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Dec 5, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
The troubles of the Iranian axis are coming in waves. The rapid advance of jihadist rebel forces in Syria, which captured the important city of Aleppo and continue to move southward towards Hama, represents another blow to the axis of evil in the Middle East. The regional network of operatives, led by Iran, has suffered a series of strikes in recent months, inflicted by Israel in Gaza, Lebanon, Yemen, and even within Iran itself.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
Nearly a month after Iran’s Oct. 1 missile attack, Israel responded early Saturday morning with an unprecedented, wide, and publicized Israeli strike on Iran. The attack brought Tehran into the line of fire for the first time since the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. A year after the Simchat Torah catastrophe, Israel has achieved yet another significant success, strengthening its deterrence against Iran and across the region.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
Nearly a month after Iran’s October 1 missile attack, Israel responded early Saturday morning with an unprecedented, wide, and publicized Israeli strike on Iran. The attack brought Tehran into the line of fire for the first time since the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s. A year after the Simchat Torah catastrophe, Israel has achieved yet another significant success, strengthening its deterrence against Iran and across the region.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
Following the significant and painful blows Hezbollah has sustained over the past week, the organization was compelled to respond. This response came in the form of expanded rocket fire, targeting areas such as the Haifa area and the Jezreel Valley. Hezbollah declared this a “preliminary response” to the Israeli attacks on communication devices, including pagers and radios.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
The smirk that became a fixture on Nasrallah’s face on October 7th vanished on Monday. The reports from Lebanon suggest that the campaign of exploding communication devices were a significant and astonishing blow to Hezbollah, showcasing an impressive combination of penetration, technological, and intelligence capabilities.
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Aug 31, 2024 | 
myemail-api.constantcontact.com | Graham Allison |Amos Yadlin |James Marson |Todd South
Quotes of the Day:“Nothing is so weak and unstable as a reputation for power which is not based on one’s own strength.” – Tacitus"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all." – Emily Dickinson"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing." –Theodore Roosevelt1. Ukraine General’s Plan Surprised the Russians—and His Own Troops2.
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Aug 30, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Graham Allison |Amos Yadlin
As U.S. negotiators press for an agreement between Israel and Hamas that would exchange hostages for a cease-fire before events ignite a wider war, will Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accept what could be a historic strategic victory for Israel? Had any of Israel’s 13 previous prime ministers been in office today, there is no doubt that she or he would have accepted the deal that Israel designed and the United States proposed at the end of May.
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May 19, 2024 | 
blogs.timesofisrael.com | Amos Yadlin
The recent visit to Israel by US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan drove home the message to the government that it is approaching a strategic crossroads, with the window for decision narrowing as the US elections near. Israeli decision-makers must fulfill their responsibilities. Rather than kicking the can down the road, they should make strategic decisions that could secure a historic victory for Israel and Zionism.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
almendron.com | Amos Yadlin
Since Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israel has found itself embroiled in a multi-front war for the first time in nearly 60 years. It is fighting in Gaza, countering armed groups in the West Bank, and facing missile strikes from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Israel seems less safe than most Israelis assumed it to be on October 6—and its leadership must now reshape the country’s national security policies accordingly.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
foreignaffairs.com | Amos Yadlin
Since Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israel has found itself embroiled in a multi-front war for the first time in nearly 60 years. It is fighting in Gaza, countering armed groups in the West Bank, and facing missile strikes from Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Israel seems less safe than most Israelis assumed it to be on October 6—and its leadership must now reshape the country’s national security policies accordingly.
