BAR’S MISSIVE
The Letter That Led to Netanyahu’s Decision to Fire Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar: Nadav Eyal, Ynet News, Mar. 18, 2025 — The real reason behind Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to fire Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar may lie in an extraordinary four-page letter Bar sent to Netanyahu, attached to the intelligence agency’s investigation into its failures ahead of October 7, Ynet learned Tuesday.
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Hamas’s Plan to Turn Gaza into Another Lebanon: Yaakov Lappin, BESA Perspectives Paper No. 2,336, Mar. 13, 2025
80 Strikes In 10 Minutes: How Israel’s Overnight Gaza Operation Unfolded: Yoav Zitun and Noa Lutski, Ynet News, Mar. 18, 2025
Captured Gaza Records Show that Iran, Hezbollah Plotted With Hamas to Destroy Israel: Stav Levaton, Times of Israel, Mar. 18, 2025
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For Further Reference:
Iran-Russia-China: A New Effective Axis?: INSS, YouTube. — Scroll down
There Is No Axis of Autocracies | Opinion: Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, Nov. 18, 2022 — At first glance, it appears Russian President Vladimir Putin is an international pariah, devoid of any friends or partners.
Challenges From Iran, China and Russia Top Agenda at G-7 Meeting: Warren P. Strobel and Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, Nov. 3, 2022 — Top diplomats from the world’s wealthiest democracies opened two days of meetings Thursday aimed at coordinating their sometimes divergent approaches to Russia, China and Iran.
US Remains Committed to Middle East Despite Strategy Shift, Kahl Says: Chris Gordon, Air & Space Forces Magazine, Nov. 18, 2022 — The Department of Defense’s senior policy official laid out the Biden administration’s security strategy for the Middle East.