August 9, 2024

U.S. warns Iran of “ruinous response” to any major attack on Israel

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives to vote in Tehran in the presidential runoff election on July 5, 2024. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images. by Joshua Marks (JNS) — The United States has cautioned Iran that it could face […]
August 8, 2024

How does Iran finance attacks against Israel?

Aerial view of oil tankers at the Khark Island loading terminal at sunrise. The water is shallow in the northern end of the Persian Gulf and oil has to be piped 25 miles out to the island for loading on […]
August 7, 2024

Cold War echoes? Competing U.S., Russia roles in background as Iran threat looms

Russian President Vladimir Putin during the plenary session of the SCO Summit on July 4, 2024 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Photo by Contributor/Getty Images. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — As tensions between Israel and the Iranian axis mount in the Middle […]
August 4, 2024

As Iran threat looms, Biden-Netanyahu call grows heated over Gaza deal

President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and FEMA director Deanna Criswell to discuss the FEMA Declaration following the impacts of Hurricane Beryl, on July 9, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House. (JNS) — President Joe […]
August 4, 2024

Armageddon notwithstanding

An F-15E Strike Eagle takes off from an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. Source: CENTCOM/X. by Jonathan Feldstein I’d be lying if I told you that things are not tense in Israel right now, nationally […]
August 2, 2024

Iran’s Khameini orders attack on Israel after Haniyeh assassination

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him (R) meeting with Palestinian Hamas terror leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on July 30, 2024. Photo by KHAMENEI.IR/AFP via Getty Images. by Joshua Marks (JNS) — Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has […]
August 2, 2024

Israel is steadily eroding Iran’s “ring of fire”

Men hold up a PLO flag and a portrait of slain Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh during a rally at Tehran University, as Iran declares three days of mourning, on July 31, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images. (JNS) — […]
August 1, 2024

Why has Israel decided now is the time to escalate against Iran’s proxies?

Iranians hold portraits of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh during his funeral procession in Tehran ahead of his burial in Qatar, Aug. 1, 2024. Photo by AFP via Getty Images. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — With the assassinations of Hamas’s Ismail […]
July 21, 2024

Israel strikes Houthi locations in Yemen, but the message is for Iran

In this handout screengrab released by the Houthi group Media Center on July 20, 2024, a fire rises after airstrikes carried out by Israeli warplanes targeting oil storage facilities in the port city of Al Hudaydah, Yemen. (Photo by Handout/Houthi […]
July 9, 2024

Iran helping fund anti-Israel protests, U.S. intelligence chief says

Avril Haines, U.S. director of national intelligence, testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee May 2, 2024 in Washington, DC. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images. by Andrew Bernard, Akiva Van Koningsveld (JNS) — Iran is trying to gain influence over […]
May 23, 2024

Iranians and Israelis observing Memorial Day together

by Marziyeh Amirizadeh and Jonathan Feldstein We could not be more different, coming from different backgrounds, but over the past year have learned a tremendous amount about where we each come from, and share a vision for a meaningful and […]