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Israel had originally prepared for action against Iran in June 2026, but protests erupted, Netanyahu traveled to meet President Trump, and the rest is history. From the airlift of senior Israeli officials to Washington and the extraordinary coordination, to the secret visits by a legendary general: “What is happening here operationally is unprecedented.”

On Dec. 29, 2025, Netanyahu and Trump finalized a strike on Iran at Mar-a-Lago — while protests erupted simultaneously in Tehran. What followed moved faster than anyone planned. Now, with his life's mission nearly complete, is the day after Netanyahu finally approaching?

After a Tehran school principal caught Marjan Keypour Greenblatt with an anti-regime poem, her parents realized they had no choice. At 14, before she could be arrested, she was sent into exile in France and later the US, never returning home. Now she watches the confrontation with the ayatollahs and hopes that this time, the Iranian people will prevail.

As accusations fly that Israel forced the hand of the US into the Iran campaign and social media erupts over Khamenei's death, diaspora leaders warn that Israel's bond with American Jewry cannot be taken for granted.

Thousands of targets, a divided battlespace, and Gulf states on the brink – how Israel and America are waging their first-ever side-by-side war.

With the ayatollah regime facing an existential crisis, Iranian missiles have struck Saudi Aramco facilities, prompting a regional energy shutdown and drawing European military forces into a burgeoning US-led coalition.

Removing Iran’s supreme leader would change everything. Trump is leaving the door open to a deal, but the odds of confrontation are far higher.

Israel’s security establishment is examining the possibility that Tehran is preparing to activate the entire “Axis of Evil” against Israel, but officials assess that under current conditions this does not constitute an existential threat.

While Israel would prefer to see the regime in Tehran collapse, Middle Eastern states are hoping for the exact opposite. The reason? A civil war in Iran could trigger refugee waves and disrupt key shipping lanes. Yet, if the regime falls, a pro Western government could emerge as a regional power. 

This is the largest US deployment in the Middle East since 2003. Two aircraft carriers, 13 destroyers and dozens of fighter jets. In Israel, F-22s are already on the runway and refueling aircraft are stationed at Ben-Gurion Airport. In the Gulf, assets evacuated from vulnerable bases in Qatar while all US vessels leave Bahrain port for open sea.