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2 weeks ago | 
azrielbermant.substack.com | Azriel Bermant
June is clearly the month for striking the nuclear facilities of Israel’s adversaries. On 7 June 1981, Israel attacked Iraq’s nuclear reactor in Osirak. Following the strike on Iraq, Britain’s ambassador in Iraq, Shlomo Argov, wrote that Israel’s readiness to “shock” the Middle East by destroying the nuclear reactor would make British policymakers sit up and take notice of Israel’s audacity and courage.
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4 weeks ago | 
rusi.org | Azriel Bermant |Michael Stephens
Dr Azriel Bermant and Michael Stephens7 Minute ReadPolitical support for the war in Gaza is at a nadir among Israel’s allies in the international community, with the UK looking for leverage to end the conflict. It has been 600 days since Hamas launched its devastating attack on Israel, killing 1200 Israelis and setting off a chain of events that have upended regional security, and ushered in a prolonged period of conflict.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
azrielbermant.substack.com | Azriel Bermant
In the wake of the Hamas massacre of Israelis on October 7 and Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza, much of the world has been convulsed by the fallout from the war. The raucous pro-Palestinian protests on US campuses and the anger felt by many Muslims and Arab Americans who chose to vote for Donald Trump in protest at the Biden administration’s policy towards Gaza has been well documented.
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Sep 17, 2024 | 
azrielbermant.substack.com | Azriel Bermant
The Jewish Chronicle has been described as the world’s oldest Jewish newspaper. It is a newspaper that means very much to me for deeply personal reasons. My father, Chaim Bermant, was a leading columnist of the JC for almost four decades and also a regular contributor to other British national newspapers, until his death in 1998. He cared deeply for the fate of the State of Israel and its people.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Azriel Bermant
David Lammy’s announcement that the UK would be suspending 30 arms export licences to Israel kicked off a storm in the UK, in Israel and even in the US. Boris Johnson accused the Labour government of “abandoning” Israel and handing victory to Hamas.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
theguardian.com | Azriel Bermant
In Israel, there has been feverish speculation about the new Labour government’s readiness to impose a ban on UK arms sales to the country. Faced with escalating tensions in Lebanon, , but that has done little to calm Israeli concern about what could happen if it did decide to go through with it.
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Jun 25, 2024 | 
fathomjournal.org | Rob Pinfold |Hanin Ghaddar |Azriel Bermant |Yaakov Lappin
Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel on Wednesday, July 17, setting off alarms in the coastal city of Nahariya and surrounding communities. It was one of a series of daily attacks carried out by Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed terrorist group has launched more than 5,000 attacks on Israel since 7 October, using rockets, missiles and drones. The attacks occur along Israel’s northern border, but they have become more deadly in recent weeks.
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Jun 10, 2024 | 
fathomjournal.org | Hanin Ghaddar |Azriel Bermant |Jonathan Spyer
In this podcast from BICOM, Richard Pater speaks to Lt. Col. (res.) Sarit Zehavi about the situation on Israel’s northern border and ongoing attacks by Hezbollah. Sarit describes what escalation along the border looks like for communities affected by Hezbollah’s rocket fire. They also discuss Hezbollah’s presence not just in the south, but across Lebanon and what Israel can do to counter the threat.
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May 6, 2024 | 
foreignpolicy.com | Azriel Bermant
In July 2019, Israel and the United States announced that they had successfully carried out a series of tests of the Arrow 3 missile defense system in Alaska. With typical bombast, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the tests “were successful beyond any imagination.
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Jan 23, 2024 | 
thearticle.com | Azriel Bermant |Ali M. Mahmoud
Member ratings This article has not been rated yet. Be the first person to rate this article. Violent discourse is deeply embedded in Israel. Its mainstream media rarely if ever broadcast images of the destruction in Gaza. The Israeli pop singer Eyal Golan called for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to “wipe out Gaza and leave no one there”.
