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Shimon Refaeli

Shimon Refaeli is deputy head of the Institute for Security Policy at the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF), and the host of the podcast “Journey Through Ideas.” From 2023 to 2025, he served as a policy adviser to Ron Dermer, Israel’s minister of strategic affairs.

An Israeli soldier guards the border fence in northern Israel at the border with Lebanon, Nov. 16, 2025. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Opinion
Sept. 17, 2024 was the day Israel took back the initiative
The “Pager Operation” proved that Israel is a regional power to be reckoned with.
Sept. 17, 2026
Shimon Refaeli
Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu signs the Instrument of Surrender on behalf of the Japanese government on board USS Missouri (BB-63); Lt. Gen. Richard K. Sutherland, U.S. Army, watches from the opposite side of the table while Foreign Ministry representative Toshikazu Kase assists Shigemitsu, Sept. 2, 1945. Credit: Army Signal Corps photographer Lt. Stephen E. Korpanty; restored by Adam Cuerden/Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Sometimes, the path to peace runs through victory
Today, it seems hard to fathom that Japan was an unyielding adversary of the West; it surrendered on Sept. 2, 1945, when World War II officially came to an end.
Sept. 1, 2026
Shimon Refaeli
Wounded boys from the Hebron Massacre in 1929
Opinion
The red-green alliance: From the Hebron massacre to Oct. 7
Modern socialist organizations have adopted the narrative of Islamic jihad, replacing religious language with the terminology of “social justice” and “resistance to oppression.”
Aug. 24, 2026
Shimon Refaeli
Captured Jews who participated in the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising are rounded up by the Waffen SS on Nowolipie Street between April 19 and May 16, 1943. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
When the destruction machine exploited the Jewish calendar
There was a reason the Nazis chose Tisha B’Av to deport Warsaw’s Jews to the death camps.
July 23, 2026
Shimon Refaeli
An Israeli soldier holds a combined U.S-Israeli flag ahead of Yom Ha'atzmaut, April 2026. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Opinion
250 years of America: The alliance that safeguards the free world
The partnership between Jerusalem and Washington stands as a testament to shared biblical values, liberty and moral responsibility.
July 3, 2026
Shimon Refaeli