Analysis
Tuesday, December 10th 2024
Jonathan Spyer WSJ, Dec. 8, 2024 “In each case, Israel’s response laid bare the profound inferiority of the Iranians and their allies in direct confrontation.” The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks the eclipse of Iran’s self-styled axis of resistance in the Middle East. While the successful advance of the Syrian Sunni insurgents […]
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Simon Sebag Montefiore The Free Press, Dec. 8, 2024 “It is impossible to watch the fall of the brutal tyranny of the House of Assad without feeling joy.” In Qardaha, in the Alawite lands of Latakia on the Mediterranean, stands the sumptuous and pristine marble mausoleum worthy of an Arab monarch. It is here the founder of […]
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Jonathan Schanzer Commentary Magazine, Dec. 8, 2024 “The Syrian border with Israel, now fortified with ground troops and air power, is one to watch in the weeks and months ahead.” The Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria has collapsed. Sunni rebels, backed by Turkey and Qatar, completed their lightning offensive last night after just a few short […]
Gianluca Pacchiani Times of Israel, Dec. 9, 2024 “According to my understanding, Trump will focus on the Pacific region, China, and the global economy, but first and foremost on American domestic affairs. So the incoming administration has a plan to deal with the Middle East before Trump comes into office, and that includes a retreat […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Monday, December 9th 2024
“With a new American administration only five weeks away and many potential Trump candidates in intelligence and defense positions profoundly influenced by America’s debacles in Iraq and Afghanistan, the likely recommendation from this group will be for the US to do nothing. However, the Marco Rubio-Mike Waltz faction knows better. Creating a vacuum in the […]
Dr. Eric R. Mandel Jerusalem Post, Dec. 8, 2024 “Russia will do all it can to preserve its Hmeimim air base in Latakia and its Tartus naval port on the Mediterranean. The Iran alliance is a casualty for the time being. However, Russia will still work with Iran as part of the axis of resistance, […]
Lahav Harkov Jewish Insider, Dec. 8, 2024 “… a nuclear Iran is a more immediate and tangible matter.” With the stunning fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, another branch of Iran’s “axis of resistance” to Israel has been eliminated, a positive development with strategic opportunities for Israel, though there are still risks to […]
JCFA Iran-Syria Desk Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Dec. 8, 2024 “Israel should leverage the regional chaos and confusion to bolster its own interests.” Syria’s pro-Iranian Alawite minority has fallen. Syria’s ancient capital of Damascus was captured by the most formidable element of the anti-Assad coalition, the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The group is led by the Sunni Islamic fundamentalist Abu […]
Farnaz Fassihi NY Times, Dec. 7, 2024 “Resistance in the region would be left without support. Israel would become the dominant force.” For decades, Iran has expended much blood and money in support of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, helping him survive a civil war that threatened his dynastic rule. Iran operated military bases, weapons warehouses […]
Saturday, December 7th 2024
David Bensoussan The author is a professor of science at the University of Quebec Philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy wrote on X: “I keep reading everywhere that Lebanon is ‘on the verge of collapse.’ No. It is on the verge of relief and liberation.” This observation reflects an unprecedented turning point in the country’s political and military […]
Friday, December 6th 2024
SHABBAT READING: How Is It Possible that Jacob Mistakes Leah for Rachel?: Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com, no date — When Jacob arrives at the city of his uncle, Laban, he meets his cousin Rachel at the well and is struck by her beauty. Jacob stays with Laban for a month and starts working for him. […]
Ron Ben Yishai Ynet News, Dec. 5, 2024 “Israel is concerned about these militias and the Hezbollah forces entering Syria, as they could signify the beginning of a long-term Iranian military presence in the country through its proxies.” The rapid southward advance of Sunni jihadist rebels and the capture of the city of Hama appear […]
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