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Israel Strikes Iran 13-06-2025
Israel Strikes Iran June 13, 2025 Bari Weiss 51M Naftali Bennett and Michael Oren break down Israel’s attack on multiple sites across Iran. View all episodes In the early Friday morning hours, Israel launched a series of strikes on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, defense operations, and the leadership of the Revolutionary Guard. Hours later, I…
Israel must only rely on itself, not on US, in fight against Houthis
This article was published on ynetnews.com. May 5,2025. The state created in 1948 to ensure that the Jewish people would never again have to rely on anybody else for our security has repeatedly outsourced its security to others. The results have always been disastrous. In the 1950s, we outsourced our security to UN peacekeepers in…
Internal IDF rift echoes Israel’s broader societal schism
This article was published on ynetnews.com. Opinion: As tensions rise between the Israeli Air Force and Southern Command over Gaza operations, deeper societal divides—ethnic, economic, and political—threaten national unity at a time when it’s needed most. In the midst of a desperate war and on the eve of Memorial Day, a deep schism…
Delegation of northern Israel residents met with senior White House officials
Our delegation of northern Israel residents met with senior White House officials who reassured us that the administration is doing everything in its power to achieve a cessation of hostilities that would enable displaced Israelis to return to their homes. Senator @SenRickScott has been steadfast in his support for the State of Israel. Since October 7th,…
‘Friendly fire,’ that horrific oxymoron
The announcement Friday night that IDF troops had shot and killed three Israelis who had managed to escape Hamas captivity, pitched the nation into a despondency it had not known since October 7.
The Day After
This war doesn’t end with an iconic photo of desert fighters gathered around a makeshift flagpole in Eilat and hoisting a hand-painted Israeli pennant.
The Iran Delusion
Years of U.S. appeasement have failed. It’s time for a dramatic change of course.
Agreeing to a ceasefire will reduce Israeli deterrence to zero
It is clear beyond any doubt that Israel cannot agree to a ceasefire. A ceasefire means a victory for Hamas, which will immediately begin planning its next terrorist attack.
Anti-Semitic incidents are ‘off the chart’
FBI Director’s warning that Hamas could inspire an attack in the US is a “very real threat”, says former Israeli ambassador to the US Michael Oren.
“We’re going to WIN. Stick with us.”
On Nov. 2, I had a wide-ranging conversation with former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Michael Oren. We talked about his lifelong service to Israel, what he’s learned over the years, and how he is communicating about the current war against Hamas. The interview has been edited for clarity and length. — M.G.
What IDF ground expansion would look like
Former Israeli ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren details ground operations expanding from the IDF
A War Against the Jews
Hatred of Israel cannot be distinguished from hatred of the Jewish people. Incontestably now, anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
The Waiting Period Redux
“We have removed with our own hand our most powerful weapon—the enemy’s fear of us. We have the power…but if we give in…we have opened the door to Israel’s destruction.”
Articles From my Substack channel Clarity
A Region Reordered – Perhaps
The Israeli media spent much of Monday speculating about the reasons why the summit between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump was postponed from lunchtime to the evening. “Was it because Trump is angry at Bibi?” Several analysts wondered. “Are we witnessing the beginning of a crisis?” The commentators in Israel, deeply embroiled in our…
Does Iran Think it Won the War?
Israelis have every reason to celebrate the extraordinary and historic achievements of the IDF during Operation Rising Lion. Over the course of a mere 12 days, Israel knocked out over half of Iran’s missile and launching capabilities, eliminated dozens of military leaders and nuclear scientists, destroyed key regime facilities, and degraded fortified nuclear plants – all without losing a single plane or soldier.…
Does Iran Think it Won the War?
In the aftermath of one of Israel’s border wars with Hamas, a prominent American journalist called me and asked, “I understand what Israel’s tactic is, but what is Israel’s strategy?” My response surprised him. “You don’t understand,” I replied. “Israel’s tactic is our strategy.” I explained that, since our founding in 1948, Israel has had…
My Alarm Clock is a Missile
Americans. We are allies. Yet our lives exist in different universes. You wake up at 7 a.m., hit snooze, and begin your day. I wake up randomly, to the sudden, psychologically unnerving wailing of an air raid siren. You reach for a coffee to run out the door. I reach for my shoes and run…
Iran Pulled the Trigger: Revisiting a Dirty Harry Moment
On November 5, 2023, less than a month after the largest post-Holocaust massacre of Jews, I wrote an article for Clarity entitled, “A Dirty Harry Moment.” The reference was to an old action movie in which Clinton Eastwood, a detective, confronts a criminal holding a gun to hostage’s head. “Go ahead,” Eastwood grunts, “make my day.” The…
Israel’s Search for a Used B-52
The war with Iran proves once again the importance for Israel to have an American strategic bomber as part of the Israeli Air Force’s aircraft arsenal. Twice, in 2013, during my tenure as Ambassador in Washington, and later, as a Member of Knesset in 2018, I asked the United States to sell us a strategic…
Trump: Greatest Peacemaker of the Century
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion in Iran will end in one of two ways. Either the regime in Tehran will implode or President Trump will negotiate a ceasefire. Irrespective, the result must be the same. The Islamic Republic’s empire must fall. For many years now, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, American diplomacy on Iran has…
Netanyahu’s Golda Moment
During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Golda Meir rejected early ceasefire calls to secure a decisive victory and restore Israel’s deterrence; Now, Netanyahu faces a similar choice in conflict with Iran. “Peace between Israel and Iran is within reach,” the President of the United States recently declared — another signal that Washington’s backing…
