Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, October 28th 2024
‘Days of Repentance’: This Is How the Iran Operation Unfolded: ILH staff, Israel Hayom, Oct. 26, 2024 — In a significant military operation dubbed “Days of Repentance,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted a series of precision strikes against military targets inside Iran, marking a direct response to Iran’s recent attacks on Israel. Killing Iran’s Nuclear Program: Did Israel Throw Away a […]
Analysis
Lazar Berman Jerusalem Post, Oct. 27, 2024 “The Israeli strike may have been somewhat limited in terms of the actual damage it caused, but the message to frail Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is what matters: Israel can reach strategic sites in Iran and can hit what it wants, and […]
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Melanie Phillips Substack, Oct. 27, 2024 “Israel’s strategic aim, he said, had changed. It would no longer tolerate Iranian aggression either directly or through its proxies and would now hold the Iranian regime itself accountable.” This morning, people have been trying to work out the significance of the Israeli strikes on Iran that […]
Ron Ben-Yishai Ynet News, Oct. 26, 2024 “Last night’s attack on Iran represents a strategic and military masterpiece.” The Iranian leadership, spearheaded by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is currently grappling with a complex dilemma over whether and how to respond to last night’s Israeli airstrikes. This challenge arises from the need to balance three critical […]
Danny Zaken Israel Hayom, Oct. 22, 2024 “The US Treasury dropped a bombshell – fresh sanctions targeting Iran’s oil sector, but with a twist.” Let me share a tidbit in Persian – “An eqtesad ahmaqaneh ast.” It’s their way of saying, “It’s the economy, stupid” – that game-changing phrase from Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential victory. Today, […]
Wednesday, October 23rd 2024
DUALITIES OF JUDAISM Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah in a Nutshell: Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — SHEMINI ATZERET is a strange day in the Jewish calendar. It is described as the eighth day, and thus part of Succot, but it is also designated by a name of its own, Atzeret. Is it, or is it […]
Matti Wagner Times of Israel, Oct. 23, 2024 “This year, with so many men in reserve service, who will take the small children on their shoulders and dance with them?”” On the first anniversary of the most deadly attack on Jews since the Holocaust, rabbis of communities throughout Israel are grappling with how to […]
Doron Kornbluth Jerusalem Post, Oct. 22, 2024 “… simcha is related to who I am, who I can be, and who I am connected to.” I’ve always looked forward to Simchat Torah. This year? Not so much. You can guess why. The question is: How can we be happy this Simchat Torah? In a way, […]
Prof. James A. Diamond The Torah.com, Oct. 21, 2016 “Questions fuel all Jewish biblical interpretation.” “After [Abraham] was weaned, while still an infant, his mind began to reflect. By day and night, he was thinking and wondering, “How is it possible that this sphere should continuously be guiding the world and have no one […]
Shlomo M. Brody Tablet, Oct. 15, 2014 “Another distinctive element of Simhat Torah is that in addition to reading the day’s Torah portion and its maftir, we take out a third Torah scroll to begin the reading of Genesis.” Simchat Torah is an anomaly on the Jewish calendar. The festival, which celebrates the completion […]
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024 / Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
IRAN ON THE MOVE 7 East Jerusalem Men Arrested in Iran Spy Plot, Including Bid to Kill Nuclear Scientist: TOI staff, Times of Israel, Oct. 22, 2024 — Seven East Jerusalem Palestinians have been arrested on suspicion of spying for Iran and plotting attacks in Israel on the Islamic Republic’s behalf, the Israel Police and Shin Bet said Tuesday, […]
Tuesday, October 22nd 2024
Frank Gardner BBC, Oct. 21, 2024 “Glaringly absent from these documents is any mention of what targets Israel intends to hit in Iran, or when.” US investigators are trying to find out how a pair of highly classified intelligence documents were leaked online. The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, contain […]
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