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Wednesday, April 17th 2024
NOW WHAT? Podcast: After the Iranian Attack on Israel—What Can Be Expected?: Adi Kantor, Danny Citrinowicz, and Chuck Freilich, INSS, Apr. 16, 2024 — After Iran’s leadership repeatedly threatened to retaliate for the assassination of its senior officer in Damascus, their reaction indeed finally came. How the U.S. Forged a Fragile Middle Eastern Alliance to Repel […]
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Walter Russell Mead WSJ, Apr. 15, 2024 “What the president appears not yet to understand is that Iran has become so powerful, and America’s reputation as a source of sound policy and reliable support so weak, that only resolute American backing of our allies can turn the tide.” “Take the win,” President Biden reportedly advised Prime […]
Yigal Carmon JNS, Apr. 26, 2024 “Indeed, almost no one was hurt—but Israel’s deterrence was struck down by Washington’s coordination with Iran. Israel’s deterrence was sold out to save Iran’s.” To understand what happened in the Middle East overnight Saturday, one has to go back four years to the killing by the United States […]
Monday, February 12th 2024
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Feb. 11, 2024 “If the IDF goes into Rafah and takes over the Gazan side of the Philadelphi Corridor, Hamas would lose its last major remaining battalions, its last large city for hiding its leadership and human-shield hostages, and its only remaining way to rearm and smuggle in weapons from outside […]
Wednesday, January 10th 2024
Naftali Bennett WSJ, Dec. 28, 2023 “There are many ways to weaken Iran: empower domestic opposition, ensure internet continuity during riots against the regime, strengthen its enemies, increase sanctions and economic pressures. But Israel can’t and shouldn’t do this alone. The U.S. should be leading the effort.” Hamas and Islamic Jihad, backed by […]
Monday, January 8th 2024 / Tuesday, January 9th 2024
ISIS- REDUX Israel vs. Hamas – What’s New?: Israel vs. Hamas – What’s New?: Lt.-Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar, Dr. Dan Diker, Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Jan. 3, 2023 Why is the Gaza War Different?: Jonathan Spyer, JNS, Dec. 31, 2023 — The current Israeli operation in Gaza has led […]
Monday, January 8th 2024
Seth J. Frantzman FDD, Dec. 27, 2023 “This is why when many people hear the words “Shejaia,” or “Jabalya,” or “Beit Hanun,” it brings back memories of campaigns long ago, challenges met, adversaries bested, but with no real victory.” Israel has already churned through several phases: the initial response to the Hamas attack, the […]
Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen BESA, Jan. 3, 2024 “… the audacity of the IDF leadership and the war cabinet to deploy the IDF for an attack deep into Gaza’s densely populated, confined, and fortified urban terrain, both above and below ground – with an intensity not seen before, not even in the warfare of the […]
Meir Ben Shabbat Israel Hayom, Jan. 5, 2023 “Even if we assume that understandings could be struck between Israel and Egypt on this issue, a response will be required to two operational challenges: How to operate militarily in the crowded area that has absorbed thousands of people evacuated from the northern Gaza Strip; and the […]
Ariel Heimann INSS Special Publication, Jan. 7, 2024 “Lower intensity combat in Gaza still requires significant forces to defend and control the areas captured by the IDF (especially in northern Gaza); the new defense line, including a security perimeter, will be double the size of the previous one and manned with much greater density; and meanwhile, […]
Tuesday, January 2nd 2024
Yonah Jeremy Bob Jerusalem Post, Dec. 29, 2023 “Classified briefings by Brig. Gen. Dan Goldfus, who commands the invasion of Khan Younis, revealed that full control could take months, lasting beyond the deadline Israel has set for large-scale military operations.” What is happening in southern Gaza—and as important, what isn’t happening—threatens to leave the Middle East […]
Thursday, December 28th 2023
Seth Frantzman FDD’s Long War Journal, Dec. 19, 2023 “… the targeting of a financier and investigation of Hamas’ use of hospitals along with sending elite units into tunnels showcases the challenges the IDF faces in dismantling the multifaceted nature of Hamas’ control of Gaza.” The Israel Defense Forces on December 19 targeted terror tunnels […]
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