Jerusalem Report

'Everything begins with intelligence' - Three wars rewriting the rules of modern warfare

From Israel to Ukraine and Taiwan, today’s conflicts are redefining the rules of warfare – and the technologies that drive it

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM
Warfare is becoming increasingly autonomous, data-driven, and dependent on commercial innovation.Premium
The Islamic Republic uses its proxies, such as Hezbollah and Hamas to conduct jihad: a religious war aimed at imposing a radical interpretation of Sharia law worldwide.PremiumPremium

Iran sees jihad, the West sees geopolitics - That gap is dangerous

Despite weeks of pressure, Tehran’s defiance exposed deeper failures in Western strategy, deterrence, and understanding of the conflict

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF
Gazans say they feel abandoned due to the ‘new’ war in Iran and because of other global events. Many feel they have been left to face their fate alone.PremiumPremium

Caught between wars: Gaza residents wait for someone to change their fate

Amid the war with Iran, Gazans find themselves waiting for a resolution to their own predicament and conflict

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
The ‘jihad of knowledge’ is a state doctrine, introduced by the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated by Israel and the US in the opening strike of the current war. PremiumPremium

Iran’s ‘jihad of knowledge’ was never about its people - opinion

How the Islamic Republic weaponized science, hollowed out its universities, and left its citizens to pay the price

|BySARA BAZOOBANDI

Operation Epic Fury should remind a US with waning Israel support of the alliance's value - opinion

As military cooperation between Washington and Jerusalem reaches unprecedented levels, shifting American public opinion and political divisions threaten to reshape the alliance

MARCH 5, 2026ByJESSE R. WEINBERG
US President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One on March 1.

Pay-to-play 'peace' board is a nightmare Israel cannot avoid - opinion

An invitation-only “Board of Peace” promises order in Gaza’s but for Israel, it exposes the cost of dependence 

MARCH 5, 2026ByANDREW FOX
Officials listen to presentations on the work of the Gaza Executive Board during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace on February 19, 2026 in Washington, DC.

How one weekend of sirens from Iran revealed Israel’s true spirit

A lifelong visitor discovers the thick-skinned endurance – and unexpected joy – that sustains Israel in wartime

MARCH 4, 2026ByLIANNE KOLIRIN
People gather in a public shelter in Tel Aviv amid rocket fire from Tel Aviv.

'The sirens were almost a sickening countdown': Learning to live with fear in Israel

A personal reflection on terror, togetherness, and the fragile comfort of community

MARCH 4, 2026BySHIFRA JACOBS
People rush into a public bomb shelter in Tel Aviv amid reports of incoming missiles on February 28.

After 47 years of oppression, hope and fear collide as Iranians face life after Khamenei

As celebration, uncertainty, and long-suppressed grief collide, Iran wait to see how the war will play out - and what comes next.

MARCH 4, 2026BySARA BAZOOBANDI
A woman holds a portrait of Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah of Iran, during a “Freedom for Iran” protest in support of the Iranian people in New York on March 2, 2026.

Anti-Jew, anti-Zionist, anti-American hate blinds many to the Iranian regime’s evils - opinion

From Times Square to major newsrooms, moral confusion over Israel and Trump is muting outrage at Tehran’s repression, terror, and slaughter of its own civilians.

MARCH 4, 2026ByGIL TROY
People march during a protest against the war in Iran on March 2, 2026 in New York, New York. U.S.

Operation Epic Fury shows what a true US-Israel alliance looks like - opinion

This operation should serve as a model for how unprecedented US-Israel military integration could transform Iran, strengthen regional alliances, and reshape global power dynamics.

MARCH 4, 2026ByASHER FREDMAN
US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth described Israel as a true ally during a press conference at the Pentagon on March 2, in Arlington, Virginia.

The Nile dam standoff is heating up, and Israel is caught between allies - analysis

As Trump reenters the Nile dispute, tensions in the Horn of Africa rise, leaving Israel to navigate an increasingly complex and combustible regional landscape

MARCH 4, 2026ByBEN LYNFIELD
Tigray, in northern Ethiopia, which is still recovering from a two-year war between the Ethiopian government and allied forces on one side, and Tigrayan forces on the other, during which the region’s economy was devastated and many were displaced.

Operation Roaring Lion: Could this be the war to end all wars? - from the editor

Between sirens and shelter runs, as Israel and the US strike Iran, this issue turns to war: personal fears, regional fault lines, and the strategic shifts that may reshape the Middle East

MARCH 4, 2026ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
A fireball lights the sky following a missile strike on Tel Aviv on February 28, 2026. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28.

Operation against Iran marks historic milestone in US-Israel cooperation - analysis

For the first time in history, Israel and the US have reached the point of full cooperation in battle as true allies, even if no formal treaty binds them.

MARCH 4, 2026ByERAN LERMAN
U.S. Sailor signals the launch of an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 70, on the flight deck of the world’s largest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78).