Monthly Archives: March 2026

Why Did the US Just Lift Sanctions on Iranian Oil?

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 2,370, March 22, 2026 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On March 20, 2026, the US announced a temporary 30-day lifting of sanctions on the sale and delivery of Iranian oil. The permit applies only to oil...

‘All about deception,’ says NJ Republican, who can’t get X to remove handle spoofing...

Look up Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, and you see his picture and his letterhead. But it’s not his handle. As a result of that handle,...

Third week and counting

Three weeks of missile and drone bombardments from Iran, together with disrupted sleep and siren-filled days, certainly make life here at the moment a rather action-packed experience. Most Israelis, however, realise that in order to...

Beyond ceasefire: The unresolved core of the West Asian conflict

Over the next weeks and months, Israel will be pressured by the US into accepting a ceasefire. However, before agreeing to a ceasefire, fundamental issues must be brought to the forefront to show that...

Calls Grow To Scrutinize Ceasefire Terms As Israel Faces Mounting Pressure

Over the next weeks and months, Israel will be pressured by the US into accepting a ceasefire. However, before agreeing to a ceasefire, fundamental issues must be brought to the forefront to show that the...

Imposed Cease Fire – No Pretense of Peace

Over the next weeks and months, Israel will be pressured by the US into accepting a ceasefire. However, before agreeing to a ceasefire, fundamental issues must be brought to the forefront to show that the...

New Monitoring Project Aims To Expose Palestinian School Indoctrination

The Center for Near East Policy Research, publishing through the Israel Behind The News platform, has released a formal proposal to conduct continuous news coverage of schooling in the “State of Palestine” for the...
The settlement of Yitzhar in Samaria, near Shechem, off Route 60, north of the Tapuach Junction.

False Flags and Real Agendas

In recent years, and not coincidentally, the concept of “settler violence” has begun to seep into the discourse in Israel and around the world. What began some two decades ago with anarchists harassing IDF...

Israel didn’t drag the US into war with Iran — they enabled us to...

A dangerous lie has taken hold in Washington: that Israel somehow pressured the United States into war with Iran. It’s wrong. And both President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have said so directly. When...