As the joint U.S.-Israeli air war against Iran entered its third week, Iran has been launching far fewer missiles and drones than it did during the opening days of the war, a telling indication of the effectiveness of that joint…
For many Lebanese, Israel’s actions have revived memories not just of 2025, but even 1982, when Israeli forces swept into Lebanon to crush Palestinian militants. … Yaakov Amidror, a former national security advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who…
As the war against the Islamic Republic of Iran rages in the Persian Gulf, there’s another battle against the regime’s influence being fought a bit closer to home. The Iranian missiles and drones that are raining down on countries in…
Even as Iran expands attacks across the Persian Gulf, several of the countries directly targeted are still refusing to join the fight against Iran, opting instead for restraint and diplomacy. Gulf governments say their priority is defending their territory while…
Iran confirmed on Tuesday that Israel had assassinated overnight Ali Larijani, one of the most important Iranian officials still alive. Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s National Security Council, was the regime’s key figure after the assassination of supreme leader Ali Khamenei by…
In a candid conversation, former Israeli Air Force Commander and JINSA Distinguished Fellow Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Amikam Norkin shared the difficult feelings that accompany him as someone who was exposed to the depth of the investigation into the failure, and…
Israel announced that it killed Iran’s national security chief, Ali Larijani, and the head of the Basij forces, Gholamreza Soleimani. Maj Gen (ret.) Yaakov Amidror, Israel’s former National Security Advisor and Distinguished Fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security…
Within a period of less than two weeks in June 2025, and without suffering any combat or operational losses of manned aircraft, Israel was able to rapidly establish air superiority and supremacy over relevant parts of Iran, heavily degrade the…
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Yaakov Amidror, former head of Israel’s National Security Council and JINSA Distinguished Fellow, explained his theory on the developments in the campaign against Iran and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Amidror referred to the IDF’s achievements and the attack…
Missile salvos from the Middle East to the Indo-Pacific are exposing the limits of interceptor-based defenses, and the US Navy’s renewed testing of its electromagnetic railgun suggests a possible answer. This month, The War Zone (TWZ) reported that the US…