Israel and the middle east

Regional terror and strategic balance: Israel's vital role in the Middle East - opinion

Strategic analysts believe that Israel has become critically important for maintaining regional peace and stability.

IDF armored and infantry reserve units in military training in Golan Heights before heading South to the Gaza Strip, October 8, 2023.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in front of a fire cause by Hezbollah rockets.

Netanyahu firm on new phase of Hezbollah war as UN warns of catastrophe

IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian (right) meets with Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem, in Tehran, last week. In the Mideast, a reluctance to use force is seen by most people as a weakness, the writer maintains.

Escalation vs. restraint: The strategic dilemma in Gaza and Hezbollah’s attrition war - opinion

 A woman rides a bike near posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, in Tel Aviv, Israel, July 12, 2024.

Katz: military and diplomatic pressure needed for Gaza hostage deal


The Great Pumpkin and Israel

The Jerusalem Post

Analysis: How Iran exploits ISIS to wage terror

With the Obama administration and Europe courting the world’s leading state-sponsor of terrorism to help defuse the Syrian civil war, core aims of Tehran’s clerical regime have been ignored.

Iranian women mark the 20th anniversary of the start of the Iran-Iraq war during a military parade

I Can Talk to my Indigenous Ancestor in the Same Language. Can you?

The Jerusalem Post

King Salmon’s “Honeymoon” in Washington

The Jerusalem Post

Arabs-Muslims declare ‘Death to the Jews’ in their Facebook profiles

The Jerusalem Post

Palestinians have outplayed Israel – what Israel may do now

The Jerusalem Post

Seven trends to watch in the Middle East

To say the Middle East is experiencing trying times would be an understatement.

Map of Middle East

Israel must be steadfast in protecting its rights and its people

The Jerusalem Post

Don’t read too much into the coalition guidelines

Netanyahu has no reason to detail any coalition guidelines, especially with a razor thin coalition resting on Bayit Yehudi.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) shakes hands with Bayit Yehudi chief Naftali Bennett

Ya'alon at Tel Aviv ceremony: Many have not yet accepted 'our right to a national home'

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon speaks at the Remembrance Day ceremony in Tel Aviv.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon at Yom Kippur memorial at Jerusalem's Mount Herzl‏