Analysis
Tuesday, October 24th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
David Kilcullen Foreign Affairs, Oct. 23, 2023 “Urban combat is slow, grinding, destructive, and horrendously costly in human life.” Although the details are still difficult to predict, it seems very likely that Israel will mount a land invasion of the Gaza Strip in the near future. If and when that happens, the campaign will […]
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Friday, October 20th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
SHABBAT READING Hero or Zero?: NOACH • 5767, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, The Rabbi Sacks Legacy — Noah is one of the most tantalising figures in the Torah, and nowhere is this more evident than in the first and last glimpses we catch of him in the sedra that bears his name. The opening is full of expectation: […]
Thursday, October 19th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Tony Badran Tablet, Oct. 18, 2023 “It’s hard to argue with the notion that funding the security arm of an Iranian-backed pseudo-state run by a terror army that has murdered hundreds of Americans and targets America’s only useful military ally in the region is the furthest thing from a wise or sane investment.” […]
Monday, October 16th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Yoav Limor Israel Hayom, Oct. 12, 2023 “This is an extremely dangerous game: Both sides are on the highest state of alert with already taut nerves stretched to the limit, and any localized incident may boil over in no time at all into a much broader conflagration.” The main task that the emergency cabinet […]
Thursday, October 12th 2023 / Tuesday, October 31st 2023
IRAN GAVE COMMAND Iran Gave the Order: This is How Hamas’ Offensive was Planned: Shirit Avitan Cohen, Israel Hayom, Oct. 10, 2023 — Indications of the meticulous planning behind the surprise attack on the Gaza border communities are becoming clearer as time passes. The broad picture, even if late, should not soothe the politicians and […]
Tuesday, October 10th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Noah Rothman National Review, Oct. 7, 2023 “Israel does not have to learn to live with Hamas.” As of this writing, 90 Israelis are confirmed dead as a result of the invasion of Southern Israel by the Iran-backed terrorist organization, Hamas. According to the Israeli Health Ministry, over 900 more Israelis are wounded and hospitalized, many […]
Haviv Rettig Gur Times of Israel, Oct. 8, 2023 “Hamas gunmen didn’t get “carried away,” as some explained. They were the essence of the whole enterprise. They were Hamas’s basic message to Israelis: That they weren’t being killed and kidnapped just for tactical advantage in the struggle for Palestinian independence, but rather were being humiliated […]
Monday, October 9th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Alex Traiman JNS, Oct. 7, 2023 “The security failings raise the question of whether the Simchat Torah attack will be Prime Minister Netanyahu’s “Golda moment.”” Many questions and few answers abound as Israel has suffered its worst homefront attack, and perhaps its worst security and intelligence failure in the past fifty years. Instead of peacefully […]
Lilach Shoval Israel Hayom, Oct. 9, 2023 “… when the intelligence did not give any warning, even not a hint, the IDF top brass did not train the troops, did not order the deployment of Iron Domes, and this most serious incident caught most of the senior IDF commanders at home.” The Simchat Torah attack […]
Friday, October 6th 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
Michael Oren WSJ, Sept. 28, 2023 “The result was a conflict that, in terms of its scale and complexity, was almost unmatched in the post-World War II era.” Recently, while walking in a Tel Aviv park, I was approached by a well-dressed, elderly man who recognized me—I once served as Israel’s ambassador to the […]
Tuesday, September 26th 2023 / Wednesday, November 1st 2023
LESSONS LEARNED Herzog on Yom Kippur: Being Open to Change: Isaac Herzog, Jerusalem Post, Sept. 25, 2023 — The Yom Kippur War was a watershed event in Israel’s history. A moment of profound national shock and trauma, it has left deep scars that, 50 years later, continue to punctuate the landscape of our society. The […]
Tuesday, August 22nd 2023 / Thursday, November 2nd 2023
J Post editorial Jerusalem Post, Aug. 21, 2023 “… in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Europe today is more aware of security threats and the need for modern defense systems.” The announcement last week that the US had approved Israel’s sale of its Arrow-3 missile defense system to Germany is important and its […]
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