A think tank tracking the U.S. blockade of Iran originally found that 27 vessels had successfully evaded the operation. But now the blockade does not look as porous as the Washington D.C.-based Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)…
Maj. Gen. (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, a distinguished fellow at the D.C.-based JINSA think tank and the former head of Israel’s National Security Council, shed light on the president’s decision to postpone striking Iran. MajGen (ret.) Amidror assessed that it makes…
Almost three months have passed since the outbreak of the war with Iran, and the regime in Tehran has demonstrated both significant resilience and the ability to cause significant damage to the region and the global economy. This is what…
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof triggered a media storm this week. Attention has largely focused on Kristof’s publication timing, questionable sources, and insufficient substantiation of extreme allegations. But it’s also worth identifying Kristof’s audience for this conspiracy-influenced piece. … Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, a Jewish…
As President Trump has clearly stated, Iran cannot be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and cannot be permitted to block or control passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Further, until it is evident who in Iran is authorized to…
Israel has seized about 1,000 sq km of territory since Hamas’s October 7 attack as Benjamin Netanyahu forged a new, more aggressive military doctrine in the wake of the nation’s worst security failure. … Yaakov Amidror, a former national security…
The recent controversy over allegedly stolen Ukrainian grain transiting through Israel has reignited the question: Where does Israel actually stand on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? For more than three years, Israel has maintained a posture that satisfies no one, nominally…
President Donald Trump revealed on Friday that a 20-year moratorium on Iran’s nuclear program would be sufficient for him on that portion of a possible agreement to end the war. The president’s acknowledgement on Air Force One following his trip to China appears to…
Former Air Force commanders, Lt. Col. (res.) Amikam Norkin and Lt. Col. (res.) David Ivri, warned against complacency regarding the Iranian threat, Israel’s dependence on American security assistance, and the new and particularly deadly threat – hypersonic cruise missiles. ……
Modern air and missile defense is approaching a structural limit. The model that protected forces over the past two decades remains effective, but only within a narrower envelope than current threats demand. A new approach is required, built on fire-control-level…