The Marketplace of Ideas at The Times of Israel. When “Ben” (name has been changed to protect privacy) came home from the war, everything had changed.

2 days ago · The 1968 "Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)" Article IX stipulates that nuclear-weapon states are those that “developed and tested nuclear weapons before January 1, 1967”.

He gets Israel wrong, but he could simply be misinformed, traumatized, in love with his own contrarianism, or all of the above. The real problem is his influence

1 day ago · The internet is full of facts, opinions, blogs, podcasts and all sorts of expert advice on the war between Israel and Iran. Many are quite good.

May 22, 2025 · Hamas’ sacrifice of tens of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza War was a premeditated and inhumane strategy born out of demented and apocalyptic Jihadist minds.

3 days ago · There are different opinions regarding whether Israel should have kept up their attack on Iran. Some say that Israel accomplished enough. They took out many of Iran’s …

3 days ago · Alliance with Reservations: The War with Iran as a Case Study of Trump’s Middle East Policy. Following America’s June 21 attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, President …

May 27, 2025 · They came for us. In our beds, in our homes. They murdered us, raped us, took us hostage. So we vowed we would destroy Gaza and turn it into nothing but “cities of …

3 days ago · The smoke still lingers over the skies of the Middle East. Still, it is already clear to all that the dramatic confrontation between Israel and Iran has altered the balance of power in the …

1 day ago · Some call it resilience, others think it is absolute madness. I believe it to be both, at the very exact time, and in the only land where this is possible: Israel.