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Another One-Day War? What the Latest Hezbollah-Israel Clash Reveals About Deterrence and Escalation

Ben Fishman, Hanin Ghaddar, Assaf Orion and Dennis Ross Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Aug 27, 2024 “In its [Hezbollah’s] view, the current conflict has shifted the “buffer zone” between the two parties southward, posing enough of a threat to compel mass evacuations in northern Israel.” On August 25, Israel carried out large-scale preemptive […]

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Why Is It Taking So Long to Destroy Hamas?

Colonel (res.) Prof. Gabi Siboni JISS, Aug. 22, 2024 “Hamas’ control over humanitarian aid gives it breathing room and maintains its influence and power among the population.” After ten months of fighting, many ask why Hamas has not yet been destroyed yet?, and the full achievement of the war’s objectives has yet to be realized. […]

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Communiqué: Humiliation totale pour le Hezbollah et otage libéré

Citation de la semaine:   « Soudain, j’ai entendu quelqu’un parler hébreu derrière la porte, je ne pouvais pas le croire, je ne pouvais pas le croire » Farhan al-Qadi, otage libéré le 27 août 2024   ***                              Table des Matières   […]

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Daily Briefing: HOW FAR SHOULD ISRAEL GO TO PREVENT A NUCLEAR IRAN?

*** SHABBAT READING   Meat or Murder?:  Dr. Yitzhag Feder, The Torah.com, July 28, 2013 — Is eating meat murder, or is it a mitzvah? While current Jewish practice might support the latter possibility – at least in the context of Shabbat and holiday meals, an examination of the laws in the Torah might lead in the […]

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Madness, Sanity, Nuclear War and EMP in the Middle East

Prof. Louis René Beres Israel National News, July 29, 2024   “Israel is a state with no “strategic depth.””   “Into the eternal gloom, into fire, into ice.” Dante, Inferno As matters stand presently, it would not be in Iran’s interest to use NNEMP (non-nuclear EMP) weapons. This is because Israel could mount a higher […]

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Israel Has a Legal Option to Prevent Iranian Nuclear Weapons: The Use of Force

Prof. Louis René Beres Algemeiner, Apr. 16, 2024   “Even if Iran were not in a condition of active belligerency with the Jewish state, an Israeli preemptive action could still be law-enforcing. Israel, in the fashion of every state under world law, is entitled to existential self-defense.”   Though Iran describes its drone and missile […]

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Iran is Playing for Time in Its Nuclear Endgame Against Washington

Mark Toth and Jonathan Sweet The Hill, Aug. 29, 2024   “David Albright reports for the Institute for Science and International Security that Iran could have enough weapons-grade HEU to build three nukes in 10 days, five nuclear weapons in a month and a total of nine in 60 days. Of course, constructing them is […]

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Obama Suppressed Iran Nuclear Intel to Get Deal, U.S. Counterspy Says

Bill Gertz The Washington Times, August 28, 2024   “That detailed IRGC dossier was the ’wrong narrative’ as far as the Obama administration was concerned. It might jeopardize their precious Iran Deal, thus it had to not exist. Therefore, it never existed. Until I went whistleblower right here.”   The CIA suppressed secrets from inside Iran during the Obama administration […]

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Daily Briefing: WILL IRAN AND HEZBOLLAH ATTACK ISRAEL?

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Exclusive: Top US General Says Risk of Broader War Eases a Bit After Israel-Hezbollah Exchange:  Phil Stewart, Reuters, Aug. 26, 2024 — The near-term risk of a broader war in the Middle East has eased somewhat after Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah exchanged fire without further escalation but Iran still poses a significant danger as it weighs a […]

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Iran’s Crossroads: A Regime Paralyzed by Its Own Failures

Erfan Fard Israel Hayom, Aug. 26, 2024 “One of the most glaring issues facing the regime is its inability to accurately assess different scenarios and their potential consequences.”   In recent years, the Islamic Republic of Iran has faced a series of escalating confrontations with Israel that have left the regime humiliated and increasingly vulnerable. […]

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Iran and Hezbollah Don’t Want a War with Israel

Jonathan Spyer Middle East Forum, Aug. 26, 2024 “Tehran’s desire now to preserve its assets and return the focus to the campaigns of attrition it prefers will have been well noted by both friend and foe.” Hezbollah’s response to the killing of senior official Fuad Shukr, when it finally came, was a more minor event […]

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Iran Still Intends to Attack Israel

Sheldon Kirshner Times of Israel, Aug. 28, 2024 “Certainly, Iran’s intention is to stoke fear and anxiety among Israelis by slowing its response and capitalizing on speculation about when and how it will respond.” Nearly a month after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iran has yet to fulfill its pledge to […]

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