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In February, it was possible to complete a deal to get the hostages back. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thwarted it. Let's consider the...
Years after the Second Lebanon War ended in 2006, I interviewed the man who served as defense minister during that war, Amir Peretz.
There is no certainty that the prime minister even wants to finish it. In fact, it's quite obvious that he doesn't. But for the sake of intellectual...
The rationale given by Israeli decision-makers for the recent series of operations in Lebanon is as follows: They weren't meant to lead to victory or...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been the most extreme speaker during recent discussions on a possible extensive ground operation in the...
At a security discussion five months ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the possibility of withdrawing from the east-west Netzarim...
Israeli control of the Philadelphi route has become the rock of our existence, the Temple Mount of our security. Our presence at the Rafah crossing...
Analyses of the election polls generally focus on whether Benjamin Netanyahu will or will not be reelected as prime minister. According to most, he...
During the first eight months of the war, Israel's decision makers had no real intention of getting involved in a ground war in Lebanon. They made...
Hamas has learned to play Israeli politics – to issue statements suggesting a positive reply, that any moment now there'll be a deal, that they...
We're back in our comfort zone. "Hamas is to blame," "Hamas rejected the offer." At least that's what a "diplomatic source" said in a briefing. It's...
It's hard to count all the threats that the prime minister, the defense minister and the army brass have made against Hezbollah during the current...
The most natural thing for me would've been to defend Supreme Court Justice Khaled Kabub. He is the only Arab justice in Israel's Supreme Court, who...
Hamas' most problematic demand concerning the hostage deal is for the organization to have full control over which "heavy" Palestinian prisoners are...
They must announce when they're going home. All of them. The Israel Defense Force's chief of staff, the Shin Ben security service director, the head...
During the last month or two of the ground offensive, the word "dragging" has popped up again. People in the military are appalled: Stop saying...
The time has come to end the current phase of the war in Gaza – and withdraw from the Strip gradually in stages. That wouldn't mean surrender or...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a great opportunity. It came at the worst possible moment, but a little common sense would have enabled him to...
At the end of the Second Lebanon War of 2006, an assault began on the three men who led that war. Politicians led by then-opposition leader Benjamin...
It takes a great deal of self-restraint not to use savage words to describe Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to cease the Hamas hostage release.
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is convinced that if they had accepted his recommendation to attack Lebanon, it would have changed the face of the...
The war has turned the International Committee of the Red Cross into a vilified organization in Israel. Why has it not condemned Hamas? Why did it not...