Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribe06:07 AM • July 19 2026 IDTFollowing several weeks of gradual escalation, there are growing signs that the war between the United States and Iran may intensify and expand. For the time being, it still appears that the two countries have no interest in drawing Israel into a renewed confrontation in the Persian Gulf. This may nevertheless happen, whether because of an inability to contain the confrontation to the Gulf region or due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's political considerations – mainly, his dire domestic situation.In the NewsSettlers Set Fire to West Bank Mosque, Agricultural Land in Overnight AttacksIsrael May Be Dragged Into U.S.-Iran Fight as Threat of Ground Invasion LoomsIsraeli Communist Activist, Haaretz Journalist Yossef Algazi Dies at 87U.S. Strikes Iran for Eighth Consecutive Night After Two U.S. Soldiers KilledAIPAC Takes Center Stage at Michigan Primary Rally Headlined by Sanders, AOCRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIInside the Mossad Plot to Install Ahmadinejad as Iran's LeaderThe Most Optimistic Israeli in Jerusalem Is Leaving the CountryNetanyahu's Biggest Challenger: Who Is Gadi Eisenkot and What Does He Stand For?103 House Democrats Vote to Cut U.S. Aid to Israel in Landmark Symbolic VoteI Joined Rep. Ro Khanna on His West Bank Visit. Here's What I SawThe Week the Democrats Defined the Israel-Palestine Debate for 2028