Yaakov Amidror
How Israel and the Trump administration can win the war and shape Middle East policy - analysis
CNN’s optical illusion: Real impact of IDF gains in Gaza vs Hamas’s claimed resurgence - analysis
What we know about Iran five years after Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
Comment: US National Security Adviser McMaster is a friend to Israel
Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror and Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman explain why they think US National Security Adviser Gen. (ret.) H.R. McMaster is Israel friendly.
Israel’s inelegant options
The conflict should be managed until conditions arise for an agreed-upon solution
Analysis: The differences between the current wave of violence and past Palestinian uprisings
Former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror writes that the PA seems to be trying to curb violent events in Palestinian cities and across West Bank.
What next for ISIS?
The Islamic state will need time to ‘digest’ all the territory it has taken, but once it does, it will face a strategic dilemma.
Israel can’t accept the emerging US-Iran accord
With such a flimsy agreement, I wonder what will be left of Western commitment to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. And Israel will have to draw its own conclusions.
Truce Will Not Change Hamas (Extract)
Analysis: When Hamas founded a mini-state
Events may signal historic change: the end of Fatah as ruling political power in Palestinian society.
Analysis: Lebanon II - The Fallout
It will take Hizbullah at least two years to rebuild. This is why it's keeping the cease-fire.
Lebanon II - the fallout
Why has Hizbullah gone quiet? • What will Iran do next? • How will the fighting impact the Palestinians? • And how badly did Israel really fare? • This magisterial overview by a leading ex-IDF commander offers a host of surprising answers to familiar questions.