INTO THE FRAY: Gantz & Lapid’s “Blue and White” – A Fragile, Directionless, ad...
The purported electoral appeal of the Blue & White line-up is that it includes 3 former IDF Chiefs-of-Staff, yet virtually invariably when top military figures have departed from their field of expertise (security) & ventured into one where they have none (politics), they have been disastrously wrong.
INTO THE FRAY: Duma-one year (and THREE arson attacks) Later
With continuing unsolved arson attacks in Duma, seven months after a coerced confession & an indictment wildly at odds with eyewitness accounts, troubling questions must be raised.
INTO THE FRAY: Naftali Goldfarb or Gonen Bennett?
In a single act of rash duplicity and deceit, Naftali Bennett provided the left with a plumb prize, from which it has been precluded for years: Broad access to positions of governmental control and influence.
INTO THE FRAY The anti-BDS effort – Targeting the Symptoms, NOT the Sickness
BDS is not an attempt to delegitimize Israel, but rather a product of Israel’s delegitimization; it is thus a consequence, rather than a cause, of that delegitimization
INTO THE FRAY: The Israeli Right Gone Wrong
Astonishingly, having been proved entirely justified in its condemnation of the dangerous defects of the “Left’s” political credo, the “Right” proceeded to embrace it
INTO THE FRAY: Domes and Drones
Will the growing use of drones by the Gaza-based terror groups make the billion dollar Iron Dome and anti-tunnel barrier useless—or at least irrelevant?
Into the Fray: Trump’s Presidential Decree on the Golan – A Moral and Practical...
In issuing his recent presidential decree, recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, President Donald followed the commendable policy pattern he has set...of not following the policy patterns set by his predecessors.
INTO THE FRAY: Imbecilic, Iniquitous, Inimical
By its unflagging support of the establishment of a homophobic, misogynistic Muslim-majority tyranny (a.k.a. a Palestinian state), America’s allegedly “progressive” Jewry reveals that it is, in fact, profoundly regressive
INTO THE FRAY: Trump-Can Israel seize the moment?
Will Israeli leadership remain captive to old molds of thought—thus proving a constraint rather than a catalyst, impeding rather than inducing, the opportunities the Trump administration may afford?
INTO THE FRAY: When Generals Stray into Politics…
This week--despite the resounding failure of the “land-for-peace” formula—3 former IDF generals penned an Op-Ed, urging the Biden administration to “keep open a path to an eventual two-state solution”
INTO THE FRAY: Police, Press and a Politicized “Putsch”?
The unrelenting drive to bring an indictment—any indictment—against Netanyahu has long exceeded the bounds of reasonable law enforcement
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza – Liberman gets an “F”
Liberman’s appointment as Defense Minister ignited expectations of a qualitatively different approach to that of his predecessor—one discernibly more robust and resolute… Sadly, this was not to be
INTO THE FRAY: Defense Doctrine Deadly Detriments
“Every round of violence, in which the results are not a clear-cut IDF victory is, in the eyes of Israel’s enemies, another nail in the coffin of the Zionist entity.” - Veteran war correspondent, Ron Ben Yishai, June 1, 2019.
INTO THE FRAY: “Mowing the Lawn” Won’t Cut it—
By avoiding confrontations in which Israel can win, Israeli governments risk backing the country into a confrontation which it cannot win.
INTO THE FRAY: The 2019 Intelligence Assessment: Policy Implications for Gaza
It would seem futile to conduct yet another indecisive round of fighting, only to return to yet another tense and sporadically violent interbellum for several years—until the next major flare-up of fighting…
INTO THE FRAY: Commanders for Israel’s (In)Security: Taking the Name of Security in Vain
There is no greater irony than the spectacle of scores of ex-senior security officials, who spent their adult life defending Israel, now promoting a political initiative that will make it indefensible.
INTO THE FRAY: Pipes vs. Pipes in the New York Times
In the past, Daniel Pipes has been scrupulously strict in being “policy agnostic”, avoiding any action-oriented prescriptions to achieve his prescribed “Israeli Victory”; yet in his NYT piece, he robustly negates specific measures---such as annexation—to achieve precisely that goal
INTO THE FRAY: Ethnic Cleansing—Why Bibi was Quite Right…and Dangerously Wrong
Netanyahu is right to excoriate Palestinians demand to purge Jews as ethnic cleansing, but what are the perils entailed in them dropping that demand?
INTO THE FRAY: Biden—The First Frightful Month
But no matter how gullible or skeptical over the electoral outcome one might happen to be, the die has now been cast. The ominous trajectory for the American people—and for much of the world—has been set.
INTO THE FRAY: “PEACE”- A Dictatorial and Deceptive Dictum
By its reticence to engage in a decisive offensive against its despotic adversaries, Israel is continually backing away from conflicts that it can win, while risking backing itself into a conflict that it cannot…
INTO THE FRAY:The Elections are for President—Not Pope
Sadly, the most consequential elections in modern history may well be decided because of the most inconsequential reasons
INTO THE FRAY: Utterly Unconscionable
From an Israeli long-term point of view, the “deal” between Israel and Turkey is incomprehensible.,Devoid of any logic on every imaginable level—national, ethical, security and even commercial.
INTO THE FRAY: Alternative Jordans?
The feasibility of Trump’s “Deal of the Century” will be dramatically impacted by the nature of the regime east of the Jordan River and its prospective stability
Into the Fray: Identifying the Enemy as the Enemy is NOT “Racism”
Israeli security policy is driven by Arab enmity–not Arab ethnicity
INTO THE FRAY: A Sense of Betrayal
Past deeds of heroism are no justification for present acts of subversion
INTO THE FRAY Palestine: What if the Six-Day War Never Occurred?
If the “West Bank” was part of the “Hashemite Kingdom” up to 1967, how did it suddenly become the Palestinians’ long-yearned-for homeland which, up until then, they were submissively willing to cede to an alien potentate?
INTO THE FRAY: A 660 lb. War Crime
“Such a missile would pulverize a house to dust. It blasted a crater that is impossible to describe… There is no protection that defend us in the case of missiles like this.”-Gaza-border resident
INTO THE FRAY: Lapid on Gaza – Stupid is as Stupid Does
Lapid’s recent Gaza policy proposal is just one more display in an appalling catalogue of his imbecility-cum-ignorance, which, in light of his electoral success, is—in itself—a grave indictment of the Israeli voter
INTO THE FRAY- A Port for Gaza: Infinite Imbecility?
Hamas and its terror affiliates are not burrowing tunnels, flying incendiary kites and firing rockets at Israeli civilians because Gaza has no port. They are doing so despite the fact that it does not have one!
INTO THE FRAY: (a) The Imperative to Annex; (b) The Irrelevance of Innocence
History has shown beyond any reasonable doubt that the Palestinian-Arabs will not be swayed from their aggressive intent by any display of Israeli goodwill, generosity or concessions—however far-reaching.