The Israeli military’s initial operation demonstrated unparalleled coordination of stealth aircraft, intelligence, cyber disruption, and psychological warfare.” – Bilal Y. Saab and Darren D. White
SHABBAT READING:
Dividing the Land by Lot: The Bible’s Postfacto Is Plato’s Utopia: Dr. Rabbi Shraga Bar-On, The Torah.com, July 15, 2025 — After laying out the borders of the land in great detail (34:3–12), Moses states that it will be divided among the tribes entering the Cisjordan by way of lot,[1] but gives no details about this lot:
במדבר לד:יג וַיְצַו מֹשֶׁה אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֹאת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר תִּתְנַחֲלוּ אֹתָהּ בְּגוֹרָל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה יְ־הוָה לָתֵת לְתִשְׁעַת הַמַּטּוֹת וַחֲצִי הַמַּטֶּה.
Num 34:13 Moses instructed the Israelites, saying: This is the land you are to receive by lot as your hereditary portion, which YHWH has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes.[2]
Instead, Numbers continues with a list of the leaders of the tribes who will be involved in the division (34:16–29), a list of Levitical cities (35:1–8), the cities of refuge law (35:9–34), and a revision of the inheritance law for daughters (ch. 36).
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Lessons Observed from the War Between Israel and Iran: Bilal Y. Saab and Darren D. White, War on the Rocks, July 16, 2025
Through Trial and Error, Iran Found Gaps in Israel’s Storied Air Defenses: Zvi Smit and Benoit Faucon, WSJ, July 15, 2025
Khamenei’s Revenge Approaches: The Miscalculation that Could Reignite War with Iran: Dr. Yossi Mansharof, Israel Hayom, July 14, 2025
Israel and Iran Usher in New Era of Psychological Warfare: Steven Lee Myers, Natan Odenheimer and Erika Solomon, NY Times, July 15, 2025
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FOR FURTHER REFERENCE
New U.S. Assessment Finds American Strikes Destroyed Only One of Three Iranian Nuclear Sites: Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, et al, NBC News, July 17, 2025 — One of the three nuclear enrichment sites in Iran struck by the United States last month was mostly destroyed, setting work there back significantly.
Iran May Approach Bomb-Grade Enrichment if UN Sanctions Restored – IRGC Media: Iran International, July 15, 2025 — Iran could boost its uranium enrichment to 90%, weapons-grade level, and consider exiting the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) if European powers move to trigger the UN snapback sanctions mechanism, Tasnim News reported on Tuesday.
Will Iran Really Try to Assassinate Trump?: Nigel Jones, The Telegraph, July 16, 2025 — The news that an Iranian website has crowdfunded a 40 million dollar bounty to be paid to any assassin who manages to kill Donald Trump will not daunt a president who has already survived two assassination attempts…
Mullahs’ Reign of Terror: Bruce Bower, Front Page Magazine, July 16, 2025 — Iran has always stood apart from the rest of the Muslim world. Far more than the Arab countries that stretch from Marrakech to Muscat, Iran has proudly, even fiercely, protected its pre-Islamic cultural heritage.