Israel has a sophisticated multilayered air defence system to detect and destroy short-range rockets and drones and medium- and long-range missiles. These systems, comprising the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow, have been remarkably effective in downing enemy projectiles launched by Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq and Iran. But in […]
Israel carried out a calibrated retaliatory strike against Iran in the early hours of October 26, marking the fourth time since April that these bitter enemies have clashed in a direct confrontation. The question now is whether Iran, Israel’s deadliest foe, will respond in kind. Iran faces a quandary. If it retaliates, Israel would most […]
Three decades on, Israel’s historic peace treaty with Jordan remains fundamentally intact, though it has been buffeted and damaged by a series of events from almost the outset. Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan formally entered into a state of peace on October 26, 1994 in a ceremony in the southern Negev Desert brimming […]
By insisting that the year-long Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip has run its course and should be wound down, the United States is jumping the gun. Of late, U.S. President Joe Biden has repeatedly called for a ceasefire that, he hopes, would lead to several desirable outcomes: the end of the war, the release […]
Nearly three weeks after Israel’s invasion of southern Lebanon, its fourth since 1978, Israeli political and military leaders have enunciated a strategic doctrine to ensure that its northern border will be as safe as possible from Hezbollah aggression in the future. Israel launched its operation on September 30, three days after its assassination of Hezbollah […]
Yahya Sinwar, the ruthless mastermind of last year’s October 7 massacre in southern Israel, got his comeuppance on the 377th day of the war he ignited in the Gaza Strip. On October 16, he was killed by Israeli soldiers in Rafah, the last city in Gaza to be stormed and occupied by Israel. He and […]
Lebanon is recklessly jeopardizing its sovereignty and its future as a nation, not to mention the safety of its citizens, by allowing Hezbollah to chart its destiny. Hezbollah, having fired thousands of rockets, missiles and drones at Israel since last October, is almost entirely responsible for Israel’s unavoidable decision to invade southern Lebanon on September […]
October 7, a day of infamy, has been seared into the hearts and minds of Israeli and Diaspora Jews, a catastrophe never to be forgotten. If October 6 seemed like a normal day in Israel, October 7 was radically and tragically different. Preceded by a massive rocket barrage, it was soaked by the blood of […]
The Middle East was on the abyss following two consequential events of immense magnitude — Israel’s incursion into Lebanon on September 30 and Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel less than a day later. In what was described as a limited and targeted operation, Israel invaded Lebanon for the third time in 46 years, following […]
Iran faces a defining moment of truth following Israel’s audacious assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut on September 27. Nasrallah’s untimely death, a major castastrophe for Hezbollah, was an extremely severe blow to Iran. By all accounts, his removal from the scene elicited shock, anger and sorrow in Tehran. In one devastating stroke, […]