Between Cyrus and Khomeini: Iran, the Jews, and Israel
Sometimes, the most dangerous thing in the Middle East is not a missile but a miss.
Sometimes, the most dangerous thing in the Middle East is not a missile but a miss.
Those who cannot stand against regimes of oppression
should not lead the human rights discourse.
There are moments in history when you feel the ground move. Not an earthquake – more like an old wooden table that an empire was built on, and suddenly someone discovers that one of the legs has been eaten by termites.
This is what Iran looks like in 2026.
Khamenei may be weaker than before, but he still sits on a mechanism that knows how to suppress, wait, and survive.
And anyone who thinks a mouse can’t bite doesn’t understand the Middle East.
After two years of surprises, Axis of Evil looks like a beautiful idea from the 2000s that got stuck in 2026 without a version update.
A bill for years of hosting cartels, enabling terror networks, and inviting the Axis of Evil into Latin America – while assuming Washington would keep looking away.
Ultimately: real revolutions don’t just happen in WhatsApp statuses – they happen on the streets, in people’s minds, and most importantly, in the overwhelming confusion of those who try to predict what will happen tomorrow, next week, or at the end of 2026.
With or without baklava — it’s time to stop underestimating the new Sultan of the Middle East.
Because while Iran is still building the bomb, Turkey is already filming the series that will make you fall in love with whoever holds it.
Coming this fall to a conflict zone near you: the geopolitical soap opera where yesterday’s enemy is tomorrow’s BFF – and the only constant is chaos.
“In the Middle East, peace isn’t the opposite of war—it’s just foreplay.”
The Iranian nuclear program got a bomb in the face. Or three. Maybe something from space too.
And suddenly we, the Israelis, found ourselves facing a difficult question: Now that there is no more Iranian nuclear program (temporarily, yes?), what do we do with all the fears, obsessions, and movies we saw last night about an atom bomb in Tehran?