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“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...
Israeli rabbi sparks outrage after condemning court over Western Wall restriction
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has sharply criticised Israel’s High Court of Justice after it upheld...
Knesset approves death penalty expansion for terrorism cases
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has approved a controversial bill expanding the use of the death penalty in...
Israel blocks senior cleric from Holy Sepulchre amid tensions
JERUSALEM (Realist English). France and Italy have criticised Israel after authorities blocked Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem,...
Israel mocks British defence secretary after remarks on Iranian strikes
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israel’s Foreign Ministry has publicly criticized British Defence Secretary John Healey after he described Iran’s missile strikes...
Israel planned assassination of Iran’s supreme leader months before strike, defense minister says
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved plans to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as early as...
United States and Israel launch strikes on Iran as explosions rock Tehran and region
TEHRAN (Realist English). The United States and Israel have launched coordinated military strikes on Iran, with multiple explosions reported in...
Modi voices firm support for Israel during Knesset address
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed strong support for Israel during an address to the Knesset on...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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