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EUROPEAN DEFENCE

The European Iron Dome

In the space of a week, three key NATO countries have turned to Israel for protection. Whilst Europe criticises the Israeli government, its security depends increasingly on the Jewish state’s weapons systems

Giulio Meotti

3 SEP 26

Russia carries out a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (Photo: Ansa, 28 August 2026)

magazine

Being settlers. What lies behind Israel’s front line

They are not found in high society; they do not turn the other cheek, and they are the harbingers of what we do not want to see.

Giulio Meotti

29 AUG 26

No one constructs negative stereotypes of the Turkish settler in Northern Cyprus or the Russian settler in the Donbas. Only the Jewish settler has become a malevolent figure (photo: Getty)

Parallel votes

Trump’s political strategy regarding Iran and the risk of the end of American deterrence

Israel goes to the polls on 27 October, the United States on 3 November. These two deadlines impose conflicting political imperatives on the American and Israeli presidents. But Trump’s empty threats risk costing more than the wars they are meant to prevent

Beniamino Irdi

28 AUG 26

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Following his statement on the Golan Heights, even Trump has had enough of Barrack

The US ambassador and special envoy to Syria is in a precarious position following his latest statements against Israel. Meanwhile, he has secured the disbandment of the Kurdish SDF and the strengthening of al-Sharaa

Luca Gambardella

27 AUG 26

Following his statement on the Golan Heights, even Trump has had enough of Barrack

editorial

Tsahal is not a private militia

What does the case of the MP who toppled the monument in the West Bank tell us?

Redazione

26 AUG 26

Editorials

The signal from the kites in Gaza

They were heading for Israel without any explosives, but this could have been a trial run

Redazione

25 AUG 26

The conversion

Laura Loomer’s challenge to the ‘Putinists’ at MAGA. The Trump influencer speaks out

The best-known Trumpist influencer accuses part of the American right of having aligned itself with the enemy, defends Israel and criticises Vance. And on the future of MAGA: “I don’t think we should be the party of political coronations”. Kyiv, Islam and the future of America. Interview

Ani Chkhikvadze

25 AUG 26

Laura Loomer during an interview with the Associated Press in Kyiv, Ukraine (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

editorial

Turkey’s increasingly unscrupulous motives behind the arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The decision was taken as part of an investigation into the interception of the Sumud Flotilla bound for Gaza and the detention of the activists on board. Turkey has joined the international condemnation of Israel

Redazione

21 AUG 26

Provocations and raids

The new standoff between Syria and Israel is on nuclear power

Damascus is not responding militarily to the IDF’s air strikes but says it could use the nuclear material inherited from Assad for civilian purposes. A bad sign for Netanyahu

Luca Gambardella

20 AUG 26

The new standoff between Syria and Israel is on nuclear power

bombs in the north

Israel bombs the Abu al-Duhur base to tell Erdogan: get out of Syria

Netanyahu’s aim is to demilitarise the entire country out of fear of the new ‘Sunni axis’. But Turkey has the backing of the United States

Luca Gambardella

19 AUG 26

A satellite image of Abu al-Duhur airbase in northern Syria

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