Trump’s courageous decision to face Tehran head-on

More kicking the can down the road, appeasing Tehran’s nuclear program, missiles and its relentless quest for terror, is not an option. The reality is that the regime must go.

An NBC News live feed airs a clip from U.S. President Donald Trump's Truth Social video announcement in the White House James S. Brady Press Briefing Room on Feb. 28, 2026 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

(Feb. 28, 2026 / JNS)  The strongest argument that President Donald Trump’s political opponents can muster to decry his decision to order American forces to join with Israel to act against Iran is that he is launching a “war of choice,” rather than seeking to avert an imminent threat to American interests or security. Even his sternest critics, such as the editorial page of The New York Times, acknowledged that the government of Iran is not merely a brutal oppressor and a constant threat to the rest of the Middle East as well as to the West, but also combines a “murderous ideology with nuclear ambitions.”

Former Mossad Chief Yossi Cohen: Israel 'must do everything in its power' to stop Iran’s nuclear threat

Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen speaking at Israel's Memorial Day ceremony, April 29, 2025. (Photo: Screenshot)

Yossi Cohen, the former head of the Israeli foreign intelligence agency, Mossad, addressed the Iranian nuclear threat against Israel at the Memorial Day ceremony, held on Tuesday evening at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

"This is a regime which openly calls for our destruction, funds terror across the region and acts nonstop to try to acquire nuclear capabilities," Cohen stated. “It is a test of our unity, our resilience, and our unwavering determination to defend our people and homeland."

The former Mossad chief emphasized that Israel must, if necessary, use all means to prevent the ayatollah regime from acquiring nuclear weapons.

UN resolution that passed on Obama admin 11th-hour abstention ‘a mistake,’ US envoy says

Dorothy Shea, the interim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the U.N. Security Council that Resolution 2334 is “an impediment to this council’s work.”

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Danny Danon, Israeli ambassador to the United Nations, addresses the U.N. Security Council on March 21, 2025. Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo.

(March 21, 2025 / JNS)  United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334, which passed in 2016 when the Obama administration abstained in the waning days of the presidency and which calls Israeli settlement activity a “flagrant violation” with “no legal validity,” was “a mistake,” Dorothy Shea, the interim U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, told the global body on Friday.

Chuck Schumer’s moral cowardice has enabled antisemitism

The cancellation of his book tour is a reminder that the New York senator failed to lead the fight against Jew-hatred and sought to undermine Israel’s government for partisan reasons.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) walks in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 14, 2025. Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images.

(March 18, 2025 / JNS)  Alan Dershowitz may have written a book titled Chutzpah, but if anyone’s picture deserves to be in the dictionary alongside that idiomatic Yiddish word, it’s that of Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). There is fierce competition for such a dubious honor among politicians. But when it comes to the most shameless opportunist, most disingenuous and most willing to betray the principles he never stops telling us he is dedicated to defending, the Senate Minority Leader wins the argument hands down.

No negotiations before total Iranian nuclear rollback - opinion

Any talk of negotiating a new nuclear agreement—before Iran meets strict preconditions—is a dangerous mistake.

By MARK DUBOWITZ, JACOB NAGEL

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks with defense industry experts in Tehran, Iran, February 12, 2025(photo credit: Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington marked an important moment in US-Israel relations. As the first foreign leader received by President Trump in this new phase of his presidency, Netanyahu was welcomed with high honors, reminiscent of their 2017 meeting. While much of the public focus was on Gaza, the most critical discussions behind closed doors centered on the Iranian threat—the regime’s nuclear ambitions, its regional aggression, and its sponsorship of terrorism.

Trump sopesa opciones para impedir que Irán desarrolle armas nucleares, incluidos ataques preventivos, según un informe

El presidente electo de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, está sopesando opciones para impedir que Irán construya un arma nuclear, incluidos ataques aéreos preventivos, informó el viernes The Wall Street Journal.

Se dice que la administración entrante de Estados Unidos está planeando una campaña de “máxima presión 2.0” contra Teherán, podría amenazar con una acción militar o incluso respaldar un ataque israelí, pero aún así busca evitar la guerra

El informe se publicó mientras Israel, según se informa, elabora planes para un posible ataque a las instalaciones nucleares iraníes, en medio de una creciente preocupación de que la República Islámica, preparada para construir una bomba, pueda apresurarse a hacerlo finalmente; Irán y sus aliados están debilitados en este momento, después de más de un año de guerra contra Israel que comenzó cuando el grupo terrorista Hamás en Gaza atacó al estado judío el 7 de octubre de 2023.

‘America should never stop transferring arms to its closest ally’

Former U.S. official Elliott Abrams, chairman of the Tikvah Fund, called the Hamas massacre a "wake-up call that Biden's Iran policy has failed."

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U.S. special envoy for Iran and Venezuela Elliott Abrams testifies during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on U.S. Policy in the Middle East on Capitol Hill, Sept. 24, 2020, Washington, D.C. Credit: Susan Walsh-Pool/via Getty Images.

Elliott Abrams, who served as a senior official in previous Republican administrations and whose last role was enforcing sanctions on the Iranian regime during the Trump administration, opposes delays in U.S. arms shipments to Israel.

“I don’t know what and how much has been held up, but it shouldn’t have happened. The level of delay should be zero,” Abrams tells Israel Hayom in an exclusive interview in the wake of the recent clash between the Biden administration and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Netanyahu is right to reject vassal-state etiquette

The prime minister broke protocol by calling out the Biden administration for slow-walking arms shipments. Washington’s real goal, however, is appeasing Iran and toppling him.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a ceremony at Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv for victims of the 1948 “Altalena” ship incident on June 18, 2024. Photo by Shaul Golan/POOL.

(June 21, 2024 / JNS)  As far as the White House and Democrats are concerned, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is doing it again. Similar to multiple occasions during the presidency of Barack Obama, Netanyahu is not playing by the rules Washington and the foreign-policy establishment believe are laid down to govern the behavior of client states.

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Líder supremo iraní Ali Khamenei: “Si no fuera un principio islámico, y si tuviéramos la voluntad de construir armas nucleares, lo haríamos, incluso los enemigos saben que no pueden detenernos”

MEMRI: “La fatua que prohíbe las armas nucleares atribuida a Khamenei no existe”.

El siguiente informe es una oferta gratuita del Proyecto Monitor de Amenazas de Irán (ITMP) de MEMRI. Para obtener más información, escriba a memri@memri.org con «Suscripción ITMP» en la línea de asunto.

Existen informes sobre los entendimientos entre EE. UU. e Irán que se están elaborando para congelar el statu quo con respecto al programa nuclear de Irán, es decir, el consentimiento occidental para que Irán enriquezca uranio al 60% y lo almacene en Irán a cambio de la liberación de activos iraníes y el levantamiento de las sanciones y la posibilidad de un intercambio de prisioneros. En este contexto hay una impresión creciente de que Occidente cree que dichos entendimientos en realidad llevarán a congelar el statu quo y la estabilidad en la escena nuclear de Irán.

US State Department to brief lawmakers on suspension of Iran envoy Malley

“A conviction would not necessarily sideline any nuclear deal,” said analyst Matthew Brodsky. “But it would provide a basis for more congressional oversight.”

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U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley speaks to VOA Persian at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2021. Credit: VOA Persian via Wikimedia Commons.

(July 27, 2023 / JNS) Details remain sketchy, but Robert Malley confirmed at the beginning of the month that the U.S. State Department had suspended him from his role as special envoy for Iran.

Malley, who as a college undergraduate penned a 1980 Yale Daily News article stating that anyone who opposes Nazism should see Palestinians as “the Jews of the Jews,” also confirmed that his security clearance was suspended following an

Líder supremo iraní Ali Khamenei: “Si no fuera un principio islámico, y si tuviéramos la voluntad de construir armas nucleares, lo haríamos, incluso los enemigos saben que no pueden detenernos”

MEMRI: “La fatua que prohíbe las armas nucleares atribuida a Khamenei no existe”

El siguiente informe es una oferta gratuita del Proyecto Monitor de Amenazas de Irán (ITMP) de MEMRI. Para obtener más información, escriba a memri@memri.org con «Suscripción ITMP» en la línea de asunto.

Existen informes sobre los entendimientos entre EE. UU. e Irán que se están elaborando para congelar el statu quo con respecto al programa nuclear de Irán, es decir, el consentimiento occidental para que Irán enriquezca uranio al 60% y lo almacene en Irán a cambio de la liberación de activos iraníes y el levantamiento de las sanciones y la posibilidad de un intercambio de prisioneros. En este contexto hay una impresión creciente de que Occidente cree que dichos entendimientos en realidad llevarán a congelar el statu quo y la estabilidad en la escena nuclear de Irán.

¿Por qué la Administración Biden se opone a la reforma judicial israelí?

En la imagen: La policía intenta impedir que manifestantes antigubernamentales bloqueen la autopista principal en Tel Aviv, Israel, el 23 de marzo de 2023. (Foto: Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images)

No desempeñó un papel decisivo en el drama que se desató en Israel cuando el primer ministro israelí, Benjamin Netanyahu, se vio obligado a suspender sus esfuerzos por promulgar una reforma judicial. Pero la voluntad de la Administración Biden de implicarse en el impulso para oponerse a la medida fue notable por dos razones.

La primera es que, como señaló The New York Times, Washington no ocultó sus esfuerzos por intervenir directamente en una disputa interna israelí de una forma casi sin precedentes. La segunda era que el rasero con el que la administración parece dispuesta a juzgar a su homólogo israelí es totalmente hipócrita y, si se aplicara a Biden, lo calificaría como tan "autoritario" como Netanyahu. O, al menos,

Netanyahu to JNS: I intend to achieve peace with Saudi Arabia

In his brief time away from Israel’s top office, Benjamin Netanyahu has been feverishly working on his memoir, “Bibi: My Story.” However, his greatest hope is seemingly that there are still several chapters to be written. Netanyahu sat for a wide-ranging interview with JNS to discuss his memoir, upcoming elections and current events.

BY ALEX TRAIMAN

(October 23, 2022 / JNS) Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12-year consecutive term as Israel’s prime minister came to a close just over a year ago, after successive parliamentary blocking maneuvers prevented him from forming a stable right-wing government.

What formed in its place was an unstable alliance including every single member of Israel’s left wing, and, for the first time in Israel’s history, an Arab party, that is affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. The blocking coalition which brought Israel’s

Trump: Yo fácilmente podría ser primer ministro de Israel

Enlace Judío – El expresidente de los Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, volvió a criticar a los judíos estadounidenses este domingo, diciéndoles que “actúen juntos” y acusándolos de no apreciar lo suficiente su apoyo a Israel, incluso afirmando que es tan popular entre los israelíes que podría “fácilmente” ser elegido primer ministro israelí.

En una declaración publicada en su plataforma de redes sociales Truth Social, Trump argumentó que “Ningún presidente ha hecho más por Israel” y se preguntó por qué “nuestros maravillosos evangélicos aprecian mucho más esto que la gente de fe judía, especialmente los que viven en EE. UU.“, informó The Times of Israel.

Dirigiéndose a los judíos en Israel, el expresidente, que trasladó la embajada de Estados Unidos a Jerusalén y reconoció la soberanía israelí en los Altos del Golán, dijo que en Israel es “una historia diferente” y que disfruta de “la tasa de aprobación más alta del mundo”, alegando que “fácilmente podría ser PM” de

‘You little boy’: Abbas says he scolded Blinken for not pressuring Israel

In recording of meeting with Palestinian Americans on UN sidelines, PA leader urges group to push for statehood, claims he met with ‘Zionist lobby’ despite Obama warning against it.

By JACOB MAGID

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens during a joint statement with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on May 25, 2021, in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

NEW YORK — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told a group of Palestinian Americans last week that he scolded US Secretary of State Antony Blinken for failing to pressure Israel to make peace.

While Abbas has not shied away from publicly vocalizing his frustration with the Biden administration over the past year, his remarks during a private meeting with

Middle East peace will come despite US policy - opinion

It remains unclear as to whether the current US president will be making any meaningful contribution to Middle East peace.

By MARK REGEV

THE 1993 OSLO Accords between Israel and the PLO were signed in Washington, with a beaming president Bill Clinton presiding over the White House ceremony

(photo credit: GARY HERSHORN/REUTERS)

On July 15, at the end of his first visit to Israel as US president, Joe Biden flew to Saudi Arabia. The White House was eager to stress that it was the first direct flight of its kind, emblematic of America’s involvement in the normalization of relations between the Jewish state and the Arab world.

US president visiting Israel: A dream now commonplace - opinion

Although now seemingly a routine occurrence, it is easy to forget that for more than a quarter-century, consecutive American presidents refrained from visiting the Jewish state.

By MARK REGEV

AFTER ADDRESSING the Knesset, then-US president George W. Bush receives applause from Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres, and Dalia Itzik, who served as Knesset speaker, in 2008.     (photo credit: LIOR MIZRAHI/FLASH90)

Israelis were delighted to see US President Joe Biden touch down at Ben-Gurion Airport, his visit reminding them of Israel’s robust alliance with the world’s preeminent power. Although now seemingly a routine occurrence, it is easy to forget that for more than a quarter-century, consecutive American presidents refrained from visiting the Jewish state.

Biden will do everything he can to help Lapid

Despite outrage about interventions in its own elections, America has often sought to influence Israeli politics. Expect Washington to pull out all the stops to try to sabotage Netanyahu.

JONATHAN S. TOBIN

Leader of the opposition and head of the Likud Party Benjamin Netanyahu during a vote on the bill to dissolve the 24th Knesset in Jerusalem, June 22, 2022. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

(June 22, 2022 / JNS) The latest developments in Israeli politics provided U.S. President Joe Biden with a good excuse to postpone his visit to Israel next month. With the collapse of Israel’s coalition government this week, the country is saddled with an interim government headed by an unelected prime minister in Yair Lapid who is about to launch his campaign to hold onto the office. Scheduling a visit by the leader of Israel’s sole superpower ally at the start of what promises to be a bitterly fought election campaign will make it clear that Washington is far from neutral when it comes to the outcome.