The dispute over Israel is splitting American Christianity to its very foundations. It reaches from theological DNA to political practice, from the question of how one reads the Bible to whether Israel today is viewed as a divine blessing or as a geopolitical burden.

No such studies have been started, let alone completed. Given the utter destruction in the Strip, statistics may take 10 or even 20 years to compile.

Nuclear negotiations with Iran may serve as an effective smokescreen, providing cover as Washington and Jerusalem again join forces together toward a definitive war.

Former national security adviser Jacob Nagel tells JNS that four areas require substantial treatment.

The challenge for the United States and Israel alike is ensuring that the display of American power near Iran does not become a substitute for strategic rigor.

Large propaganda poster in Tehran shows possible missile targets in central Israel and is openly directed against Israel and the United States.

After four years, Israel is once again facing parliamentary elections. A full legislative term without early elections is anything but self-evident in this country. Since the founding of the state, only three governments have completed a full term.

Parliamentary chaos follows in wake of touching the apple of God’s eye.

“Everything that goes in goes to Rafah, goes to the enemy,” Yulia Malinovsky of Yisrael Beiteinu said.