Opinion Articles

Hezbollah Must Be Removed

The choices Israel makes now will not only shape its immediate future but will also define its security posture in the wider Middle East for decades to come.
Geopolitics

Israel is in desperate need of a hostage deal and strategy

A deal is the order of the day, to be followed by the main task: elections, so that the elected leadership can finally formulate what Israel is lacking: a national strategy.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

The briefing Netanyahu did not give

An attempt to understand Netanyahu’s decision-making process regarding the Tehran assassination through an imagined briefing with a trusted journalist exploring the rationale and strategic considerations that may have influenced this bold move
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Israelis have several reasons to say ‘God bless America’ this month

In this topsy-turvy environment, Austin’s vow “to take every possible step to defend Israel” resonated boldly. So, too, does Biden’s firm message to Iran, repeating: “Don’t!”
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Israeli politicians who attack the US are playing with fire

The partnership with Israel’s key ally is the cornerstone of the nation’s security, yet right-wingers keep threatening to put its future in doubt
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Why did the Knesset sabotage Biden’s plan for Iran?

A US-led regional alliance against the Islamic Republic and its proxies is vital to Israel’s strategic security interests. The government should take greater care
Geopolitics
Identity

A Hostage Deal – How Will We Decide?

The Israeli seismograph, in the last year and a half, has registered countless shocks beneath the ground we stand upon, but the thick and jagged fault line threatening a quake of enormous magnitude seems to run directly under the hostages
Identity
Antisemitism

Europe and the Jews

The changing face of Europe leaves the Jews of Europe with no way out; they have but one insurance policy: Israel’s Law of Return.
Antisemitism
Antisemitism

Macron’s far-left allies could threaten French Jews

The condemnation of Israel is one of the far-left’s main objectives and could weaken the fight against antisemitism.
Antisemitism
Democracy

Protests are justified. Blocking roads is not

The freedom to demonstrate is at the very core of democracy, but it does not license public disorder and anarchy
Democracy