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    <description>Col. (res.) Ronen Itsik is a former commander in the IDF's Armored Corps and author of A Man in a Tank.</description>
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      <title>Sinwar’s legacy of terror: A handwritten blueprint for worldwide jihad</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[An attack of this kind can occur in any country where a terrorist organization stands poised, and where internal social or ideological fractures exist.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>International recognition of Palestine: Is history repeating itself?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As was the case a century ago, Western weakness and inconsistency in the face of terror, rarely leads to peace. Instead, it leads to more violence.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>No deal with Tehran’s tyranny</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Iran's development of intercontinental ballistic missiles points to a much broader agenda: The ability to threaten the world far beyond the Middle East.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 18:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Apply ‘Trump spirit’ to the situation in Gaza</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[It’s time for Israel to say, “We turned to a different deal,” based on 2025 conditions.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 19:45:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Putin won the war for Ukraine before it began</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rest assured, the West does not intend to spill blood for Kyiv.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2022 10:03:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A professional army: A danger in more ways than one</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Not only will a professional military not be better, cheaper, or offer more equality, it will also be a death blow to the Israeli social fabric.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:47:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>For how much longer will IDF neglect its reservists?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The military cannot rely on aerial capabilities alone and must invest efforts to properly train its reserve soldiers.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2021 07:44:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Hamas is dictating Israel’s policies on Jerusalem</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Israel must topple the Gaza Strip’s terrorist regime and eradicate its military capabilities before today’s acquiescence becomes tomorrow’s norm.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2021 10:42:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Political warfare again proves too tough for Israeli generals</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi are the latest in a long line of former IDF chiefs who charged into the political battlefield only to be defeated.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 12:52:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The left’s treatment of Gantz is shameful</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As an Israeli and a former IDF commander, I am ashamed of the way the leftist camp treats people who have sacrificed so much for the state.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2020 11:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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