Benny Avni is a columnist who has published in the New York Post, WSJOpinion, The Daily Beast, Newsweek, Israel Radio, Ha’Aretz, and others. Once New York Sun, always New York Sun.
‘A change in the strength and posture of the Islamic Republic or a complete evisceration of it can open the door to a new Middle East,’ a region watcher tells the Sun.
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‘People who are tied to an enemy chain of command are legitimate targets,’ an Israeli legal scholar tells the Sun.
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‘Ali Larijani had a $10 million prize on his head, we did it for free,’ Israel’s foreign minister, Gideon Saar, writes on X.
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The regime in Havana appears to be in its last throes, even if it’s unclear how much time it has.
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The Islamic Republic’s strategy in the war is predicated on the premise that survival is victory. Is it feasible?
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‘If he is alive, or if he is in a stable condition, why wouldn’t you just have a prerecorded video message?’ a skeptical journalist tells the Sun.
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‘My mother hates Hezbollah even more than I do,’ a Lebanese-born Washington-based Mideast scholar tells the Sun.
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The Islamic Republic likely possesses enough enriched uranium to fuel five or six bombs, which is unlikely to be extracted without a physical presence at nuclear sites.
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From the days of old, the task of spies was to find out what the enemy was doing, and even now ‘humans are essential to the process,’ a former Israeli spy tells the Sun.
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‘Khamenei said once that if the leadership is hit, anyone with a weapon would be authorized to shoot as they see fit — and that’s happening now,’ an Iran watcher tells the Sun.
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Riyadh officials sent warnings to Houthi leaders that if they join the war, the Saudis will hit them hard, a Western diplomat tells the Sun.
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‘We’ve never seen the two militaries cooperate on this level,’ a military analyst tells the Sun.
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