Analysis & Opinion

Hamas

What the Gaza roadmap actually says

What this roadmap prescribes is a change of custody within Gaza, certified by a body that does not yet exist and enforced by an ISF that has barely arrived.
August 5, 2026
iran protests

Iran needs an insurgency – opinion

If the world withdraws, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will believe it has a green light to purge society of all who resist its vision.
August 4, 2026
Trump-Iran

Iran: Can Trump win the war? – analysis

The year-long conflict has shown that a quick, straight military victory isn't on the cards, and even if it were, it wouldn't produce lasting results, Afghanistan and Iraq being two examples.
August 2, 2026
Mamdani New York

Is history repeating itself in New York? – opinion

As anti-Israel rhetoric grows louder in American politics, one commentator argues that history offers a sobering warning—and asks whether New York is witnessing the early stages of a dangerous trend that extends far beyond Israel.
July 30, 2026
antisemitism

Israel: The world’s heroic scapegoat

Any stalemate that ensues between the US and Iran will inevitably be falsely blamed on Israel, especially if there is a failure in any US 'peace deal' with Iran.
July 29, 2026
Iran ballistic missile

Hunt the archer, not the arrow – opinion

Destroying a single launcher eliminates every missile it would have fired for the rest of the war, along with every interceptor that would have been used to stop them.
July 28, 2026
iran protests

Iran: Thinking the unthinkable

There is little doubt that for the first time since its inception in 1979, the Islamic Republic faces a grassroots opposition present in virtually all of Iran's 938 towns and cities.
July 26, 2026
trump iran

Iran: Cashing chips won in war – analysis

The good news is that for the first time in almost half a century, the idea of regime change is gaining traction inside Iran, even within the regime's core support base.
July 20, 2026