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David Isaac

Explore Senior Israel Correspondent David Isaac’s expert analysis on Jewish history, politics, and current events at JNS.

The army has embraced postmodern military doctrines, which have eroded its ability to win wars, says Ran Baratz, a teacher at the IDF’s war college.
The Jewish state’s enemies treated the truce as a victory. Israel’s allies called it a chance to “break the cycle of violence.”
“It is not a reform and not even a start thereof. It is a superficial maneuver.”
Tehran fears a direct Israeli attack against its strategic sites in the near future.
“The move to target lower-level personnel, like the IDF soldier in Brazil, represents a major escalation in legal and advocacy strategies.”
The court “is once again making itself sovereign,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said.
Although he was leaving the Knesset, Yoav Gallant said that he was staying within Netanyahu’s party, describing the “Likud’s way” as his way.
The vote to tax “Trapped Profits” passed its second and third readings in the Knesset plenum by the narrowest of margins: 59-58.
Her attorney says the probe was opened to sway the prime minister’s court case.
Tehran is “vulnerable both internally and externally,” having suffered a series of blows in quick succession.
Israel will act as it sees fit against all emerging terrorist threats, said the Israeli defense minister.
The suspect requested that his name be made public. “My name is being tarnished and I can’t defend my good name,” he said.