Elliot Nazar
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What a New Democratic Iran Would be Mean for Israel and Iranian Jews

As Israel continues to thwart the Islamic Republic of Iran’s terrorist activities in the Middle East and inside Tehran, the ongoing protests inside Iran, despite the government crackdowns, many Iranian Jews and Israelis are continuing to have hope that the…

Why Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Return as Israel’s Prime Minister is Good for the Arab States

Following the election of Likud leader Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu as Israel’s prime minister and the new conservative coalition in the Knesset, Arab leaders from Bahrain, Jordan, Sudan, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Egypt congratulated the incoming administration. Despite the mixed…

What The New Israeli Conservative Government Means for the Protests in Iran

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Book Review: The “Titan of Tehran” by Shahrzad Elghanyan

Over the summer, I had the privilege of reading the biography of former Iranian Jewish leader and businessman Habib Elghanyan, “Titan of Tehran,” written by his granddaughter Shahrzad Elghanyan. In her book, Elghanyan traces her grandfather’s rags to riches backstory,…

What Israel’s Newest Laser Interception System Means for Its Safety & Security

On Twitter, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced that the Israeli military has successfully tested its newest laser interception system called the “Iron Beam”. According to the Prime Minister, this new invention is the world’s first energy-based weapon that uses…

Why the U.S. Government Should Not De-List Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps

As the Biden Administration and its allies push to revive the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, the Islamic Republic has indicated that the benefits afforded to them under the new agreement are not sufficient and have…

How the 2022 Negev Summit Has Strengthened The Relationship Between Israel & The Arab World

At a historical summit between Israel and its Arab allies in the southern Negev, the Israeli government hosted the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken along with foreign ministers from Bahrain, Egypt, Morocco, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).…

The 43rd Anniversary of An Antisemitic Revolution

This past January in Tehran, hundreds of cars and motorbikes paraded the streets celebrating the 43rd anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution. Led by the now-deceased Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his band of fanatics, revolutionaries overthrew the Shah of Iran…

What the Colleyville Synagogue Hostage Crisis Can Teach Us

An armed 44-year-old radical jihadist British citizen named Malik Faisal Akram took several hostages at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, Saturday, January 15. In his final phone call, Akram stated that he would free the individuals in exchange for…

The Danger of Iran’s Continuous Pattern of Anti-Semitic Government Leaders

In 2016, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appointed a 55-year-old anti-Semitic hardliner and Islamic jurist, Ebrahim Raisi, as chairman of that Iranian government’s reserve for terrorism, the Astan Quds Razavi. Fast forward to August of 2020, 60-year-old Ebrahim Raisi…