Yair Lapid
Why the West Bank is in chaos
Palestinian terrorism in Israel is on the rise. Daily headlines convey a steady stream of stabbings, vehicular attacks, and other forms of violence. Few expect the media to be fair, much less balanced....
Op-eds
Hezekiah’s Mistake
As Netanyahu tries to manage relations with a fracturing American empire, he would do well to read Isaiah
Op-eds
Why bilateralism is key to any Saudi-Israeli agreement
Ahead of his victory in Israel’s election in November, Benjamin Netanyahu had been telegraphing loudly that his top priority is to pursue a peace accord with Saudi Arabia. As he put the finishing touches...
Op-eds
Targeting Hamas, Israel tries to reestablish deterrence in Gaza
Earlier this month, the Israeli Defense Forces sent jets into the Gaza Strip, surgically targeting Hamas military sites in the coastal enclave. The IDF operation was a response to rocket fire from Gaza...
Op-eds
Neither Here Nor There
Jordan and the Abraham Accords
Memos
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: December
Policy Tracker
Eyeing Iran, the U.S. and Israel Conduct Combined Air Exercise
The United States Air Force and the Israeli Air Force began a combined air exercise in Israel on Tuesday that includes fighter aircraft from both countries and a U.S. air refueling tanker. The exercise helps build the readiness of both air forces and their ability to operate together while honing some of the exact capabilities Israel would need to conduct a successful kinetic strike against the Islamic Republic of Iran’s nuclear program. While a Pentagon spokesperson portrayed the exercise as routine, statements from the Israeli prime minister and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) left little doubt about their intended audience in Tehran.
Flash Briefs
Jerusalem Bombings, Jenin Body-Snatch Rock Israel
Remote-controlled bombs exploded near-simultaneously at two Jerusalem bus stops during Wednesday's morning rush hour, wounding at least 22 and killing a 16-year-old Canadian-Israeli dual national. One day earlier, in the West Bank city of Jenin, Palestinian gunmen seized the body of an Israeli Druze youth, Tiran Ferro, who was critically injured in a car accident. While initial coverage reported Ferro was dead when his body was seized by Palestinian gunmen, Ferro’s uncle has claimed he was alive when taken from the Jenin hospital.
Flash Briefs
Why sic the FBI on the IDF?
The shut-and-open case of Shireen Abu Akleh
Op-eds
Bibi Wins!
Israel’s political iron man inherits a hatful of tsuris
Op-eds
The Limits of Turkey’s Israeli Charm Offensive
The pillars of the Israel-Turkey relationship—energy and defense cooperation—require long-term agreements built on mutual trust, not Erdogan’s capricious vacillation between enmity and cooperation.
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: November
Policy Tracker
Israel-Lebanon Maritime Deal Elicits Dueling Arguments
Israel and Lebanon reached a maritime deal on Tuesday, eliciting robust debate over its prospective merits, flaws, and implications for regional security. Supporters of the agreement argue that it averts a potential war between Israel and Hezbollah, weakens Hezbollah, strengthens Israel’s economy, and constitutes de facto Lebanese recognition of Israel. Critics contend that the accord by definition is an act of appeasement that empowers Hezbollah, cementing its partnership with France under a U.S. umbrella and forcing Israel to concede to all of the group’s demands under the threat of force.
Flash Briefs
Yeah, Buoy!!!
Yair Lapid trades Mediterranean gas fields claimed by Israel to Hezbollah in exchange for a line of rusting buoys
Op-eds
Israel trades gas fields for a line of buoys
The citizens of the state of Israel were informed this past weekend that the caretaker government of Prime Minister Yair Lapid was about to trade several hundred square kilometers of Israel’s potentially...
Op-eds
Israel-EU annual meeting after decade hiatus
Israel and the European Union held an Association Council meeting for the first time in a decade. How did Israel change in that time, and how did it affect the EU-Israel relationship?
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October
Policy Tracker
Moscow Cozies Up With Hamas to Pressure Israel
A delegation from the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, led by Politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh, made a multi-day visit to Moscow this month for meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as...