A new defense agreement between Israel and Morocco could have a significant impact in the Middle East and North Africa. A top military reporter joins us to explain what happened and why.
Why do Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews so adamantly decline to serve in the military—and could that change? A communal leader walks us through the deliberations taking place.
Jerusalem cannot afford to rely on American power.
Learning the lesson of the Second Lebanon War.
Nor should the Knesset continue to kick the can down the road.
From Omar Bradley to F-35s.
For Washington, the strategic and economic benefits are great.
And undermined the IDF’s fighting spirit.
Iranian entrenchment goes far beyond military bases and missile silos.
Remember Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul.
Even as the pandemic places new pressures on the bottom line.
And other security consequences for the Jewish state.
In 1948, he served as a stark counter-example to the view (which he mostly held) that history is driven by material factors and not by great leaders.
Ancient Jewish history, with which he was well acquainted, showed what could happen in the absence of a central military command. He made sure it wouldn’t happen again.