Analysis
Wednesday, January 15th 2025
Dov Lieber WSJ, Jan. 9, 2025 “In many cases, the European states that may be critical about Israel are still very keen on acquiring Israeli arms.” After a year marked by war and calls for isolating Israel on the world stage, its defense industry is on track to sell more weapons than ever in its […]
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Israel Hayom, Jan. 8, 2025 “Turkey’s interests in turning Syria into a client state, thereby bolstering its regional influence, are clear. Our response includes on-the-ground actions and preparing for potential threats that could escalate rapidly.” Turkey’s attempt to turn Syria into a client state, replacing Iran and Russia as key influencers, is a growing concern […]
Hussain Abdul-Hussain Algemeiner, Jan. 14, 2025 “From an Arab perspective, of the three regional powers, the least expansive and intrusive is Israel, followed by Turkey, which puts its economy ahead of imperial ambitions and therefore limits its regional adventures.” Israel is perhaps the most muscular and influential power in the Middle East today. When Israel […]
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Jan. 7, 2025 “Interestingly, Nagel did not think that the IDF’s size was inadequate on October 7, 2023, but does think it is inadequately small now in light of the seven fronts it faces challenges on.” The government commission headed by former national security council chief Jacob Nagel issued its […]
Tuesday, January 14th 2025
Michael Horowitz and Joshua Schwartz War on the Rocks, Dec. 18, 2024 “… precise weaponry is now much more widely available to weak powers than it was in the past, and the low cost of many of these systems enables actors to deploy precision technology at scale.” From strikes by uncrewed aerial systems launching precision […]
Monday, September 23rd 2024
Jonathan Spyer The Spectator, Sept. 17, 2024 “The return of residents to their northern border communities has now been defined as a war aim by Israel. Logic leads inexorably to the conclusion that only a major rearrangement of the situation north of the frontier — i.e. pushing Hezbollah’s forces away from the border line — […]
Tuesday, September 3rd 2024
Itay Ilnai Israel Hayom, Sept. 1, 2024 “The reason for CENTCOM’s massive buildup, senior defense and political officials agree, is solely related to Iran.” On Monday, American General Charles Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, participated in a tour of the Israel-Lebanon border. Although this is only the second time Brown, the highest-ranking […]
Ben Fishman, Hanin Ghaddar, Assaf Orion and Dennis Ross Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Aug 27, 2024 “In its [Hezbollah’s] view, the current conflict has shifted the “buffer zone” between the two parties southward, posing enough of a threat to compel mass evacuations in northern Israel.” On August 25, Israel carried out large-scale preemptive […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
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 […]
Wednesday, August 21st 2024
RESILIENCE AND TRUST Swords of Iron Survey Results – August 2024: Mora Deitch, Rebecca Meller, Idit Shafran Gittleman and Anat Shapira, INSS, Aug. 21, 2024 — Since the Swords of Iron war outbreak, the Institute for National Security Studies regularly conducts public opinion surveys to examine national resilience and public trust trends. *** Thinking the Thinkable: Israel’s […]
Col. (res.) Gur Laish BESA, Aug. 19, 2024 “Throughout its short history, Israel has never been able to completely eliminate any of its enemies.” But can Israel eliminate Hamas (and Hezbollah)? Would attempting to do so be worth the practical price of the long war it would require? Would Israel’s society, economy, and […]
Wednesday, August 21st 2024 / Wednesday, August 21st 2024
Frederick Krantz Col. (Res.) Gur Laisch’s “The Long War Phenomenon” (BESA Center) is an important piece, offering a window into the strategic thinking of at least one component of Israel’s military intelligence sector. It explains one rationale for recurrent and seemingly defeatist media references of some Israeli military figures who note that Hamas “cannot […]
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