And thus will stand this one against this one the heirs of ancient Persia and the newly established Jewish state; no more tale of royal court and feasting, for if from the dust of might, knowledge and fear, no more a book sealed with feasting and joy, but an open chapter that is still being written.
Purim, the holiday when everything turns upside down, is perhaps the most appropriate moment to remind empires drunk on themselves: You too – in the end – are just a costume
When it comes to Trump, the question is never “if”.
Only “how will it look on TV”.
Islam is both a religion and a political-legal ideology. Not all Muslims are violent, not all Islam is violent – but at the textual and historical core of Islam there is a sovereign aspiration, not just a spiritual one.
Not every explosion is an operation, but every explosion is an indictment
How can a country that fantasizes about empire fail to maintain facilities without them exploding?
After Trump, the world can no longer lie to itself with the same confidence.
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.
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