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Tehran's low-cost, high-volume approach is not about sophistication but about saturation, and is "disturbingly effective," says the former head of the Mossad's Counter-terrorism Division.
Israel's "deep-state apparatus" is "working to undermine elected officials and actually the public," said Knesset Member Simcha Rothman.
By calling for the arrest of Israel’s leaders, the ICC is violating the Rome Statute.
Extreme political NGOs and rights organizations often falsely accuse Israel of committing human rights abuses.
By hosting Hamas’s leaders, allowing Al Jazeera to spread anti-Israel propaganda and funding U.S. universities in exchange for influence, Qatar has demonstrated clearly it is on the side of evil.
It's “shocking" that a U.S. administration would push for a Palestinian state under ordinary circumstances, let alone after Oct. 7, said former U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
While U.S. diplomacy is not likely to lead anywhere, giving it a chance (and calling attention to the failure of U.N. Resolution 1701) could be critical for the legitimacy of an Israeli operation against Hezbollah, experts tell JNS
IDF readies for a Gaza ground operation.
Israel’s decision also holds immense significance due to its direct impact on the activities of Iran and its proxy Hezbollah in North Africa, disrupting their efforts to establish roots and expand their presence in the region.
The depleted stockpile potentially places Israel in a vulnerable position should a conflict arise unexpectedly.
Gadi Eisenkot said that Jerusalem was asked to act by an unspecified third party, and that the activity spanned “many more than one country.”
Why is the United States—Israel’s “greatest ally”—so obsessed with a nuclear deal if it is not effective, cannot be monitored, and will ultimately hurt Israel and others in the region?
Due to the sensitivity of the issue and Israel's good working relationship with the two countries, officials are treading carefully to avoid appearance that they’re taking sides.
“Instead of focusing on all the obstacles and identifying the most important ones, they are singling out the settlement issue and defining it as the most critical,” says Professor Eytan Gilboa of Bar-Ilan University and a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Millions of Israelis are furious over the government’s caving to the rioting and its alleged plan to recognize these illegal Bedouin encampments situated on state lands, claiming that such capitulation will only lead to further unrest and violence.
The Biden administration’s plan would divide the united capital of Jerusalem and push any chance for peace with the Palestinians farther away, as well as break diplomatic norms, violate U.S. law and damage America’s special relationship with Israel.
The Biden administration’s plan would divide the united capital of Jerusalem and push any chance for peace with the Palestinians farther away, as well as break diplomatic norms, violate U.S. law and damage America’s special relationship with Israel.
“One great fear of the current impasse is rather than revert to pressure, the Biden administration will define ‘other options’ as settling for even less than the JCPOA in a bid to try to cap the nuclear program, which has expanded far beyond the JCPOA’s limits,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
“Out of pragmatic considerations, Israel has learned to accept China’s contradictory policy over time,” said Tuvia Gering, an analyst at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. “In other, more private forums, China and Israel can enjoy each other’s company.”
During their joint press conference in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had discussed the Iranian threat with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and expressed hope that the United States “will not go back to the old JCPOA.”
The United States “has a deep and consistent interest” in doing its best to “take down this terror—this campaign against Israel, the ‘Little Satan’—that ultimately could grow into an Iranian campaign against the ‘Great Satan,’ the United States.”
The Unidas Podemos and Más Madrid parties, as well as presidential candidate Pablo Iglesias, have a history of anti-Jewish, anti-Israel action and rhetoric.
When it comes to matters of policy, Victoria Coates, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and former deputy national security adviser for Middle Eastern and North African Affairs, believes there is a “disconnect” among European and U.S. leaders.
“Sympathizers in the Democratic Party are trying to convince the Palestinians to make changes in the law so salaries will be based on economic conditions and not just on terrorism,” said Yossi Kuperwasser, a senior intelligence and security expert at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
While Middle East analysts say Biden is building a team of people in whom he trusts, can rely on and can work together as a team, a good deal of concern centers on whether U.S. foreign policy will look too much like it did during the Obama administration.
Safe to assume that the incoming president’s initial energies will be internally focused due to the coronavirus and the economy. In addressing the Mideast, the priority is likely to focus on Iran and the nuclear deal, followed by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Local Jewish leaders commend the move to permit the first new housing since 2002, which they hope will attract young couples to the city, while an anti-settlement NGO argues that permits are illegal. A court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.
Critics believe that the project is controversial and would solidify Israeli control of the city, as well as ruin the view, and are fighting to prevent both from being constructed.
The ICC can claim jurisdiction when countries fail to exercise legal proceedings, including where they purport to act, but are unwilling or unable to do so. That should not include Israel.
The sales, which took place as the world grapples with economic uncertainty tied to the coronavirus pandemic, represent an indication of confidence by investors in the nation’s economy and future, experts say.
Is Israel’s judiciary overstepping its authority? Or is the legislature undermining the judiciary?
“I don’t see any reason why residents of Beirut can go on sipping coffee in coffee shops while we are being bombarded by rockets.”
The plan sends a clear message to the Palestinians. “First, time is not on your side. Second, you used to have support, but now you do not have the same level,” said Professor Eytan Gilboa, director of the Center for International Communication at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by announcing that the United States is “disavowing” the 1978 Hansell Memorandum, a State Department memo that claimed Israeli settlements violate international law.
According to a new Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security report, to meet the challenges ahead Israel must focus on social cohesion, cultivate political allies and “manage” the conflict with the Palestinians.
“This is a very detailed peace vision. You cannot have a successful peace agreement without a successful economic plan. We are worried about the days, weeks, months and years after,” said U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt.
June 26, 2026 
