May 12, 2023

IDF: Iran pushing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to keep firing at Israel

Israeli security forces and emergency responders take cover in Israel as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip, where one hit and damaged a home in the southern Israeli city of Sderot on May 11, […]
April 18, 2023

With no credible U.S. deterrence of Iran, Israel may have to go it alone

Iran says its air-launched Asef cruise missiles, unveiled in February 2023, can hit targets at a range of 1,.025 miles. Source: Twitter. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Despite the recent American mobilization of a cruise missile submarine to the Persian […]
April 14, 2023

“Death to Israel”: Examining Iran’s plan to attack Israel

by Mordechai Kedar (JNS) — I hesitated quite a bit about whether to publish this piece because of the panic it might cause in Israel. However, in the Middle East environment and particularly in Iraq, these things are known and […]
February 16, 2023

With eye on Iran, Israel and U.S. signal unprecedented cooperation in military preparations

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) with U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael E. Kurilla during the “Juniper Oak” joint exercise in January 2023 in Israel. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — On Jan. 26, […]
February 1, 2023

Growing Russia-Iran ties may prompt West to look at Israel differently

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Yerevan, Armenia, to take part in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Gevorg Ghazaryan/Shutterstock. by Fiamma Nirenstein (JNS) — Media claims that last weekend’s terror attacks […]
July 26, 2022

Israel’s “shadow campaign” against Iran in Syria producing “partial results”

A reported Israeli attack on a weapons storage site outside Damascus on July 22, 2022. Credit: Alma Center. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — The latest reminder of Israel’s shadow war in Syria aimed at preventing Iran from installing advanced weapons […]
July 6, 2022

World Games: Iran karate denied U.S. visas over alleged ties to terror groups

An Iranian judo player at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/JNS. by Larry Brook (Israel InSight) — Iran’s karate team will not be competing in the World Games in Birmingham after the United States refused their visa applications, according […]
March 29, 2022

The new Iran deal is a disaster, and everyone knows it

by Farley Weiss (JNS) — The United States and Iran are reportedly on the cusp of a new nuclear agreement. One of the last remaining issues is said to be whether or not the Biden administration removes the Islamic Revolutionary […]
March 21, 2022

Despite attack near U.S. consulate, Biden desperate to sign dangerous Iran deal

by James Sinkinson (FLAME) — Last week, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched 14 missiles that landed near the U.S. consulate in Erbil, northern Iraq — though strangely, the IRGC said it was aiming for an unspecified Israeli “strategic […]
December 5, 2021

First Israel-Iran war around the corner?

by Nir Barkat (JNS) — As a Jew and an Israeli, current events are nothing short of bizarre. Iran, a terrorist state behind a global axis of evil, is once again getting the last laugh. It is hard to watch […]
August 4, 2021

Raisi’s presidency a metaphor for Iran’s regional escalation

Ebrahim Raisi. Credit: Mohammad Hossein Taaghi via Wikimedia Commons. by Israel Kasnett (JNS) — Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in on Aug. 5, and he is already making his mark. Reports on Aug. 3 that a number […]