Middle East

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.

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Israel Must Not End The War Despite Sinwar Success

We, who want this war to end yesterday, must keep fighting tomorrow and tomorrow, until the aggressors – Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran – cave in.
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Sinwar, Check. Nasrallah, Check. What Comes Next for Bibi and Israel?

If there was ever a moment ripe for launching the political process necessary to end the war, that moment is now
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A Letter to Lebanon: Could Northern Arrows Free Lebanon from Hezbollah?

Center Field: A breakthrough in Beirut could lead to a regional turnaround with Tehran, something in everyone’s best interest.
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Biden Should Tell Israel: ‘We’ve Got This’ and Bomb Iran

President Biden has kept warning Israel about “escalating” without realizing that American passivity fuels the conflict.
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Biden Admin Can Destroy Islamic Republic’s Nuclear Program, Secure its Legacy

Biden has repeatedly stated that preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb is a central mission of his administration. But there is a gap between declarations and actions.
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How Sovereign Jews Became the Target of an Islamic Identity Crisis

If the Jews of 1898—who were fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe and those who were living as second class citizens throughout the Arab world—could push Islam back, it signified an intolerable disaster of Islamic weakness.
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The Case for the Attack on Hezbollah Jihadists

If you’re uncomfortable with an operation that precisely targeted jihadists actively seeking to commit genocide, then what kind of self-defense would you find acceptable from Israel?
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How Long Does a War Take?

It’ll be over by Christmas” is an old saying from the first months of World War I. That war lasted from July 1914 to November 1918—almost four and a half years. To Israel’s leaders’ credit, they have never said such a thing about our war. When it began a year ago, with the brutal attack on October 7, neither Christmas nor any Jewish holy day was mentioned as a possible end date. The war started on a holy day, and when it ends it will be a different type of holy day—that is, if Israel ends up winning it.
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Yaakov Katz, in a CNN interview: The situation in the north may escalate

Since Hezbollah began firing at Israel on Oct. 8, the government has tried to limit the scope of the conflict & prevent it from expanding. Has that now changed?
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