The Honour and the Duty
Yossi Cohen has written a bracing and lively memoir about his time as head of Mossad.
Michael M. Rosen
· 6 min read
Iran
A collection of 56 posts
Naive Protest and Calculated Terror
The Australian security services have confirmed that Iran orchestrated antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne. This is not the first time leftist causes have been hijacked by Islamists. It is time we confronted this danger.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 5 min read
Podcast #299: A Jewish Girl in Revolutionary Iran
Managing Editor Iona Italia talks to Roya Hakakian about her extraordinary memoir, Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran.
Roya Hakakian, Quillette
· 41 min read
Opportunities for Liberation
Israel’s multi-front war has transformed the Middle East.
Robert Lerman
· 7 min read
The Fall of Hezbollah
Hezbollah’s downfall was not the result of a battle lost or a lapse in resolve, but the sudden and total collapse of a strategic worldview.
Joseph Nichol, Adi Asi
· 15 min read
Atomic Jihad
Why we must never allow Iran, an absolutist theocracy whose leaders see martyrdom as a sacred calling, to obtain nuclear weapons.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 8 min read
Why the Islamic Republic Must Fall
As a dissident Iranian, I support Israel’s efforts to weaken the Ayatollahs’ regime. I’m not alone in this.
Armin Navabi
· 8 min read
The Twelve Day War: Truths and Consequences
Operations Rising Lion and Midnight Hammer have been successful military operations, but a great deal of uncertainty remains.
Adam Garfinkle
· 22 min read
After Liberal Internationalism
The post-11 September wars set in motion political forces that constrained and undermined American power at the moment it was needed most.
Matt Johnson
· 21 min read
A New Middle East?
Israel’s humiliation of Iran may have changed the region.
Brian Stewart
· 6 min read
A Fragile Peace
The Israel-Iran conflict may already be over, following the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities. But the future is deeply uncertain.
Benny Morris
· 14 min read
Podcast #290: The Wars Before the War
Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay interviews Jonathan Spyer, director of research at the Middle East Forum, about how Israel laid the groundwork for its war with Iran by confronting threats in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, and Yemen.
Quillette
· 14 min read
Destroying Iran’s Nuclear Arsenal
Israel faces two major challenges: destroying the Iranian enrichment plant at Fordow and locating and eliminating the country’s stockpile of enriched uranium. For the first, it will need US assistance.
Benny Morris
· 13 min read
Discussing the Iran–Israel War with an Iranian Dissident | Quillette Cetera Ep. 48
As missiles fly between Tehran and Tel Aviv, Iranian dissident Danial Taghaddos joins Zoe to explain what the West gets wrong about the regime, the nuclear threat, and the future of his homeland.
Zoe Booth
· 23 min read
Beheading the Snake
The Israeli attack on Iran is in line with its longstanding policy of never allowing its neighbouring enemies to acquire nuclear weapons. But it is also the latest episode in the wider war against Israel launched in late 2023 by Iran’s proxies.
Benny Morris
· 11 min read