Analysis
Friday, August 16th 2024
Andrew Fox Tablet, Aug. 12, 2024 “… many Western analysts are incapable of seeing the conflict through anything but the lens of post-9/11 operations.” There is desperation in Western media to declare Israel’s campaign in Gaza, Operation Swords of Iron, a failure. Over the past several months, there has been a steady supply of […]
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Friday, August 9th 2024
SHABBAT READING The Opening Of Devarim: A Recounting or Different Version of the Wilderness Experience?: Dr. Rabbi Zev Farber, The Torah.com, July 1, 2013 — Where does the book of Deuteronomy begin? This may seem like a simple question—surely a book starts at chapter 1 verse 1! But Deuteronomy turns out to be more complicated than […]
Friday, August 9th 2024 / Friday, August 9th 2024
James M. Dorsey Times of Israel, July 21, 2024 “Nablus, with a population of 150,000 residents, “was one of the biggest laboratories in 2002 for the development of a new type of urban warfare. Israelis were studying how cities operate.” The images of Israel’s reduction of Gaza to a pile of rubble and destructive West […]
Wednesday, August 7th 2024
Professor Efraim Inbar JISS, Aug. 4, 2024 “Attrition warfare is the best outcome for the population-centric Iranian strategy and the worst possible scenario for Israel.” Governments in many capitals of the world have repeatedly expressed apprehensions about escalation of the Gaza conflict and Hezbollah’s war of attrition against Israel. They fear greater violence, more casualties and […]
Monday, July 22nd 2024
Dr. Liraz Margalit Jerusalem Post, July 21, 2024 “The psychological war and the design of the victory narrative are an integral part of the war.” If the attempted assassination of Mohammed Deif, the head of the military wing of Hamas, is confirmed, it will be Israel’s greatest psychological achievement amid the current war. It is […]
Elliot Kaufman WSJ, July 19, 2024 “It shouldn’t be a surprise that pressure on Hamas could yield gains in negotiations. Yet for months Western powers took the opposite approach, pressuring Israel to end the war and leave Hamas victorious.” Something changed in Gaza. After months of rejecting Israeli cease-fire proposals and holding out for […]
Thursday, July 11th 2024
EVIL PERSONIFIED WATCH: What Does Hamas Want? – An Interview with Matthew Levitt: Mathew Levitt, Fathom Journal, June 2024 — Counter-terror expert Matthew Levitt speaks to Fathom about Hamas’s vision and strategy. What is Hamas’s strategy for the destruction of Israel? Is it strategically divided? What are the chances of a rapprochement with Fatah? What does Levitt mean by […]
Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Shaul Barta BESA, June 25, 2024 “To Saleh and other writers on the site, the operation began and ended on October 7 with a decisive Palestinian victory for the Hamas organization. It was a divine victory.” To faithful Muslims, the Battle of Badr marks the victory of a small group […]
Wednesday, June 26th 2024
“In 1969, at the height of the United States’ war in Vietnam, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger famously wrote, “The guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.” Israel is arguably in the same situation now. The Israeli government has pledged to keep fighting—at least until the […]
Stephen Kalin and Anat Peled WSJ, June 24, 2024 “We don’t want to see what we’ve seen in Gaza City and what we’ve seen in Khan Younis, which is the end of major combat operation and then the beginning of Hamas reasserting control and reasserting activity in those areas.” As Israel nears the end of major […]
Wednesday, June 26th 2024 / Wednesday, June 26th 2024
Summer Said and Rory Jones WSJ, June 10, 2024 “His [Sinwar’s] ultimate goal appears to be to win a permanent cease-fire that allows Hamas to declare a historic victory by outlasting Israel and claim leadership of the Palestinian national cause.” For months, Yahya Sinwar has resisted pressure to cut a ceasefire-and-hostages deal with Israel. Behind his decision, messages the […]
Bruce Hoffman Council on Foreign Relations, June 14, 2024 “Our job is to keep Palestinians radicalized. Most of them would settle in a moment for peace, some deal that will let them get on with their lives. We need to keep them angry.” What do we know about Hamas’s status as a fighting force […]
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