by Negar Karamati
After years of repression, executions, corruption, poverty, lies, and humiliation have pushed Iranian society to a breaking point. Many young Iranians no longer believe the Islamic Republic can be reformed from within.
In the silent streets of Tehran, Mashhad, Shiraz, Ahvaz, and Tabriz, people no longer speak of a brighter future. Instead, they talk about “when the next war will begin.”
To this generation, even destruction appears less costly than the continuation of the current reality. They argue that a country ruled by the Islamic Republic is already devastated: the economy has collapsed, the national currency has been destroyed, executions are rampant, social hope has vanished.
Many Iranians feel abandoned by the same international community that speaks of human rights while continuing to negotiate with Tehran, keep embassies open, and advocate for “constructive engagement.”
The world may still not fully grasp the depth of this crisis, but beneath the surface of Iran’s cities, something is taking shape, the anger of a generation that no longer has anything left to lose.
Just Renewing Military Strikes is not Enough
Israeli Ambassador to Australia Hillel Newman said that renewed military action against Iran is possible if Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities are not neutralized. “We cannot compromise on the objectives,” he continued. “As I said, the objectives are removal of the nuclear capability, zero enrichment, and zero enriched uranium in Iran.” (Plus – removal of the Islamic terrorist regime!)
Food for Thought: by Steven Shamrak
Regardless of what Israel does, it is always blamed by international Anti-Semites and by self-hating Jews for instigating violence, which is dominant amongst the population of our enemies, be it in the PA controlled areas or in the Israeli-Arab sector. Therefore. It is time to do what is right for Israel and Jewish people, and remove ‘the cancer’ from the Jewish land!
Zionism is the Jewish
National Independence Movement.
Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount raised Israeli flags on Sunday morning while singing Israel’s national anthem, Hatikvah, the policy changes introduced by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. “It is a great joy to see the process of the return to Zion growing stronger, and to witness the many advances on the Temple Mount,” Rabbi Wolfson said in response to the flag-raising.
Israeli and Lebanese military delegations opened Pentagon-mediated talks Friday morning in Washington, launching the US-brokered security coordination track aimed at preventing renewed escalation along the Israel–Lebanon border. The chances of a broader breakthrough remain limited so long as Hezbollah remains heavily armed and politically entrenched inside Lebanon. He pointed to the terms of the November 2024 ceasefire agreements, which placed responsibility for disarming Hezbollah on the Lebanese state.
Israel Expands Gaza Control Zone
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the military to expand its control over Gaza to roughly 70% of the territory. Israel has argued it must retain long-term security control in Gaza to prevent Hamas or other militant groups from re-establishing power there. (Needs to be 100%, cleared from the enemies.)
Israel Cut Ties with the UN Chief
After United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has placed Israel’s security forces on his blacklist of entities, and cut ties with Guterres’s office over the “shameful and absurd” decision to put Israel on the same list as Hamas. Israel “will wait until a new UN Secretary-General is appointed” once Guterres’s ten-year term expires on December 31 the Foreign Ministry said.
Iran Reopens Underground Missile Sites
Iran has salvaged entrances to dozens of missile facilities struck by the US and Israel in the recent war. Iran has been able to dig out 50 of 69 tunnel entrances at 18 separate underground missile facilities across the country. The stockpile of missiles is stored deep below the surface, and largely went untouched by the US and Israeli strikes. According to experts cited by CNN, “There’s nothing to prevent the launchers from being armed with the ample stockpile of missiles that the Iranians still have.”
Increase in Orthodox IDF Recruitment
The Israel Defense Forces said 433 ultra-Orthodox recruits joined designated military service tracks during the April-May 2026 recruitment cycle. This is a 24% increase compared with the same period in 2025. The new recruits, 272 of them, enlisted in combat roles.
‘Miraculous Recovery’ of Flotilla Activists from Faked Injuries
Israel’s Foreign Ministry took to social media to criticize activists detained aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla, accusing participants of exaggerating or fabricating claims of abuse by Israeli forces. Photos posted online show German activist Nesrin Zeaiter appearing injured and later fully recovered. “The miraculous ‘recovery’ of the flotilla participants. All in no time,” the ministry wrote in an additional caption accompanying the post. (Their injuries in their brains, preceded the flotilla. They are infected with the virus – Jew-hatred.)
Quote of the Week:
“Anyone who is able to include Israel on the same list as Hamas terrorists and rapists has no sense of morality. António Guterres, who justified the October 7 massacre, whitewashed the involvement of UNRWA employees in the massacre, and led the organization to an unprecedented low, is using the last months of his term to advance political and false accusations against Israel.” – Israeli Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon – after the United Nations (Ugly Nazi) has added Israeli entities to a blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones. The list includes Hamas and other terror organizations.
Israel is Kept on the Sidelines
by Ben Sales
Israel began the Iran war as a partner of the US – and is ending it on the sidelines.
The first was that, for Israel’s survival, the threat posed by the regime in Tehran needed to be stopped.
“The goal of the operation is to put an end to the threat from the Ayatollah regime in Iran,” he said in a video message in February, back-to-back with one delivered by US President Donald Trump. “If we do not act we will face a nuclear Iran, an Iran with tens of thousands of ballistic missiles, an Iran that seeks to destroy us.”
The second argument – “We are doing this in full coordination with our friends in the US, under the courageous leadership of Trump,” he said. Near the beginning of the speech, he assured his country: “This operation will continue as long as necessary.”
Three months later, it became clear that the first set of goals for the war – toppling the regime and eliminating its threat – has not been met.
Now, it appears that Netanyahu’s second reason for the war – building an unprecedentedly strong US-Israel relationship – is also crumbling.
The US and Israel did, indeed, begin this war together. But they are ending it separately or, more accurately, Trump is ending it himself, with Netanyahu watching.
Read previous Editorials here.