America’s final four states through Israeli eyes - comment
We all carry around a private list of things we tell ourselves we’ll get to one day. Mine, for as long as I can remember, was to visit all 48 contiguous states.
As Israel enters election season, Netanyahu's opponents face a math problem
POLITICAL AFFAIRS: To understand the universe, you have to understand math. The same, it turns out, is true of Israeli politics.
Non-Jewish people need to use their voices to combat antisemitism - comment
In the face of antisemitic screeds being spread by both the Left and the Right, too often the loudest voices of censure are coming from Jews.
Israelis are paying a heavy price for the IDF's restraint in Lebanon - analysis
As the October 7 massacre so painfully illustrated, sometimes the price of inaction is greater than the risk of action.
Trump's agreement weakens Iran, but doesn’t end its threat - analysis
How should the deal be judged? One useful way is to measure it against the objectives Trump and Netanyahu themselves laid out when they launched the attack on February 28.
Iran war pulls some Gulf states toward Israel, while pushing others away
DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The Iran war is pushing the UAE and Israel into unprecedented cooperation, while Saudi Arabia looks elsewhere to counter Tehran without empowering Jerusalem.
The fascination with the haredi problem, and where it leads - analysis
Will the ultra-Orthodox allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu one last chance to push through the controversial haredi conscription law?
Israel-Lebanon ceasefire a dangerous fiction in the war against Hezbollah - analysis
Negotiations detached from the realities on the ground do not end terrorism. Rather, they create space for the terrorists to adapt, regroup, and strike again.
The Rubble Doctrine: Inside Israel's new security policy in southern Lebanon
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: The destruction of El-Khiam reflects a profound shift in Israeli military thinking after October 7: deny the enemy not only the desire, but the capability, to strike.
‘The threat is manageable’: IDF downplays Hezbollah drone campaign
The deputy commander of the Sabar Battalion said he believes the drone threat is being “exaggerated beyond proportion, mainly by those back at home trying to understand what is happening.”
