Opinion Articles

Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?

Did the strikes in Qatar move the country closer toward ending the war and bringing the hostages home, or did it push both goals further away?
Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?
President Donald Trump, along with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is in the background on a computer screen. Photo by Shutterstock
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October 7 was a feature, not a bug

The failures of that day were not the result of individual mistakes but of an entire strategic paradigm.
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Has Israel already lost the war with Hezbollah?

Depth, speed, and decisiveness. When it comes to Lebanon, Israel no longer seems to have any of that.
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Identity

Idan Amedi for Prime Minister of Israel

We must spark Zionist- and Israel-positive conversations – mainstreaming the sentiments in Amedi’s songs and posts, quoting soldiers’ final letters and wills – and rejecting October 6 politics.
Identity
Antisemitism

The ‘Palestinianization’ of international law

Some may think this is solely Israel’s problem. That the double standard will stop there. I disagree.
Antisemitism
Geopolitics

The Palestinian Path Untaken

The industrial peace complex could benefit, should it choose, by acknowledging what lies at the heart of this conflict
Geopolitics
Democracy

Israel requires a thin constitution

Israel requires a thin constitution. It will allow an end to the situation where the discourse of power prevails. It would enable a balanced and respectful dialogue between branches of government
Democracy
Geopolitics

Getting upset with the world is not a strategy

Israel’s geopolitical reality is complicated by 4 factors that may be harnessed to the country’s advantage with careful statecraft
Geopolitics
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Genocide and the Hague

To win the battle against us in The Hague, possibly an impossible goal in that anti-Israel body, we have to be sure not to say anything they can use against us.
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Returning to sites of the massacre, hard yet necessary

We should do whatever it takes! – to see the evil that so many Gazans unleashed upon us on October 7.
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