Opinion: Mark Ruffalo’s Hollywood activism is drawing fresh scrutiny as his criticism of Paramount’s deal with Warner Bros. intersects with Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity, reigniting questions about double standards, antisemitism and the limits of performative politics

Opinion: The 1948 Altalena crisis showed that Jewish unity and state sovereignty are not competing values; as Israel again debates equal military service and civic responsibility, that balance is being tested

Opinion: Washington’s threatened secondary sanctions could deepen Iran’s economic crisis, but targeting countries that trade with Tehran risks widening the conflict into a global economic confrontation

Opinion: The conflict failed to eliminate Iran’s strategic threats, but the Hormuz energy shock is accelerating solar power and EV adoption worldwide while Israel lags behind