Zvika Klein

There is always noise around Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There is always noise around US President Donald Trump. Then a war comes, and the static drops.

When Americans are shown Israeli outliers as if they are the country’s hidden center, they do not learn more about Israel. They learn less.

In The Jerusalem Post studio, billionaire WorldQuant founder Igor Tulchinsky spoke with unusual candor about October 7, Chabad, AI, and why he thinks Israel can become a “quant nation.”

One younger officer put it to me simply: for long stretches of this war, he has been working in English. That is a bigger story than many people understand.

As strikes hit headlines, the real battle unfolds beyond public view, targeting Iran’s systems, alliances, and long-term power.

The Gulf is not growing warm toward Israel; it is becoming more specific in the way it discusses Israel. In this region, word choice is often the first sign that strategy is moving.

The bigger question is whether the American right will remain reliably pro-Israel once this war fades and the debate shifts from missiles and headlines back to culture, loyalty, and identity.

Iran lost the first round badly. Its nuclear sites are rubble. Its air defenses are gone. The Revolutionary Guards have taken casualties they won't acknowledge for months.

MK Avigdor Liberman warns that Israel is missing a critical opportunity to eliminate Hezbollah and topple the Iranian regime, urging decisive military and diplomatic action to ensure security.

Facts are bent, shuffled, or buried under spectacle. And aside from the occasional quote from us at the Post, this ecosystem has lately produced some of the wildest conspiracy theories in years.