By Philip C. Johnson January 28, 2026 – Little Elm, Texas In the span of a week in Israel, I sat down with two profoundly different voices shaping the nation’s future: retired Major General Amos Yadlin, a legendary figure in Israeli defense, and Gershon Baskin, a lifelong peace activist with unofficial backchannels to Hamas. Their … Continue reading My Personal Insights Regarding my Interviews with Yadlin and Baskin in Israel
By Philip C. Johnson January 26, 2026 – Jerusalem In a wide-ranging conversation in Jerusalem, veteran Israeli peace activist and backchannel mediator Gershon Baskin offered a candid assessment of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s current state. Baskin, who has spent nearly four decades building unofficial dialogues with Palestinians—including Hamas—remains a rare voice advocating for pragmatic engagement amid deep … Continue reading Gershon Baskin on Hamas Backchannels, Uneven Prisoner Exchanges, and Gaza Reality
By Philip C. Johnson January 21, 2026 - Tel Aviv In the third week of January 2026—amid mounting signs of internal strain within Iran’s regime and the formal launch of Phase 2 of the Israel–Gaza ceasefire on January 14—I traveled to Israel to speak directly with those who have shaped, and continue to shape, the … Continue reading Insights from Amos Yadlin: Navigating Israel’s Security Crossroads in January 2026
By Philip C. Johnson January 18, 2026 For the past month, I’ve been in Krakow, Poland, immersed in the somber task of teaching groups of students about the Holocaust—its unimaginable horrors and the direct links to the rising anti-Semitism and anti-Western sentiment that are growing more and more in our world today. Standing amid the … Continue reading Echoes of Never Again: Leaving Krakow’s Lessons for Israel’s Frontline Amid Iran’s Massacre and Looming Retaliation
By Philip C. Johnson January 10, 2026 As of today, Iran is staring down its most explosive internal crisis since the 2022 Women, Life, Freedom uprising. Nationwide anti-regime protests kicked off on December 28, 2025, fueled by brutal inflation (over 42%), food prices rocketing up 72%, and the rial's catastrophic collapse (now trading … Continue reading Iran’s Regime on the Ropes—Is There a Connection with Recent U.S. Actions in Venezuela?
By Philip C. Johnson December 31, 2025 It’s that time again. The time when I look back on the year that was and try to make some sense of it. From the halls of Washington to the battlefields of Eastern Europe and the Middle East, 2025 was marked by bold policy overhauls, tragic … Continue reading 2025: The Year They Killed Charlie Kirk, Denied Islamist Terror, and AI Got Scary Smart
By Philip C. Johnson December 1, 2025 I was born three months before November 22, 1963, when JFK was killed and the modern conspiracy theory was born. Growing up, I devoured The Bermuda Triangle and studied blurry Bigfoot photos, always half-convinced the government was hiding something. To me, conspiracies aren’t fringe—they’re DNA-deep, a reflex against … Continue reading Candace Owens: French Death Squads, Charlie Kirk and December Doom
By Philip C. Johnson, writing from Rome, Italy October 15, 2025—The world held its breath as the Peace 2025 Summit in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 13, birthed a ceasefire heralded as a "historic dawn" by U.S. President Donald Trump. With signatures from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, … Continue reading Israel-Gaza: The Fragile Dawn of Peace 2025:
By Philip C. Johnson October 9, 2025 Dateline: Rome – It's 9:12 PM CET here in the Eternal City on October 9, 2025, just two days past the second anniversary of October 7, 2023. I’m sitting near the usual chaos at the Spanish Steps, but my thoughts are a few thousand miles to the east … Continue reading Peace at Last? The Israel-Gaza War Ends—Two Years After the Nightmare Began
By Philip C. Johnson October 8, 2025 Paris is burning—not just in the banlieues where riots can flare without warning, but in the raw, unfiltered clash of ideas tearing at France’s core. It’s October 2025, and the nation’s soul is a battleground: 68 minors nabbed in jihadist plots across Europe this year (62 in France … Continue reading France’s Fractured Soul: Immigration, Identity, and the Shadow of Terror
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