“Nakba” and the Holocaust: Where is the line between empathy and historical substitution
When in Israel there is another attempt to place the ‘Nakba’ alongside the Holocaust, the conversation immediately goes beyond the usual debate about the past. It is no longer just a matter of memory, political language, or personal empathy. It is a question of which historical events can be compared and which comparisons become a […]
“Middle East” becoming a thing of the past? In the US, there are suggestions to view Israel as part of Western Asia
The American journal The National Interest published an article by Jordan McGillis on May 12, 2026, under the headline “‘West Asia’ Is the New Middle East.” This is both a review and a geopolitical commentary on the book by analyst Mohammed Soliman “West Asia: A New American Grand Strategy in the Middle East,” released in […]
Israel, AI, and the Hunt for ‘Hezbollah’: When a Phone Becomes a Sentence
The elimination of 62-year-old Hussein Turmus, associated with Hezbollah, was not just another episode of the war on the northern front for the Israeli audience. It is an example of how modern intelligence is no longer limited to agents, interceptions, and drones. Today, a target can be found through phones, routes, cameras, Wi-Fi signals, social […]
Strike on the ‘Iron Dome’: Why Hezbollah’s FPV Drone Became a Worrisome Signal for Israel
The publication about the attack appeared on the evening of May 10, 2026: The Jerusalem Post reported that Hezbollah showed a video of an FPV drone strike on an Israeli Iron Dome air defense battery on Israel’s northern border. According to the publication, the strike itself could have occurred several days before the video was […]
Strike on the Caspian route: how Israel affected the arms link between Russia and Iran
According to Western media, Israeli strikes on Iranian targets on the Caspian Sea coast may not have been just another episode in the war with Iran, but a blow to one of the important military-logistical exchange routes between Tehran and Moscow. This concerns the area of the port of Bandar Anzali on the Iranian Caspian […]
Fiber-optic drones for Iran: how Putin’s plan against the US reveals a new axis of threat in the Persian Gulf
The American-Iranian war could gain another dangerous layer: the Russian one. According to The Economist on May 7, 2026, the publication obtained a confidential document from Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, which suggests that Moscow offered Tehran thousands of fiber-optic drones and operator training for strikes against American forces in the Persian Gulf. This is not […]
Since 1976, the Ukrainian mosaic icon of the “Zarvanitsky Mother of God” in Nazareth has occupied one of the central places in the Basilica of the Annunciation – how did this happen?
Entering the churchyard of the Basilica of the Annunciation in Nazareth, you immediately notice the beautiful mosaic depicting Ukrainian Zarvanitsky Mother of Godlocated directly opposite the main entrance to the temple. It is surprising that this image ended up in such an important place, among the mosaics of other countries – as if the Virgin […]
Christianity is growing in the world, but the Middle East is losing its historical Christian map
The Global Status of Global Christianity 2026 report presents a complex picture: Christianity in the world is not disappearing and continues to grow numerically, but it faces new challenges — demographic, political, migratory, and spiritual. For Israel, this topic is not distant statistics. Christianity was born in the Middle East, and today the region where […]
The war in Iran hit Ukraine, the West, and unexpectedly strengthened Russia
The war in Iran, initiated by the US and Israel on February 28, 2026, quickly ceased to be just a Middle Eastern conflict. According to the plans of Washington and Jerusalem, the military campaign was supposed to weaken Tehran, its oil capabilities, and proxy structures like Hezbollah. But by the end of April, it became […]
Grain scandal in Haifa: Ukraine and Israel exchanged sharp statements over the Panormitis vessel
The diplomatic dispute between Ukraine and Israel over the vessel Panormitis, which, according to the Ukrainian version, delivered grain from occupied Ukrainian territories to Haifa, entered an open public phase on the evening of April 27, 2026. The foreign ministers of the two countries — Andriy Sybiha and Gideon Sa’ar — exchanged sharp statements on […]
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