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Yaakov Katz

Yaakov Katz

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Why Israel Can't Count Solely on Its Missile Defenses

The recent military clash between Iran and Israel marks an historic moment in modern warfare. With an unprecedented barrage of more than 300 drones,...

26.04.2024 10

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

Israel's Intelligence Agencies and Military Need More Civilian Oversight

In July 2004, the 9/11 Commission—set up to probe the Al Qaeda attacks against the United States on Sept. 11, 2001—proposed sweeping changes to...

10.04.2024 5

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

The Day the U.S. Didn't Say 'No' to Israel's Critics

The writing has been on the wall for weeks. That was the feeling in Jerusalem on Monday evening after the United States abstained during a vote at the...

25.03.2024 6

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

A More Accurate Accounting of the War in Gaza

Thirty-thousand Palestinians killed by Israel in Gaza. It's a number you hear everywhere when talking about Israel's war against Hamas, and it is...

19.03.2024 10

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

A Brief Window for Israel to Integrate Its Arab and Jewish Communities

In May 2021, Israel's mixed Jewish-Arab cities exploded in violence. Streets in Lod, Haifa, Acre, Ramla, and Jerusalem became battlegrounds for...

23.02.2024 5

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

The War in Gaza May End Soon, but Not the Fighting

On March 27, 2002, a Palestinian suicide bomber disguised as a woman walked into the Park Hotel in the Israeli seaside town of Netanya and blew...

06.02.2024 3

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

In Time of Need, Will These Men Serve Their Country?

Fifty percent of Israelis do not serve in the IDF and only 1 percent of Israelis serve in the reserves. This is the result of the exemption given to...

18.01.2024 3

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

What's the End Game for Gaza? Netanyahu Must Spell It Out

Since Benjamin Netanyahu was elected Israel's prime minister for the first time in 1996, he has built up a career as someone who has consistently been...

03.01.2024 20

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

Three Options for Israel to End the War in Gaza

American pressure on Israel is mounting to reduce the intensity of Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Over the last week, Secretary of...

14.12.2023 5

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

Israel Must Fix Its Deadly Overreliance on Defense Technologies

Israel's war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip caught the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in the middle of a technological revolution. For the last 10...

04.12.2023 8

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

The IDF Reservists Fighting in Gaza Will Fight Netanyahu After the War

On Aug. 14, 2006, a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect and ended the Second Lebanon War and 34 days of fighting between Israel and the...

13.11.2023 10

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

Attacks on Israel are only the beginning. All democracies are at risk

A Hamas terrorist told Israel Defense Forces he and another member of Hamas heard children crying before shooting at the door until they were no...

04.11.2023 100

Fox News

Yaakov Katz

Even After the War in Gaza, Israel Will Have to Hunt Down Hamas' Leaders

In mid-September 1972, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir convened a secret meeting of cabinet ministers and security officials. Days earlier, 11...

02.11.2023 4

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

Qatar needs to expel Hamas leaders and if not, America should do it for them

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, the Emir of Qatar, gave remarks at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 19. One of the outcomes...

24.10.2023 10

Fox News

Yaakov Katz

If Biden Wants to Stop a Wider War, He Should Ready a Strike on Iran

President Joe Biden gave a momentous speech on Tuesday, one that will undoubtedly resonate in Israeli history as one of the most profound pro-Israel...

16.10.2023 3

Newsweek

Yaakov Katz

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