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 formatSubscribe06:02 AM • August 28 2026 IDTDonald Trump changed direction on August 1. In that weekend the U.S. president canceled an extensive aerial attack on Iran at the last moment. In Israel, too, the air force and Home Front Command were on high alert. The assumption, based on what the Americans had told their Israeli counterparts, was that there was a high probability the U.S. was about to strike again, after long months of threats and hesitations. In the NewsTrump Claims a Major Strait of Hormuz Victory Over Iran but Is It Sustainable?Reports: Israeli Forces Enter Villages in Southern Syria, Fire Two ShellsReport: Trump Rejects Return to Iran Agreement in Favor of Economic PressureRegime Change in Iran? Why It Could Actually Work This TimeCan Israel Escape the Bibi-ist, Kahanist Wave That Threatens to Inundate It?Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIAn Israeli Startup Is Reinventing Salmon Farming. It May Upend a Global IndustryHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With IsraelBeing Israeli Abroad Has Become Embarrassing. You Don't Talk About It'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'David Remnick on Netanyahu, Mamdani and Israel's 'Failure to Face' GazaBen-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes