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Shimon Sherman

Shimon Sherman

Shimon Sherman is a columnist covering global security, Middle Eastern affairs, and geopolitical developments. His reporting provides in-depth analysis on topics such as the resurgence of ISIS, Iran’s nuclear ambitions, judicial reforms in Israel, and the evolving landscape of militant groups in Syria and Iraq. With a focus on investigative journalism and expert interviews, his work offers critical insights into the most pressing issues shaping international relations and security.

The war between Israel, the U.S. and Iran is not only reshaping the Middle East battlefield; it is accelerating a revolution in how modern wars are fought.
“If we can’t prevent the sale, we might as well link it to normalization and get something out of it,” says analyst Yosef Kuperwasser.
Government ministers and senior officials, including the Israeli labor federation’s chairman, Arnon Bar-David, are being investigated.
The Justice Ministry’s legal adviser concluded that Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara faces a potential conflict of interest in the affair.
The problems Israel has been forced to solve—detecting low-flying drones in crowded airspace, distinguishing friendly from hostile platforms, and closing the kill chain quickly—are now confronting European governments.
“Right now, Hezbollah is in survival mode. It doesn’t mean that they are not prepared for confrontation,” expert tells JNS.
“There are about 300,000 people who are actually responsible for keeping Israel in the developed world in terms of all the more advanced sectors of the economy,” Dan Ben-David noted.
Ankara “is trying to acquire a diplomatic status that will allow it to intervene in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more directly in favor of the Palestinians,” says Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak.
The country is a proven innovation hub with global reach in cybersecurity and defense technology, yet it has lagged in national-scale investment.