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Friday, August 15th 2025 / Friday, August 15th 2025
SHABBAT READING: The Building Blocks of Biblical Interpretations: Text, Lexicon, and Grammar: Prof. Marc Zvi Brettler, The Torah.com, Aug 3, 2015 — Much of TheTorah.com focuses on big issues, such as the composition and the historical background of biblical texts. But it is only possible to explore those issues once we know what the biblical […]
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Friday, August 15th 2025
Yoni Ben Menachem Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, Aug. 10, 2025 “Hizbullah is buying time to chip away at the government’s disarmament decision.” Hizbullah is striving to preserve its power as the Lebanese government moves to disarm it, calibrating pressure while avoiding direct confrontation with civilians or the army. Israeli security sources […]
Edward Gabriel The Hill, Aug. 13, 2025 “By launching this process, Lebanon’s leaders have sent a clear message to their citizens and to the world: They are committed to national unity, the rule of law and regional stability.” Last week, the Lebanese government made a historic move toward restoring full authority over its territory […]
Laila Bassam Reuters, Aug. 7, 2025 “Iran’s Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi told Iranian state TV on Wednesday that this was not the first time attempts have been made to disarm the Iran-backed group, adding that the final decision rests with the group itself.” The United States has presented Lebanon with a proposal for disarming […]
Jacques Neriah Israel Today, July 27, 2025 “Buoyed by a landslide victory in municipal elections, Hezbollah continued to defy both the Lebanese government and the US.” The recent events in Syria—specifically the massacre carried out against the Druze community in Sweida and the subsequent flare-up between Israel and Syria—have overshadowed the tectonic changes unfolding in […]
Friday, June 6th 2025
“While the relationship between Lebanon and Israel is far from warm, it is incomparable to the state of the ties a mere six months ago.” — Shimon Sherman SHABBAT READING: Samson: What Kind of Nazirite Was He?: Dr. Ely Levine, The Torah.com, May 14, 2013 — Among the various sections in parashat Naso (Num 4:21-7:89), […]
Omar Abdel-Baqui and Adam Chamseddine WSJ, May 28, 2025 “We do see a lot of areas where the Lebanese army is way more effective than expected.” Lebanon’s army has largely disarmed Hezbollah in its southern strongholds—in part with the help of Israeli intelligence—as the country’s new government moves to enforce a cease-fire that halted […]
Lion Ben Ari Ynet News, June 4, 2025 “While some of the structures may indeed be used by civilians and farmers, others — especially those placed in locations designated by Hezbollah as operationally strategic — are expected to become terrorist outposts staffed by terrorists.” Footage from the funeral of a Hezbollah operative recently killed […]
Wednesday, March 19th 2025 / Wednesday, March 19th 2025
Stav Levaton Times of Israel, Mar. 18, 2025 “In a September 2021 conference held in Gaza titled “Promise of the Hereafter – Post-Liberation Palestine,” Palestinian factions openly discussed governing the entirety of Israel’s territory, “from the river to the sea.”” In the years leading up to its invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, Hamas developed a […]
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, November 29th 2024 / Friday, November 29th 2024
“Yet the strategic situation remains essentially unchanged. Lebanon is still host to an Iran-implanted deep state that is much stronger than the official bodies of state. This Iran controlled structure does not require the permission of the official state for its actions and did not seek this consent before it launched its ruinous campaign on […]
Friday, November 29th 2024
Oma Mizrahi INSS Insight No. 1916, Nov. 21, 2024 “New voices against Hezbollah are also emerging within the Shiite community, which has borne the brunt of the war.” As the war between Hezbollah and Israel continues, the toll on Lebanon is steadily increasing. Despite Israel’s efforts to focus on targeting Hezbollah and avoid damage to […]
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