Analysis
Friday, January 19th 2024
Vivian Yee and Farnaz Fassihi NY Times, Jan. 17, 2024 “But this week, Iran acted on its own and announced its actions, publicly framing the missile strikes as vengeance.” After hitting targets in neighboring Pakistan, Iraq and Syria with missiles, Iran talked tough on Wednesday, playing up — to friends and foes alike — not only its […]
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Seth J. Frantzman Jerusalem Post, Jan. 17, 2024 “The Al-Ain report could reflect new serious information about the Houthis and their positioning of missiles and drones. It could also reflect the wider regional concerns in the Gulf about the Houthis choosing to escalate.” The Houthis may be repositioning some of their missiles and drones after […]
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Jan. 17, 2024 “The big information point — if validated in the upcoming days — is where the Houthi assets are being moved.” … To briefly introduce the topic, the political condition of Yemen – reduced as it often is to warring factions, with no central government in control – […]
Saeed Shah and Benoit Faucon WSJ, Jan. 16, 2024 “Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps took the rare step on Monday of launching strikes out of Iran into Syria, despite having its own military presence there.” Iran hit a jihadist group in Pakistan with a missile and drone strike Tuesday, according to Iranian state media, […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Wednesday, January 10th 2024 / Wednesday, January 10th 2024
LOOMING ULTIMATUM? Iran Adds to Pressure on U.S. With Nuclear Program Acceleration: Lawrence Norman, WSJ, Dec. 26, 2023 — Iran has tripled production of nearly weapons-grade uranium in a move likely to deepen its confrontation with the West as Tehran helps allied militias to attack Israel and U.S. forces in the region. Iran, the Fulcrum of Mideast […]
Wednesday, January 10th 2024
Richard Goldberg National Review, Nov. 30, 2023 “Iran’s response to America’s taking its foot off the sanctions pedal was escalation on all fronts.” Hours before nearly 300,000 Americans gathered on the National Mall to show solidarity with Israel and condemn Hamas terrorism, the Biden administration sent a notification to Capitol Hill that upwards of $10 […]
Sander Gerbert and Robert Wexler The Hill, Jan. 4, 2024 “This doesn’t mean the two-state solution is impossible, but it does demand a realistic assessment of its current viability given Iranian opposition to a moderate Palestinian leadership that could actually make peace. The first step towards a revamped PA must be the elimination of […]
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024
Will the Conflict Expand?: Salem Alketbi, Israel Hayom, Dec. 26, 2023 Iran No Longer Hides Behind Proxies in War Against Israel: Ron Ben Yishai, Ynet News, Dec. 26, 2023 Israel Has Sent a Message; Now a Big Decision Awaits: Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom, Dec. 26, 2023 Biden Needs to Strike Back Hard Against Houthis to Protect Red Sea […]
Wednesday, January 3rd 2024 / Tuesday, January 2nd 2024
Yoav Limor Israel Hayom, Dec. 26, 2023 “Until now Israel has operated within the CBM framework (the Campaign Between Wars) in an attempt to keep hostilities below the threshold of war. In an era where overt war is being waged in the north and south and where Iran is using many tools at its disposal […]
Salem Alketbi Israel Hayom, Dec. 26, 2023 “Iran realizes that the intervention of its terrorist militia arms in the region under the pretext of defending the people of Gaza contributes to attracting the sympathy of the Arab and Islamic peoples and prevents the governments of these countries from uttering the facts and confronting the Iranian […]
Ron Ben Yishai Ynet News, Dec. 26, 2023 “If indeed Israel was behind his killing, as Arab media reports claimed, this was in response to Iran’s direct involvement in aggression toward maritime trade routes, since the start of the Israeli ground offensive in Gaza.” Sayyed Reza Mousavi was the third brigadier general in the Iranian Revolutionary […]
Tuesday, December 19th 2023 / Tuesday, December 19th 2023
Iran’s Proxies in Syria Move Toward Escalation with Israel: Kasra Aarabi and Jason M. Brodsky, Foreign Policy, Nov. 10, 2023 What the War in Gaza Means for Syria: Aron Lund, The New Humanitarian, Dec. 7, 2023 Syria’s Stakes in the Israel-Gaza War: Giorgio Cafiero, The New Arab, Dec. 14, 2023 How Violence in Syria Is Connected to […]
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