Israel’s retaliation against Iran leaves open the question of whether the mission secured its fundamental objective of deterring the Islamic Republic In strictly military terms, Israel’s retaliation against Iran on Saturday morning was a prodigious success. It once again demonstrated the unparalleled prowess and regional reach of the Israeli Air Force, and its ability to…
How the Israel-Iran Rope-a-Dope Ends My father’s boxing lessons taught me that a fight with the neighborhood bully must conclude with a knockout – and now is our chance Michael Oren Oct 15, 2024 This article originally appeared in the Times of Israel. (credit: iStock) Evenings after coming home from work, my father taught me…
The following article is adapted from an op-ed I published in Hebrew last week in Yediot Aharonot. US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (REUTERS/Nathan Howard, Haim Goldberg) Casus belli is a Latin legal term meaning “justification for going to war.” Iran’s firing of 181 ballistic missiles at Israel constituted a clear and irrefutable casus belli.…
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Predictably, in response to Iran’s massive missile attack on Israel, Washington and other Western capitals are calling on Israel’s government to show restraint. They fear the outbreak of a total regional war into which their forces could be dangerously drawn. Israel, they stress, emerged from the assault relatively unscathed and its retaliation, therefore, should be proportionate. A…
“I will always give Israel the ability to defend itself, in particular as it relates to Iran and any threat that Iran and its proxies pose to Israel.” So declared Vice President and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the September 10 presidential debate. The statement certainly resounded positively among Israel supporters. It defied those radical progressives who…
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,…
The following article was adapted from an op-ed I published last week in YNET. The thesis bears repeating—and expanding—here. Subscribe Twenty-three years ago last week, on September 11, 2001, nineteen al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked four commercial aircraft and crashed them into the Pentagon, a field in rural Pennsylvania, and the twin towers of the World Trade Center. Close…
The following essay was written in the late summer of 2023, pre-October 7, in the period we in Israel now regard nostalgically. What a luxury it was, in retrospect, to lament the lack of an international film hub in Israel and to recall my abortive efforts to create one. What an indulgence it was to…
