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Israel Tries To Head Off A Two-Front War

The specter of a two-front war bleakly confronts Israel as it prepares to launch a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to topple the pro-Iranian Hamas regime, destroy its military infrastructure, capabilities and network of tunnels, and kill its leaders and foot soldiers. While Israel appears ready to deal Hamas a crushing […]

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Israel’s Monumental And Tragic Security Failure

The catastrophic Israeli intelligence and military failure that enabled some 3,000 Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip to breach Israel’s security fence and kill 1,400 civilians, soldiers and policemen and abduct 199 hostages within a matter of hours will haunt Israel for decades to come. The October 7 attack was like a bolt out of […]

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Russia’s Reaction To The Gaza War Disappoints Israel

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s response to Hamas’ ferocious terrorist attack on Israel last week, the worst in Israeli history, has left the Israeli government bitterly disappointed and most likely disillusioned. Neither Putin nor Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have directly condemned Hamas nor have they phoned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to express their condolences for the […]

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The U.S. Comes Through For Israel As The Gaza War Intensifies

Since Israel’s declaration of war on Hamas last week, the United States has come through with flying colors in terms of its strong and unambiguous political and military support for its greatest ally in the Middle East. Within hours of Hamas’ murderous rampage in southern Israel,  which so far has claimed the lives of 1,300 […]

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No Ceasefire In Gaza Now

Within days of the launch of Israel’s ongoing counter-offensive in the Gaza Strip, following the unprecedented savagery committed by cold-blooded Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on October 7, insistent calls were heard from a variety of quarters about the urgent necessity for a truce to stop the fighting. “We call on the Palestinian and Israeli […]

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Hamas And Iran Confront Israel

No irrefutable evidence of Iran’s operational involvement in Hamas’ devastating attack on Israel on October 7 has so far emerged, notwithstanding a report in the Wall Street Journal that the Iranian regime assisted Hamas in planning it. But analysts are certain that the onslaught — which caught Israel off guard and unprepared, caused the deaths […]

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Hamas Has Committed War Crimes

Hamas stands nakedly exposed as a deliberate perpetrator of war crimes. During its unprecedented murderous rampage through Israeli communities in southern Israel on October 7, which has so far claimed the lives of some 800 Israelis, Hamas terrorists pouring forth like wolves from the Gaza Strip not only killed soldiers, but targeted civilians in a […]

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A Painful And Devastating Moment in Israel’s History

It was a stunning, horrific and unprecedented event on a scale that will surely be burned into Israel’s consciousness. In the early hours of October 7, under the cover of a massive rocket barrage and less than a day after Israel marked the somber 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War, hundreds […]

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Israel And Saudi Arabia Move Toward Normalization

Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman made a remarkable disclosure a few days ago when he told Fox News that Saudi Arabia and Israel are moving “closer” each day to a historic normalization agreement. Salman, the de facto ruler of the oil-rich desert kingdom, issued this encouraging comment following an interview with the Atlantic magazine […]

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Israel’s Judicial Overhaul Emboldens Its Arab Enemies

It is abundantly clear that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention to radically overhaul the judiciary, a highly contentious and divisive proposal that has sparked months of nation-wide protests and exposed deep political and social rifts in Israeli society, has adversely affected the armed forces and emboldened Israel’s external enemies. In recent weeks, senior military intelligence […]