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Uri Heitner (Credit: Israel Hayom)
Uri Heitner
Uri Heitner is a publicist and educator; a senior researcher at the Shamir Institute for Research, a state-funded research and development center, and think tank located in the Golan Heights; and a member of Kibbutz Ortal.
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Israeli troops patrol the Israeli-Syrian border on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Basel Awidat/Flash90.
A window of opportunity in the Golan
In all the years since, Israel has never asked the United States to recognize its sovereignty on the Golan because such a request never had a chance. The disintegration of Syria changed the picture.
Uri Heitner
Jan. 9, 2019
The head of the IDF’s Northern Command, Maj. Gen. Yoel Strik, meets with UNIFIL Commander Gen. Stefano Del Col of Italy, for a tour of the area of a cross-border attack tunnel from Lebanon into Israel, Dec. 6, 2018. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
Give credit (to the IDF) where credit is due
Had the nightmare scenario played out, commissions of inquiries would have called for heads to roll. In reality, the opposite has happened. It turns out the supposedly dismissive treatment of the problem stemmed from operational considerations of field security.
Uri Heitner
Dec. 18, 2018
Palestinian demonstrators burn tires as part of a violent demonstration on the Gaza-Israel border that turned deadly on Oct. 12, 2018, when a Gaza exploded a bomb and infiltrated the security fence in the attempt to attack Israeli soldiers. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
The price of Israeli restraint
Israel’s deterrent value continues to erode. Time after time, we agree to a quasi-ceasefire that is followed by yet another round of fighting.
Uri Heitner
Nov. 18, 2018
Yitzhak Rabin (March 1, 1922-Nov. 4, 1995) served as an Israeli politician and general, as was the fifth prime minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977, and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing activist who opposed the Oslo Accords. Photo by Flash90.
Rabin’s murder didn’t kill peace
It wasn’t the murder that destroyed the chance for peace between Israelis and Palestinians; it was our “partners” in Ramallah.
Uri Heitner
Nov. 7, 2018