Analysis
Brig. Gen. (res.) Jacob Nagel: No doubt that the military is refreshing the target bank in Iran, including targets that were not attacked the previous time.
The debate concerns the possible strengthening of a major regional military whose government supports Hamas, competes with Jerusalem in Syria, and has repeatedly portrayed Israel as a direct threat to Turkey.
A precedent-setting deal allows the IDF to operate against Hezbollah, but the Lebanese army’s capacity is in doubt, experts tell JNS.
Internal crises and shifting public sentiment across three major European powers threaten to alter the European Union’s diplomatic stance toward Jerusalem.
The Washington agreement offers a diplomatic road map for ending the conflict, but Hezbollah’s rejection and Lebanon’s fragile political balance threaten to derail its implementation before it begins.
What began as a military failure has become a catalyst for one of the biggest transformations in the country’s technology ecosystem in decades.
Tehran has concluded that pressure through the waterway can compel Washington to extract concessions from Israel, first in Lebanon and then across the region.
The terrorist organization’s decision to launch the Oct. 7 massacre was timed in part to thwart Saudi-Israeli normalization, say researchers.
While Washington celebrates a 60-day ceasefire extension, Jerusalem sees its core security interests sacrificed, with Hezbollah preserved on the northern border and strains in the U.S.-Israel alliance.
Jerusalem cut contact with the top E.U. diplomat after reports she called Israel an apartheid state, exposing growing tensions with Brussels.
It’s “difficult to believe” anyone would look to the P.A. as a viable partner, said Maurice Hirsch, director of the Initiative for Palestinian Authority Accountability and Reform.
The Islamic Republic is seeking to recover economically and militarily through the memorandum of understanding with the U.S., while avoiding any relinquishment of long-term strategic assets.