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Yoav Limor

Yoav Limor is a veteran Israeli journalist and columnist for Israel Hayom.

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Yoav LimorJanuary 21, 2021

The battle against the bomb

Israeli experts can’t agree on how far Iran is from achieving a nuclear weapon, but researchers, politicians and military officials all recognize the need to have a reliable military option ready.

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Yoav LimorJanuary 5, 2021

Forming a united front against destabilizing forces in the Middle East

Unlike the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, this time around Israel will no longer be standing alone—its new friends in the Gulf will stand with it.

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Yoav LimorDecember 22, 2020

Curb this terror wave in Israel before it swells

The perpetrators of both attacks on Monday must be apprehended before they act again, and Israeli security forces must nip in the bud any potential wave of copycat terrorism.

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Yoav LimorDecember 21, 2020

Israel’s growing cyber threat

With all due respect to the Startup Nation, Israel must wake up to the fact that in the cyber era, any actor willing to invest enough money and resources can hack even the most sensitive systems.

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Yoav LimorDecember 13, 2020

Israel’s intelligence agencies brace for major changes

Next year may see new directors named for the Shin Bet security service, Mossad intelligence agency and the Military Intelligence Directorate, but is such massive change prudent?

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Yoav LimorDecember 2, 2020

A foreign entity’s dream hack

The fact that a major Israeli insurance company was breached is more dangerous than it seems and is a very real cause for concern.

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Yoav LimorNovember 29, 2020

Ideology is dead, long live regional interests

Regional forces seeking to counter Iran will go up against the new U.S. administration in a bid to influence any new nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic.

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Yoav LimorNovember 16, 2020

Lightning doesn’t strike twice

So-called malfunctions in Hamas’s rocket firing systems are not something Israel can tolerate, and Gaza’s rulers must be made to understand that.

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Yoav LimorNovember 15, 2020

Assassination of senior Al-Qaeda leader is clear message to Iran

As it mulls its nuclear options, Tehran now understands it is once again penetrated and in the crosshairs of the Israelis and Americans.

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Yoav LimorNovember 12, 2020

Hamas is deterred, for now

While the terrorist organization that rules Gaza has no plans of giving up on its goal of eradicating Israel, the path towards this objective now runs through what it considers to be temporary tactical concessions.

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Yoav LimorNovember 8, 2020

Hamas wants calm, but the situation in Gaza is volatile

The pandemic, the economic situation and the frayed nerves of the terrorist operatives on the ground in Gaza mean we could soon find ourselves in another fight.

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Yoav LimorOctober 25, 2020

Israel-Sudan treaty deals blow to Iran, terrorism

The deal with Khartoum deals another blow to the notion that progress between the Arab world and Israel is inextricably linked to the Palestinian issue.

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Yoav LimorOctober 21, 2020

New terror tunnel shows Hamas is preparing for war

When Hamas digs tunnels, it is essentially signaling to its people and the public in the Gaza Strip that though it may have altered its tactics, its strategy and end goal remain the same.

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Yoav LimorSeptember 29, 2020

The No. 1 lesson of the intifada: Initiate and control

Arafat miscalculated badly when he launched the Second Intifada, and thousands of Israelis paid with their lives. Since then, Israel has made progress, but the Palestinians are stuck far behind.

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Yoav LimorIsrael HayomSeptember 8, 2020

Hamas’s head-scratching policies

On the one hand, the terrorist group seemingly wants to rehabilitate Gaza and avoid war with Israel; on the other, it is attempting attacks inside the Jewish state that could lead to the devastation of the Strip.

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