Ophir Falk

Hezbollah is on its knees

My latest article in @TabletMag debunks the seven greatest myths of the Iran War. It's not about "Trump's ego." Israel didn't drag us in. And the "restraint" of Obama and Biden did not prevent war; it made war inevitable.

What kind of sick hate must @tomfriedman have that he roots for USA to lose to a terrorist regime who has killed thousands of Americans? I didn’t vote for Obama but I praised him for taking out Bin Laden.

This was not a war of choice. Iran was making a break for a bomb. In an important address to the Israeli nation tonight, PM Netanyahu reviewed the achievements of both sages of the war: June 2025 and February-April 2026. I’ll have more to say about this later, but here are some main points he made tonight: • In the first stage, precise intelligence indicated that Supreme Leader Khamenei had ordered the pursuit of a nuclear bomb; this timely information enabled the elimination of 12 Iranian nuclear scientists and strikes on nuclear facilities. • In the second stage, further precise intelligence revealed Khamenei’s initiative to renew and relocate the production of missiles and nuclear capabilities deep underground; this led to the elimination of 8 additional nuclear scientists. • As a direct result of these actions, Iran no longer possesses any active uranium enrichment facility. • Iran’s missile stockpiles have been significantly depleted through the operations. • The Iranian regime has been weakened to its lowest level since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, with evident internal disputes in its leadership and public appeals for a ceasefire. • Israel conducted extensive strikes on critical Iranian infrastructure, including steel production, gas and fuel facilities, bridges, and railways. • Military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon are continuing in order to restore security for residents of northern Israel. • Following Israel’s demonstrated strength, Lebanon has initiated requests for direct negotiations; Netanyahu approved engagement on the condition of Hezbollah’s full disarmament and the conclusion of a genuine peace agreement. • The campaign has significantly enhanced Israel’s regional and international standing, establishing it as the preeminent power in the Middle East. • Remaining enriched nuclear material in Iran must still be addressed, either by agreement or through other necessary means. • Netanyahu emphasized that the overall campaign is not yet complete, and Israel remains prepared to take further action if required.

Opening the Internet is as important as Opening the Straits.

آتش‌بس۱- آمریکا دو هفته فرصت پیدا کرد برای کنترل بازار نفت و گاز و برخورد از موضع بالاتر و بهتر با ج.ا ۲- جمهوری‌اسلامی کارت ایجاد بحران در بازار نفت و گاز را از دست داد.۳- تهدید ترامپ به نابودی نیروگاه‌ها و پل‌ها، تهدید آمریکا و اسرائیل را به سطح تهدید علیه بقای ج.ا تبدیل کرد و نظام را مجبور به عقب‌نشینی کرد.۴- این عقب‌نشینی مثل عقب‌نشینی بعد از شکست‌های آخر جنگ با عراق است که نظام مجبور به پذیرش قطعنامه ۵۹۸ شد که سقوط نکند.۵- عقب‌نشینی در اثر فشار، شبیه پذیرش برجام در سال ۱۳۹۴ در اثر ترس از فروپاشی اقتصادی آن دوره است.۶- ترامپ قصد دارد چهار شرط اصلی را در هر توافقی بگنجاند که باز هم به معنای تسلیم کردن ج.ا است. چهار شرط عبارتند از توقف غنی‌سازی، توقف برنامه موشکی بالستیک، قطع حمایت از نیابتی ها و تحویل دادن اورانیوم غنی شده.۷- ج.ا این شروط را بپذیرد تسلیم شدن است نپذیرد احتمال شروع دوباره جنگ بسیار است.۸-جمهوری اسلامی، خامنه‌ای و شمار بسیار زیادی از فرماندهان و مقاماتش را از دست داده و این ساختار حکومتی در سطح عالی را شکننده کرده است در حالی که ج.ا نتوانسته هیچیک از فرماندهان و مقامات آمریکا و اسرائیل را بکشد.۹- فرمانده نیروی دریایی سپاه کشته شد و خود نیرو بشدت آسیب دیده و بزودی قابل بازسازی نیست.۱۰- نیروی هوایی ج.ا تقریبا نابود شده و بسیاری از پایگاه‌ها و هواپیماها منهدم شده‌اند.۱۱- پدافند کشور تقریبا منهدم شده و ناکارآمد است. ۱۲- آسمان کشور هنوز در اختیار آمریکا و اسرائیل است.۱۳- عمده صنایع پتروشیمی به عنوان منبع درآمد ارزی منهدم شده.۱۴- بسیاری از صنایع نظامی در سراسر کشور منهدم شده‌اند۰ ۱۵- بسیاری از مقرها و پایگاه های بسیج منهدم شده.۱۶- مراکز فرماندهی نیروی انتظامی در استانها و بسیاری از کلانتری‌ها منهدم شده‌اند. ۱۷-وزیر اطلاعات و بسیاری از مدیران اصلی این وزارتخانه کشته شده‌اند. ۱۸- رئیس سازمان اطلاعات سپاه کشته شده. ۱۹- رئیس و معاون اطلاعات فراجا کشته شدند. درمجموع شکست بزرگ اطلاعاتی است. ۲۰- رئیس و معاون بسیج کشته شدند.۲۱- رئیس ستاد کل نیروهای مسلح کشته شده.۲۲- شمخانی دبیر شورای دفاع کشته شده. شورا در اداره جنگ ناموفق بود.۲۳- فرمانده کل سپاه کشته شد.۲۴- دو رئیس سازمان سپند مسوول ساخت سلاح هسته‌ای برای نظام کشته شدند.۲۵-وزیر دفاع کشته شد.۲۶- کشورهای عضو شورای همکاری خلیج فارس به جمع دشمنان جمهوری‌اسلامی اضافه شدند.۲۷- راه دور زدن تحریم‌ها از دوبی بسته شد ۲۸- دوستی با قطر از بین رفت و تبدیل به دشمنی شد.۲۹- اقتصاد کشور با موجی از مطالبات انباشته دوران جنگ و خرابی‌های جنگ روبرو است که در دوره جنگ معوق شده بودند و الان به دولت هجوم می‌آورند. ۳۰- مردم ایران به عنوان مهمترین قدرت مخالف ج.ا همچنان خواهان سرنگونی نظام هستند و بعد از کشتار دی ماه دریایی از خون، تنفر و خشم بین مردم و نظام جدایی انداخته ۳۱- آتش‌بس هنوز به معنای پایان جنگ نیست. ۳۲- ج.ا به دلیل رها کردن مردم و غیرنظامیان در جنگ از نگاه مردم بی اعتبارتر شد.۳۳- ج.ا چون فقط تا اينجا سقوط نکرده به این‌ها می‌گوید پیروزی.۳۴- سیاست بالا و پایین بسیار دارد صبر باید کرد.

מדינת ישראל לא תשתוק מול מי שתוקף אותנו. ספרד הכפישה את גיבורינו, חיילי צה״ל, חיילי הצבא המוסרי בעולם. ולכן הנחיתי לסלק את נציגי ספרד ממרכז התיאום בקריית גת, לאחר שספרד בחרה שוב ושוב להתייצב נגד ישראל. מי שתוקף את מדינת ישראל במקום את משטרי הטרור, מי שעושה זאת, לא יהיה שותף שלנו לגבי עתיד האזור. אני לא מוכן לסבול את הצביעות הזאת ואת העוינות הזאת. אני לא מתכוון לאפשר לאף מדינה לנהל נגדנו מלחמה מדינית בלי לשלם על כך מחיר מיידי.

The Prime Minister's Office: Pakistan Defence Minister’s call for Israel’s annihilation is outrageous. This is not a statement that can be tolerated from any government, especially not from one that claims to be a neutral arbiter for peace.

President Trump: I know why Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, and Alex Jones have all been fighting me for years, especially by the fact that they think it is wonderful for Iran, the Number One State Sponsor of Terror, to have a Nuclear Weapon - Because they have one thing in common, Low IQs. They’re stupid people, they know it, their families know it, and everyone else knows it, too! Look at their past, look at their record. They don’t have what it takes, and they never did! They’ve all been thrown off Television, lost their Shows, and aren’t even invited on TV because nobody cares about them, they’re NUT JOBS, TROUBLEMAKERS, and will say anything necessary for some “free” and cheap publicity. Now they think they get some “clicks” because they have Third Rate Podcasts, but nobody’s talking about them, and their views are the opposite of MAGA — Or I wouldn’t have won the Presidential Election in a LANDSLIDE. MAGA agrees with me, and just gave CNN a 100% Approval Rating of “TRUMP,” not Hand Flailing Fools like Tucker Carlson, who couldn’t even finish College, he was a broken man when he got fired from Fox, and he’s never been the same — Perhaps he should see a good psychiatrist! Or Megyn Kelly, who nastily asked me the now famous, “Only Rosie O’Donnell,” question, or “Crazy” Candace Owens, who accuses the Highly Respected First Lady of France of being a man, when she is not, and will hopefully win lots of money in the ongoing lawsuit. Actually, to me, the First Lady of France is a far more beautiful woman than Candace, in fact, it’s not even close! Or Bankrupt Alex Jones, who says some of the dumbest things, and lost his entire fortune, as he should have, for his horrendous attack on the families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims, ridiculously claiming it was a hoax. These so-called “pundits” are LOSERS, and they always will be! Now Fake News CNN, The Failing New York Times, and all of the other Radical Left “News” Organizations, are “hailing” them, and giving them “positive” press for the first time in their lives. They’re not “MAGA,” they’re losers, just trying to latch on to MAGA. As President, I could get them on my side anytime I want to, but when they call, I don’t return their calls because I’m too busy on World and Country Affairs and, after a few times, they go “nasty,” just like Marjorie “Traitor” Brown, but I no longer care about that stuff, I only care about doing right for our Country. MAGA is about WINNING and STRENGTH in not allowing Iran to have Nuclear Weapons. MAGA is about MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, and these people have no idea how to do that, BUT I DO, because THE UNITED STATES IS NOW THE “HOTTEST” COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD!

File under: You can leave the Middle East but the Middle East won't leave you. In 2020, Venezuela under Nicolás Maduro approved a plan to spend over $400 million to buy a ballistic missile system from Iran. The missiles could have reached U.S. territory and would have been deployed on Venezuelan naval vessels. The deal ultimately did not go through after pressure from the Trump administration.

I see 1st hand Israel seeks to avoid civilian deaths, but I see WHY Israel fights. Hamas massacred Israeli civilians; Hezbollah fires 1000's of rockets into Israeli homes; Iran threatens w/ 1000's of missiles & nuclear weapon. Want peace? Stop Iran & its puppet proxies.

Israeli pollster and political analyst Shlomo Filber offers the following summary of Middle East news reporting on the ceasefire: - The media in the Arab world adopts the American-Israeli narrative. - The media in Israel adopts the narrative of Iran and the Revolutionary Guards.

@Reuters 5ו5

LIVE: Day after Iranian strike in Haifa Israeli rescuers recovered two bodies from the rubble of a residential building in Haifa after it was hit by an Iranian missile on April 5, Israeli media reported. youtube.com/watch?v=Yb5NZ-…

President Trump threatened to rain ‘hell’ on Tehran if it did not make a deal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz by his April 7 deadline, as he praised US special forces who rescued an airman in a high-risk mission from deep inside Iran reut.rs/4e5Lqnf

Douglas Murray: "Imagine what kind of a psychopath you have to be to gang rape a girl and then shoot her in the head. Most won't be proud of that, but Hamas is." The vast majority of Gazans celebrated this.

מהצהרתי מפיקוד צפון: הנחיתי כעת להרחיב עוד יותר את רצועת הביטחון הקיימת. אנחנו נחושים לשנות את המצב בצפון מיסודו ולהחזיר את הביטחון לתושבי הצפון. לא נשלים עם מציאות של איום מתמשך על יישובינו ואזרחינו. נמשיך לפעול בעוצמה, בנחישות ובאחריות עד שנשיג את המטרה. צפו בהצהרה >>

That time Morgan Freeman left Mike Wallace speechless on 60 Minutes while calling Black History Month ridiculous.

"Proportionality is not a civilian death quota. It is an assessment of whether expected incidental harm would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated—a judgment made under uncertainty, with imperfect information, against an adaptive enemy. Precautions are not a public relations checklist. They are measures that are feasible under the circumstances, balancing mission accomplishment and force protection." tabletmag.com/sections/israe…

Important facts regarding return of final hostage. Hamas didn’t “release” him-the IDF and Shin Bet found & recovered him. Tactical assistance from Egypt but Hamas should get no credit but should now disarm as @realDonaldTrump has demanded.

I support the ~100k Iranians that have been savagely murdered by their tyrannical Islamist regime And I also support the 99.9% of law enforcement that are doing their jobs to the best of their ability