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Beyond Military Victory in Gaza

David Katz 27
On March 18th, 2025, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) launched a "focused ground operation" in central Gaza with elements of three army divisions.,  Israel...

Liberation Day Postponed

Shoshana Bryen 53
There is still confusion about the ultimate result of Israel’s strike in Doha, which struck a meeting of Hamas leaders. Israeli government sources have...

Hamas-Approved Reporters in Gaza Serve the Terrorist Cause, And More So If They Die

Lenny Ben-David 110
Are there greater international war crimes than invading a country, pledging homicide, committing widespread rape, firing barrages of rockets into civilian towns, infanticide, hostage-taking,...

Hamas Blinks: Why Israeli Force, Not Diplomacy, Brings Hostages Home

Inside Israel Intel 0
Editor's Note: We generally do not parse internal Israeli politics, but the discussion of the parameters of the possible/impending/promoted hostage deal are important enough...

Gaza War Update

Dan Linnaeus 0
The IDF holds about seventy-five percent of the Gaza Strip. That territory is mostly cleared, with two Hamas strongholds remaining: Gaza City and the...

Reflections on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Mackubin Owens 0
Mackubin Owens is a Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Marine Corps Veteran.  He writes and lectures widely on issues...

Israel’s Next Steps in Gaza

Amit Segal 0
Editor’s note: Amit Segal is Chief Political Correspondent for N12News. You can find his column “It’s Noon in Israel” at https://www.amitsegal.net/ and his X...

Look Europe in the Eye

Shoshana Bryen 0
Are you repelled by Europe – Spain, France, the U.K., Ireland, and more? Outraged by the lies and distortions? Sick of them ignoring Hamas/UNRWA...

There Is No ‘Right Side’ of History

Eric Rozenman 0
The assertion that someone or something stands on “the right side of history” often is used like a blackjack in an old noir film: to knock...

New Book Details Iran’s Path to a Nuclear Bomb

Shoshana Bryen 0
Edwin Black’s new book, Israel Strikes Iran: Operation Rising Lion – The 20-Year Backstory, is a must-read. Don’t let the fact that you are unlikely to...

Attacks on Syrian Druze

Amit Segal 0
Editor's note: Amit Segal is Chief Political Correspondent for N12News. You can find his column "It's Noon in Israel" at https://www.amitsegal.net/ and his X...

Surprise, Deception, Warning and War

Dr. Lani Kass 0
All warfare is based on deception. Offer the enemy a bait to lure him. … Be seen in the West and march out of the East;...
Hebron. (Photo: Oren Rozen)

The al-Jabari Clan: Fixing the Post-Colonial World?

Shoshana Bryen 0
One of the mistakes of the modern post-colonial West is the belief that countries are comprised of people who live within set boundaries. Those...

The Middle East Landscape Has Changed

Shoshana Bryen 0
Israel is the undisputed regional Strong Horse. That is not to shortchange the U.S. contribution. With just 75 precision-guided munitions, including 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator...

Operation Midnight Hammer—Can’t We All Just Be Proud Americans?

As a military aviator and veteran of more contingencies than I care to remember, I watched with bated breath and prayers in my heart...