Amid a water crisis and internal criticism of President Masoud Pezeshkian, assessments of a high likelihood of another war hang in the air.

Middle East expert Edy Cohen on the new suffering of the Druze, the silence of the Arab world, and Israel’s role as guardian.

How have Israeli actions and victories over the past year impacted Muslim eschatology?

“While our hostages are languishing in Hamas terror tunnels in Gaza, these countries choose to engage in hollow statements,” stated the Israeli envoy to the United Nations.

A regime that draws its legitimacy from Islam is suddenly celebrating pre-Islamic kings as national icons.

Knesset member Benny Gantz, a former IDF chief of staff, said “any option should be on the table” if the attacks on Syrian Druze continue.

Former Israeli national security adviser tells JNS Syria’s new leader “cannot persist for long in a direction that is 180 degrees opposite to his base.”

A 1993 attempt to give away the Golan Heights was a close escape for Israel. The unrepentant architect of that fiasco is now supporting Trump’s fantasies regarding Syria.

Terms like “peace agreement” or “normalization” reflect a Western mindset that does not align with the political and cultural realities of an Arab-dominated environment.