Amir Oren

Jul 14, 2024 | haaretz.com | Amir Oren

Get email notification for articles from Amir Oren Follow Spring 1980, Philadelphia. The primaries for the Republican presidential candidate. Ronald Reagan invites local and foreign journalists to accompany him for a photo shoot. Smiles and handshakes in the Italian market. The security is evident, cumbersome but not heavy. The reporters are channeled to the candidate's next destination, a butcher shop, where the butcher takes pride in a gleaming series of long knives, iron swords.

Jul 14, 2024 | jstribune.com | Eric Edelman |Dan Runde |Amir Oren |Bogdan Polovko

On July 8, Russia launched a barrage of missiles that hit the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, killing at least 38 persons. One missile demolished the ward which cared for child patients on dialysis. The explosion was so powerful that the top floor of the building collapsed; the shockwave and secondary shrapnel destroyed two other wards. Ukrainians knew a terrible thing had happened but after the initial shock, there was no despair.

Jul 8, 2024 | jstribune.com | Amir Oren |Yaakov Lappin |Ahmed Charai |Dan Runde

Paraguay is at a hinge moment in its history, with the election last year of a new president. With small steps, the United States could make a significant difference. This collaboration would both enhance Paraguay’s development and its status as a US ally. The country’s biggest constraint, however, is corruption. and more engagement from the US and new offers of deeper partnership in exchange for governance reforms may be the format for enabling change in Paraguay.

Jul 5, 2024 | haaretz.com | Amir Oren

How could Israel have responded to a critical warning by an intelligence official without compromising their identity? Lessons from October 1973 that could have been applied 50 years later Get email notification for articles from Amir Oren Follow Get email notification for articles from Amir Oren Follow Israel has a senior agent in Tehran. He's close to the Supreme Leader and hears from him that on a particular day a nuclear missile will be fired at Little Satan, aka the Zionist regime.

May 30, 2024 | haaretz.com | Amir Oren

Up until Tuesday, May 28, the Mossad - Israel's Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations - was perceived as the only organization in the country's defense and intelligence community to successfully evade the stink of October 7.