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Yaakov Amidror

Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

The assassination of a senior IRGC officer in Damascus dealt a blow to Iran’s strategy of maintaining distance from the actions of its proxies in the region.
The downing of a Russian plane by Syrian artillery after an Israeli airstrike proves how vital it is to maintain open lines of communications between Israel and Russia.
It’s unpleasant that the other side is hitting us with primitive weapons such as kites, but we must also understand that it’s all our enemies have left.
Iran has no reason to violate the deal if it cares about its nuclear project. Actually, Iran needs to do everything in its power to preserve it. The reward will come in seven years, when it expires.
The Israeli intelligence community has once again proved that it has extraordinary capabilities.
Russia aside, it is clear that Israel is determined to continue undermining Iranian efforts to entrench itself militarily in Syria and transfer game-changing weapons to Hezbollah.