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Italy suspends defense agreement with Israel
ROME (Realist English). Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni announced that she would not renew the defense treaty with Israel, first approved...
Roman Gofman: from tank crewman to Mossad chief
TEL AVIV (Realist English). On April 12, Major General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Roman Gofman, the military secretary to...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
US-Iran ceasefire holds for now, despite strikes on Lebanon
TEHRAN (Realist English). The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced on the evening of April 7, remains in...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
Hezbollah excluded from the ceasefire: Lapshin explains why Iran agreed to the pause
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin has assessed the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, calling it a...
IDF says more than half a million civilians have fled Gaza City amid ongoing offensive
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said late Sunday that roughly 550,000 Palestinian civilians have now evacuated...
Khamenei vows severe retaliation after Israeli strikes kill IRGC commanders and nuclear scientists
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, has issued a stern warning to Israel following a series...
Netanyahu says Israel struck Iranian nuclear sites to prevent ‘existential threat’
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed in an early morning address that Israel had carried out...
«The Kurdish card is a weapon of major powers»: Yaşar Yakış on why Turkey missed its chance to solve the Kurdish issue
ANKARA (Realist English). Yaşar Yakış — a Turkish diplomat and statesman who served as Turkey's Minister of Foreign Affairs, ambassador to Saudi...
Dmitry Novikov on his path to politics, the intelligentsia, the left movement, and why US aggression against Iran is a threat to Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Dmitry Novikov, Deputy Chairman of the CPRF Central Committee and First Deputy Chairman of the State Duma...
“We Are Witnessing the Messianic Footsteps”: Avigdor Eskin on Israel’s War with Iran
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin argues that we live in an era of “incredible acceleration,” when...
“Israel is not fighting the Iranian people, but the regime”: Alexander Tsinker on the goals of the operation against Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The war in the Middle East, which began with US-Israeli strikes on Iran, has entered its fifth...
The deal was close, but Trump blew it up with social media posts
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Toward the end of last week, the US and Iran appeared to be closing in on a deal...
The story of Russian girl Kristina Romanova: a Mexican thriller with a terrible ending
MEXICO CITY (Realist English). Tatyana Poloskova, Doctor of Political Science, First Class State Advisor of the Russian Federation, based on her...
From Ayatollahs to Generals: Has Iran Shifted Under the Rule of Security Forces?
TEHRAN (Realist English). The Islamic Republic of Iran was built to be governed by clerics. It is now widely acknowledged as...
Lebanon Ceasefire: Israel Keeps Finger on the Trigger
TEL AVIV (Realist English). The phone call that US President Donald Trump predicted never happened, but he left little doubt about...
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