Did the Gaza operation achieve its political goal? Despite the IDF’s spectacular exploits and extensive destruction of targets, it appears that control over the length of the quiet and the quality of Israel’s security will remain in Hamas’s hands. Hanan Shai May 24, 2021
The common Israeli destiny Renewing Israel’s national solidarity and moral legitimacy is the need of the hour. Hanan Shai Jan. 20, 2021
A serious moral failure at Yad Vashem The museum, which was designed to perpetuate the memory of the Holocaust and its victims, now trumpets the values of European liberalism—the very values that paved the way to the Shoah. Hanan Shai Jan. 3, 2021
Golda Meir: The civilian who exposed Israel’s lack of preparedness for the 1973 war Although she lacked military knowledge, on the eve of the Yom Kippur War Prime Minister Golda Meir exposed the fact that deterrence and early warning, the two cornerstones of Israel’s security conception, were without foundation. Hanan Shai Oct. 12, 2020
The moral failure in Israel’s approach to COVID-19 Israel is not just a democracy; it is a Jewish democracy. In its fight against the pandemic, the country is acting in contravention of its own moral values. Hanan Shai Sept. 15, 2020
‘Human Dignity and Liberty’ damaged democracy Israel is engulfed in a moral crisis, not a judicial one, and it needs to be addressed as such. Hanan Shai May 23, 2019
Hold off on Gaza for now The enemy was supposed to give up simply because of shock and awe caused by fireworks displays of advanced technology and intelligence, amazing in their precision and power. The result: an exhausting war of attrition that has gone on since 2002. Hanan Shai March 31, 2019
Beyond populism and anti-Semitism … essentialism Since classic anti-Semitism is currently out of fashion, it’s channeling its hatred of Jews to the State of Israel, whose insistence on constitutionally defending itself as a nation-state is a veritable call to arms. Hanan Shai Feb. 20, 2019
Israel and Hamas are fighting a war of attrition We also cannot hide from the fact that rather than beating and deterring Hamas, Hamas is beating and deterring us. Hanan Shai Oct. 17, 2018
