IAF in desperate need for new heavy-lift helicopters. What’s the hold-up? By Anna Ahronheim It’s been over four years since the Israel Air Force announced it would be replacing its aging CH-53 Yasur helicopters, and though there are two frontrunners…

What did Gantz bring back with him from Washington? By Anna Ahronheim Defense Minister Benny Gantz flew back from his second trip to Washington claiming success: Israel’s qualitative military edge has been preserved for decades to come. There was even…

President Trump rightly heralded recent peace agreements Israel made with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain as “the dawn of a new Middle East.” However, with Washington possibly selling advanced F-35 aircraft to the UAE in the bargain, these landmark…

“Surrender.” That’s the only option Iranian President Hassan Rouhani offered America during his (now forgotten) virtual address to the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last month. Based on his bombastic rhetoric, Rouhani clearly expects Washington to play the…