Isranet Daily Briefing
Wednesday, October 9th 2024
“USE-OVER-LOSE” Experts See Hezbollah ‘Escalation’ In Use of New Missiles, As Group Weathers Israeli Bombardment: Agnes Halou, Breaking Defence, Oct. 8, 2024 — Ten days after the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and amid an aggressive Israeli bombardment, a senior Hezbollah official today attempted to assauge any of the group’s concerns by saying its capabilities are […]
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Elie Klutstein/Makor Rishon Israel Hayom, Oct. 2, 2024 “Iran’s plan to acquire an atomic bomb is not an end in itself but a means. It is part of Tehran’s vision of wiping Israel off the map. Along the way, Iranian proxy forces, an existential threat in every respect, are being deployed. A lack of […]
Aaron MacLean Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation & Institute, no date “It is certainly tempting to argue that the Middle East, from the American strategic perspective, does not or ought not exist. The region is the scene of a generational strategic failure of American statesmen and the American foreign policy elite of both parties.” […]
Friday, August 30th 2024
*** 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Thursday, August 29th 2024
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. […]
Nathan Klabin/The Media Line Jerusalem Post, Aug. 23, 2024 “Iran currently has two of the three critical components needed to assemble a nuclear weapon.” Recent developments in Iran’s nuclear ambitions indicate that the Islamic Republic is on the cusp of achieving a nuclear weapon. Many experts estimate that the Iranian regime should already have enough […]
Wednesday, August 14th 2024 / Wednesday, August 14th 2024
Iran’s Profound Predicament: Salem Alktebi, Israel Hayom, Aug. 11, 2024 China Is Now Goading Iran into Attacking Israel: Gordon G. Chang, Gatestone Institute, Aug. 14, 2024 Iran Is Better Positioned to Launch Nuclear-Weapons Program, New U.S. Intelligence Assessment Says: Laurence Norman and Michael R. Gordon, WSJ, Aug. 9, 2024 Only a Credible Offensive Threat Can Deter […]
Wednesday, August 14th 2024
Salem Alktebi Israel Hayom, Aug. 11, 2024 “For the first time, the Iranian regime finds its hands bound from a genuine military response that would restore its pride, especially since the theatrics it carried out in response to targeting the Iranian consulate in Damascus did not convince anyone.” No analyst would doubt that the Iranian regime […]
Wednesday, July 31st 2024
Antonio Graceffo Geopolitical Monitor, July 22, 2024 “The April 13 attack on Israel, where Iran launched 300 missiles and drones, suggests that Iran is more willing to risk triggering a war, increasing the potential shift toward nuclear weapons if attacked.” Iran’s military activity, support for terrorism, and advancements in nuclear capabilities were the central focus of […]
Friday, June 28th 2024
Seth Cropsey WSJ, June 25, 2024 “By manipulating the U.S. into restraining Israel, Iran hopes to keep Israel frozen and slowly erode its will. At some point in the coming months, Iran expects a cease-fire that will allow it to capture the West Bank and threaten Israel’s existence.” Israel faces a strategic choice with […]
Friday, June 21st 2024
SHABBAT READING Israel’s Acceptance of the Covenant with YHWH: A Leap of Faith?: Prof. Rabbi Jonathan Magonet, TheTorah.com, June 18, 2024 — Israel’s response at Sinai, נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע (naʿaseh ve-nishmaʿ), “let us do and [then] let us hear” (Exod 24:7) is famously cited in the midrash as evidence of a remarkable and praiseworthy leap of faith—that even before […]
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