Amotz Asa-El
Middle Israel: Netanyahu and Eisenkot both lost, but Israel may have emerged the winner
Middle Israel: Why Naftali Bennett should be Israel's next prime minister - opinion
Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era - opinion
Middle Israel: Remember October 7 by building a stronger western Negev - opinion
From destroyed kibbutzim to new memorials, Israel is grappling with how to commemorate October 7 while rebuilding the western Negev and ensuring its communities thrive.
Middle Israel: Three years after October 7, Israel’s gravest defeats are not military - opinion
Alongside its seven military fronts, this war had three non-military fronts: the diplomatic, the social, and the moral. And in all these, Israel’s wartime leadership sowed havoc and reaped defeat.
Middle Israel: More defense spending will not buy victory for Israel - opinion
Israel's economy has emerged from the war with full employment, resumed growth, and one of the world’s strongest currencies. But that doesn't mean it can afford continued overspending.
Middle Israel: 25 years after 9/11, the global fight against jihadism remains unsettled - opinion
A quarter century after 9/11, the world has seen victories against terrorism but also new attacks and unresolved challenges in confronting jihadist ideology.
Middle Israel: Gadi Eisenkot is Person of the Year - this is why - opinion
During the most fateful political year in Israel’s history, Eisenkot came to be seen, on both sides of the political aisle, as the harbinger, symbol, and potential engine of change.
Middle Israel: Why is Sara Netanyahu going to war against Yair Golan? - opinion
Sara Netanyahu's insinuation was as transparent as it was flabbergasting. Golan, according to this “conspiracism,” had advance information about the enemy’s invasion and was part of it.
Middle Israel: Netanyahu is digging up the Altalena to bury his own record - opinion
Netanyahu's plan to raise the Altalena wreck is designed to revive a political myth, redirect Israel's election debate and evade judgment over his own record.
Middle Israel: Netanyahu's Likud list for the Israeli election highlights PM's cowardice - opinion
Following Likud’s primaries, the party’s new list faces criticism for reflecting Netanyahu’s leadership style and prioritizing political survival rather than the national interest.
Middle Israel: Iran's Strait of Hormuz piracy is a reckless, losing strategy - opinion
Iran’s blockade of Hormuz is reckless militarily and politically, and likely the beginning of the end of the ayatollahs’ quest to impose theocracy on Iran and Iran’s sway over an unsuspecting world.
Middle Israel: If Israel's opposition wants to govern, they should rally behind Eisenkot - opinion
With Eisenkot emerging as the opposition's strongest electoral asset, its rival leaders should stop competing for the top spot and instead present voters with a united shadow cabinet.