Purim reminds us that even in moments that feel as though they stand on the brink, history can turn. What appears inevitable rarely is.
The United States has rebuilt a broad coalition of Arab and Western partners in preparation for a possible military strike on Iran, as senior officials around President Donald Trump increasingly argue that force may be unavoidable, a US source familiar with the discussions said.
