Analysis
Tuesday, August 6th 2024
Tovah Lazaroff Jerusalem Post, Aug. 5, 2024 “Escalation is in no one’s interest. It’s not in the interest of any one country. It’s not in the interest of the region, and it’s certainly not in the interest of the millions of civilians who just want to live their lives free from violence and conflict.” […]
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Monday, August 5th 2024
WHAT’S NEXT? Israel Brings Deterrence Back to the War on Terror: Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, Aug. 1, 2024 — Coming on the heels of strikes that killed Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif in Khan Younis and Hezbollah military commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, the assassination in Tehran of Hamas’s political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, sent clear messages to Hezbollah, Hamas and, most important, […]
Jonathan Spyer The Spectator, Aug. 3, 2024 “Is Israel prepared to up the ante to the point of regional war?” Following the killings of Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr and Hamas’s Ismail Haniyeh, Israel and the Middle East are poised and waiting for the next move. The two killings represent a significant humiliation for the Iran-led […]
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Aug. 5, 2024 “Taking out Haniyeh while he was in Tehran was an unmistakable signal to disabuse Iran of the notion that it has immunity when it uses proxies to harm Israel.” In a dizzying three weeks, Israel has assassinated three titans of terror (though only officially taking credit for […]
J.E. Dyer The Optimistic Conservative, Aug. 2, 2024 “Although there is no reason to expect the current U.S. administration, which for rhetorical convenience I will call “Petunia,” to take any effective action in the Middle East crises of 2024, there are actions the U.S. could take that would do some good.” As usual, late-breaking news […]
Monday, August 5th 2024 / Monday, August 5th 2024
Yaakov Lappin JNS, Aug. 1, 2024 “Israel is basically implementing here the Munich Olympics revenge [program] that took about a decade to assassinate all those who were involved in the Munich ’72 massacre. So Israel opted to do the same to all these that were involved in the 7 October attack, and the killing, burning, […]
Friday, August 2nd 2024 / Friday, August 2nd 2024
SHABBAT READING Natural or Supernatural?: Matot, Masei • 5771, 5784: Covenant & Conversation, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — The book of Bamidbar draws to a close with an account of the cities of refuge, the six cities – three on each side of the Jordan – set apart as places to which people found innocent of murder, but guilty of manslaughter, were […]
Friday, August 2nd 2024
Lazar Berman Times of Israel, Aug. 1, 2024 “The leader of Hamas abroad, [hitherto] Haniyeh, plays a central role in the mobilization of resources for Hamas, in representing the organization, in political outreach, in building its military power. In fact, this is what transforms Hamas from a local terrorist organization into a movement with regional […]
Jake Wallis Simons The Telegraph, July 31, 2024 “The Iranians are boxed in. The law of the region dictates that they will need to mount a response. But dare they provoke Netanyahu further?” Since October 7, Israel has had one geostrategic imperative: to reinstate deterrence. In the Middle East – and increasingly in Ukraine and […]
Wednesday, July 31st 2024
ALERT Top Hamas Leader Killed in Iran; Terror Group Vows Repercussions for ‘Entire Region’: James Lynch, National Review, July 31, 2024 — Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Iran for the inauguration of the nation’s new president, the terrorist group and Iranian state media said. Israel has not yet claimed […]
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 […]
Chad Merlin Jerusalem Post, July 26, 2024 “… in my opinion, all of the above is just a diversionary tactic until they can reach the holy grail, which is a nuclear bomb. Then everything will change.” The Islamic Republic goes to great lengths to invest in influencing minds across the globe to act against Israel and […]
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