In 1967, Israel celebrated the capture of the Temple Mount, Judaism’s holiest site. In 2022, the Temple Mount has become irrelevant to most secular Israelis, reduced in their minds to a place of concern only to those they call "religious extremists." In response, the Palestinians exalt the Temple Mount, using it as a foremost tool to declare victory over the Jewish state. How did this shift take place? What can be done to wake Israelis to its dangers?

With Gantz and Saar uniting their two parties, are Knesset blocs starting to shift? When a personality such as Netanyahu's arouses more passion than economical and national security issues, do "Left" and "Right" have meaning?

One of Israel’s most articulate defenders, Danny Danon spent five tumultuous years as ambassador to the United Nations, with a long list of accomplishments to his name. What impact and legacy did those have? What lessons did he learn? In what direction is the U.N.-Israel relationship going?

American journalists have shown great drive and enthusiasm to cover white supremacism, but they go deaf, dumb, and blind when it comes to Islamism. Outrageous bigotry by U.S. Islamist leaders slide by while those who point this out get accused of "Islamophobia." Why this behavior? How to fix the problem?

With elections four months off, campaigns and intrigues have begun. We will review the fast-changing political map to explain who is doing what and why.

Former Iranian diplomat Mohammad Jaffar Mahallati, now a professor of religion at Oberlin College, stands accused of helping to cover up a mass murder of Iranian dissidents in the late 1980s. Despite his continuing ties to the regime and to Hezbollah, he remains securely employed at the college, which has remained silent. Is Mahallati unique? Should the government take a closer look at Islamist operatives in America?

With Israeli elections finally in sight, on what issues will the parties focus?

Although the likelihood of a renewed nuclear deal with Iran, or JCPOA #2, has faded, Tehran and Washington still can make it happen. In that case, how does it differ from the first iteration? How would it affect Israel’s national security? How does that affect the possibility of an Israeli military attack?

Since 1979, Iran’s radical Shiite-theocratic dictatorship has committed internally to turn its subject population into Islamist automatons and externally to intimidate its enemies. How can such a regime be overthrown? A diplomat of the Shah’s offers a path forward.

U.S. foreign policy has evolved through four distinct periods, from a weak power in 1776 to the world’s sole hyperpower in 1990. Throughout nearly 250 years, three main factors – ideology, economics, democracy – have shaped those policies. What does history suggest about future policy, toward Israel and Iran in particular?