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Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem in 2009 (Photo by Sebastian Baryli from Wien, Österreich, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
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Meet Moshe, the nonexistent ‘Israeli thinker’ Hezbollah loves to quote
By Nurit Yohanan
When terror group chief Naim Qassem cited ‘Yedioth journalist Moshe Yair’ to prove a point in a speech last week, he joined others who have used fictitious Israeli writer to bolster group’s narrative
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem in 2009 (Photo by Sebastian Baryli from Wien, Österreich, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
August 20, 2026, 12:46 pm
Meet Moshe, the nonexistent ‘Israeli thinker’ Hezbollah loves to quote
When terror group chief Naim Qassem cited ‘Yedioth journalist Moshe Yair’ to prove a point in a speech last week, he joined others who have used fictitious Israeli writer to bolster group’s narrative
By Nurit Yohanan
July 28, 2026, 3:58 pm
Chronicle poll results: US/Iran conflict
We asked our readers how long they think the current military conflict between the US and Iran will last. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
July 22, 2026, 12:23 pm
Chronicle poll question
How long do you think the current military conflict between the U.S. and Iran will last?
President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
July 8, 2026, 4:49 pm
Trump says Iran ceasefire ‘over’
“They’re scum. They’re sick people,” the president said of the leadership in Tehran.
USA and Iran flags waving together (Photo by rarrarorro via iStock)
June 17, 2026, 3:22 pm
‘Shall not develop nuclear weapons’: 14-point memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran
Sides declare ‘immediate, permanent end to war on all fronts, including Lebanon’; fate of Iran’s enriched uranium will be ‘adequately addressed in final deal’ to be inked within 60 days
By Jacob Magid
A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on Feb. 28, 2026 in Tehran as U.S. and Israeli forces launch a strike on Iran. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)
June 17, 2026, 9:25 am
The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
The U.S. could not tolerate sustained economic disruption, and the Iranian regime has a strong stomach for suffering.
By Dan Perry
June 16, 2026, 4:18 pm
Chronicle poll question
Is the Trump administration turning its back on Israel?
President Donald Trump (Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress)
June 16, 2026, 4:04 pm
American Jewish leaders across the political spectrum alarmed by Trump’s Iran deal
The deal has united Jewish groups from left to right in concern.
By Philissa Cramer
Hamas’s Gaza Strip leader Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, October 10, 2023 (IDF Spokesman)
June 15, 2026, 2:36 pm
Hamas documents show Oct. 7 attack aimed at thwarting Israel-Saudi normalization
Kan reveals minutes from Gaza meetings in run-up to terror onslaught, recording then-chief Sinwar’s decision to launch ‘exceptional action’ to spoil regional rapprochement
By ToI Staff
President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 15, 2026, 10:21 am
Netanyahu under fire over Trump’s Iran deal
Israeli politicians on the right and left say the agreement leaves the country in danger even as Jerusalem declares its hands won’t be tied on Hezbollah.
By Tovah Lazaroff and Grace Gilson
President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on June 11, 2026. (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 14, 2026, 8:38 pm
Trump announces deal with Iran is ‘now complete’
Pakistan’s prime minister, a key mediator in the deal, said the official signing ceremony will take place Friday.
By Grace Gilson
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in a video message released on June 8, 2026. (Screenshot/GPO)
June 8, 2026, 4:43 pm
PM called off major Iran strike after Trump warned Israel would be on its own — reports
About-face, said to come at last minute, reportedly follows tense calls about renewed fighting; Netanyahu says fire has ‘been halted’ but could return if Israel attacked
By Nava Freiberg
Children play in a public bomb shelter in the Nahlaot neighborhood of central Jerusalem, June 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 8, 2026, 3:59 pm
Israelis confront yet another wartime flare after Iranian fire
Schools closed, hospitals underground — but for how long?
By Theia Chatelle
Mohammad al-Saadi, right, meets with former Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in an undated photograph that the U.S. Justice Department said came from al-Saadi's social media accounts. (DOJ)
May 18, 2026, 4:42 pm
US charges Iraqi man with organizing synagogue attacks in Europe and NYC on behalf of Iran
Mohammad al-Saadi allegedly directed the new group Harakat Ashab al-Yamin al-Islamiya.
By Philissa Cramer
A security guard stands on duty outside Finchley Reform Synagogue, in the North Finchley area of north London, on April 15, 2026, following an attack on the synagogue in the early hours of the morning. (Toby Shepheard / AFP via Getty Images)
April 20, 2026, 12:18 pm
Police eye Iran involvement as 3 London synagogues are targeted in arson attacks
Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis decried “a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation against the Jewish community.”
By Philissa Cramer
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