Zina Rakhamilova

Zina Rakhamilova is the co-founder and CEO of Social Lite Creative, a digital marketing firm that specializes in geopolitics.

 RELEASED HOSTAGE Edan Alexander embraces his father as he reunites with his family.

I still trust my Israeli passport because I have faith in the Israeli people - opinion

 Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian visits Iran's nuclear achievements exhibition in Tehran, Iran April 9, 2025.

Iranian voices warn of dangers as joint nuclear talks progress – opinion

 Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) Ronen Bar attends the state ceremony at Mount Herzl. September 26, 2023.

If Bar’s firing is truly about October 7, then accountability must apply across the board - opinion


We want Hamas defeated, but we want our families back even more - opinion

Now is the time to demand that neighboring countries and the international community apply every possible form of pressure to force Hamas to release the hostages and surrender.

 A WOMAN protests for the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza, during a demonstration outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, on Wednesday.

There is no such thing as a good jihadist: Western media is downplaying HTS's brutality - opinion

Whether it is HTS in Syria or Hamas in Gaza, these groups are genocidal fundamentalists. There is no such thing as a good jihadist.

 YASER FARHAN, spokesperson for a Syrian committee responsible for investigating the attacks in the Latakia area, holds a news conference in Damascus this week.

The high cost of campus antisemitism: Elite universities face financial reckoning - opinion

"As federal investigations target Columbia and other prestigious institutions for failing to protect Jewish students, universities are learning that tolerating antisemitism comes with a price.

 A pro-Palestinian demonstration takes place at Columbia University, in New York City, last October, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas attack of October 7, 2023.

The West is enabling Hamas’s propaganda and the hostages are paying the price - opinion

Hamas’s propaganda is fooling the West, whitewashing its brutality while Israeli hostages endure starvation and torture. The world must stop enabling their lies.

 HOSTAGE ELI SHARABI is released by Hamas terrorists this past Saturday. While comparisons to the Holocaust are often avoided, Holocaust survivors themselves have spoken out, drawing chilling parallels to concentration camps, the writer notes.

False victory: Why Hamas sells the illusion of triumph as Gaza lies in ruin - opinion

Hamas continues to sell the illusion of triumph, hoping the world will look past the devastation they have wrought. Don’t be fooled.

 FREED PALESTINIAN prisoners celebrate after their release by Israel as part of the hostage deal, in Khan Yunis, on February 1, 2025.

How will Aoun affect the Middle East? - opinion

Aoun must navigate Lebanon’s sectarian divides, restore trust, and fortify the Lebanese Armed Forces. While there is room for optimism, the path ahead demands unwavering resolve and resilience.

 LEBANON’S NEW PRESIDENT Joseph Aoun (left) shakes hands with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, after Aoun was elected by parliament as head of state, last Thursday. The writer asks: Will the new president be able to confront Hezbollah and uphold the ceasefire agreement with Israel?

Hostage report shows conditions worse than you can imagine - opinion

Every day that world leaders and humanitarian organizations remain silent, they betray the victims and enable the perpetrators to continue their atrocities. Silence is complicity.

PEOPLE CARRY umbrellas in front of a clock counting the seconds since October 7, 2023, when 1,200 were slaughtered and 251 were kidnapped into Gaza, in Tel Aviv. Hamas’s captivity system was explicitly designed to inflict psychological torture, break morale, and ensure control over the hostages.

Selective moral outrage causes double standard across Middle East - opinion

If social justice warriors truly care about justice, they must broaden their focus beyond selective targets and confront the realities of regimes like Assad’s. Anything less is moral bankruptcy.

 Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to pro-Kremlin journalist Vladimir Sovolyov, March 2024.

Israel is reshaping the Middle East as Assad regime crumbles – opinion

Amid Syria’s shifting power dynamics, what's next for Israel and the Middle East?

 SPENT BULLET CARTRIDGES lie on the ground after rebels seized Damascus and ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad this week.

The Hezbollah threat: Weakened, but not gone – opinion

Israel has reduced Hezbollah’s fighting capabilities to such an extent that many don’t understand why it would agree to stop when the terror group has been reduced to a pile of rubble.

 IDF SOLDIERS and tanks positioned near a road close to the Israel-Lebanon border last week, after the ceasefire was declared. Assessing whether this is a good outcome for Israel is complicated; it cannot be viewed as a permanent arrangement, rather, as a tactical pause, the writer maintains.