Why You Need to Watch the Israel–Iran Crisis

A foreign conflict could quietly reshape domestic power in the United States. Here’s what to watch for.

What we’ll cover here:

• Foreign conflict often leads to domestic change

• Three things to watch for

• Why it could matter

Dear friends

If you spent yesterday on the streets — or holding the line in quieter ways — thank you. These moments take more than time and effort. They draw on your nervous system, your sense of direction, your capacity to stay human under pressure. However you showed up, I hope you’ve had a chance to breathe. To come back to centre. To reconnect with why any of this matters in the first place.

But even as we decompress, another front is unfolding — one that could shape how power is used at home. I don’t want to jolt you back into high alert, so please: take this as a quiet heads-up rather than a loud alarm. While we’re catching our breath, the Israel–Iran crisis is widening, and how Washington chooses to frame its response could speed up changes already coursing through domestic policy.

Early Friday morning, Israel launched a wave of strikes on military and nuclear targets a…