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Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)
Opinion

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

By Mitchell Plitnick April 9, 2026 1

As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

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Military aid to Israel emerges as the latest political litmus test for Democrats

By Michael Arria April 9, 2026 3

Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would vote against any military aid to Israel, even weapons deemed “defensive.” As support for Israel craters across the U.S., the issue of military aid has become the latest litmus test for Democrats.

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

By Qassam Muaddi April 8, 2026 3

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

U.S.-Israel War on Iran

Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

By Mitchell Plitnick April 9, 2026 1

As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

By Qassam Muaddi April 8, 2026 3

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

U.S. President Donald Trump oversees the war on Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2026. (Photo: White House/Daniel Torok/Flickr)

How the neoconservative influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran

By Abdaljawad Omar April 6, 2026 11

Donald Trump’s naked threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure are the culmination of a strand of neoconservative thought that has defined U.S. war-making over three decades, from the Iraq war to Obama’s drone campaigns to the Gaza genocide.

Donald Trump taking questions from the media at Palm Beach International Airport on March 23, 2026. (White House photo by Molly Riley)

Trump has no good options to resolve the disaster he created in Iran

By Mitchell Plitnick April 3, 2026 10

Trump faces a disaster of his own making in Iran. He had no plan to address Iran’s predictable retaliation, including closing the Strait of Hormuz, but even if he did, he faces another problem: Israel, his disastrous choice for a partner in crime.

Donald Trump attends the transfer of six U.S. servicemembers killed in the Middle East, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Official White House Photo by Abe McNatt)

The U.S. and Israel’s diverging interests will prolong the war, but Iran will determine its outcome

By Mitchell Plitnick March 26, 2026 3

A month into the Iran war, it is clear that Israel aims to disrupt any possible off-ramp the Trump administration and Iran may be looking for to end the fighting, and that Iran, not the U.S., is the key actor that will determine how the war ends.

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Anger in the GCC spreads as Iran retaliates over U.S.-Israeli strikes

By Mitchell Plitnick March 20, 2026 15

These are signs of the growing impatience of Iran’s Arab neighbors with Iran’s tactic of striking at them in response to Israeli or American attacks. But the anger of the Gulf states isn’t only reserved for Iran.

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Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at Zohran Mamdani's inauguration. Jan 2026. (Wikimedia)

Military aid to Israel emerges as the latest political litmus test for Democrats

By Michael Arria April 9, 2026 3

Last week, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said she would vote against any military aid to Israel, even weapons deemed “defensive.” As support for Israel craters across the U.S., the issue of military aid has become the latest litmus test for Democrats.

Destruction following heavy Israeli airstrikes on Beirut's southern Dahiya suburb, March 7, 2026. (Photo: © Marwan Naamani/ZUMA Press Wire/APA Images)

As U.S. and Iran agree to a temporary ceasefire, Israel launches ‘massacre’ in Lebanon, threatening entire deal

By Qassam Muaddi April 8, 2026 3

Hours after Iran and the U.S. reached a two-week ceasefire agreement, Israel launched a massive bombing campaign across Lebanon, killing hundreds of people and threatening to derail the U.S.-Iranian ceasefire before it even begins.

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Supporters say Wisconsin mosque president was detained over Israel criticism

By Michael Arria April 7, 2026 13

Wisconsin resident Salah Sarsour was detained by ICE on March 30. The Trump administration is accusing him of lying on his Green Card application. But those close to him say he’s a ‘political prisoner’ being targeted for his criticism of Israel.

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Donald Trump is greeted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after disembarking Air Force One at Ben Gurion International Airport in Israel, Monday, October 13, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

The Iran war will end only when the U.S. finally decides to rein in Israel

By Mitchell Plitnick April 9, 2026 1

As the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran holds, only Israel has an incentive to continue fighting, as Netanyahu is widely seen as having lost the war. If there is to be a durable end to this war, the U.S. will be forced to rein in Israel. 

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The Democratic Party debate over Hasan Piker is really a fight over Palestine’s new place in U.S. politics

By Walter Lucken IV April 7, 2026 0

The moral panic over Hasan Piker’s involvement with the Democratic Party is really about Palestine’s growing influence in U.S. politics. While Israel supporters might want to ban him and Palestine from the discourse, they’ve already lost the fight.

U.S. President Donald Trump oversees the war on Iran from Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, March 1, 2026. (Photo: White House/Daniel Torok/Flickr)

How the neoconservative influence over U.S. war-making paved the way for Trump’s war crimes in Iran

By Abdaljawad Omar April 6, 2026 11

Donald Trump’s naked threats to target Iran’s civilian infrastructure are the culmination of a strand of neoconservative thought that has defined U.S. war-making over three decades, from the Iraq war to Obama’s drone campaigns to the Gaza genocide.

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President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after joint press conference announcing the U.S. peace plan for Gaza, Monday, September 29, 2025, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian)

The U.S. media is ignoring Israel’s efforts to torpedo Trump’s talks with Iran

By James North March 26, 2026 1

Why won’t the mainstream U.S. media report on Israel’s efforts to sabotage Trump’s efforts to end the war with Iran?

Joe Kent on the Tucker Carlson podcast (Screenshot, Youtube)

Instead of taking Joe Kent’s claims seriously, the media is disregarding him as an antisemite

By Philip Weiss March 20, 2026 16

Despite the seriousness of the claims made by Joe Kent – that Israel dragged the U.S. into war with Iran despite Iran posing no imminent threat – the liberal media is ignoring the real story by painting Kent as an antisemitic conspiracy theorist.

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U.S. support for Israel continues to plummet, despite media’s best efforts

By Michael Arria March 10, 2026 21

A fake scandal involving Rama Duwaji’s Instagram likes reveals how desperate pro-Israel pundits are grasping at straws as support for the country plummets in the U.S.

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