The newly-installed Ebrahim Raisi has ambitions to be more than just Iran’s president – and that’s why Tehran’s partners in violence, from Hezbollah to Hamas,…
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Israel’s military doctrine assumes periodic ‘wars between the wars’ in its confrontation with Iran and its proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas. But it’s failing: with each…
With Lebanon lacking a government and mired in political and economic crises, the Islamist organization has stepped into the breach with payments to the needy…
Palestinians should quit blaming Arab allies for their failures, feuding and violence, and take responsibility. There’s a brave new dawn in Arab-Israeli relations: Which Arabs…
COVID-19, economic crises, the Beirut blast, public anger at Hezbollah, a pipeline and a railway, the UAE and Bahrain are all pushing Lebanon towards the…
Right-wingers slammed Israel’s offers to help Beirut as a ‘moral travesty’; there was an understandably chilly reception in Lebanon. How does solidarity fit into Israel’s…
The billion-dollar trial of four Hezbollah-linked defendants accused of assassinating former PM Hariri failed to deliver the accountability it promised – and may have violated…
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Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Iran aims to entrench its deployment of missiles around us and is avoiding creating tension before the job is done. Meanwhile, Israel’s army and citizens…
Israel stands before one of the most difficult periods it has ever known, from a coronavirus economic crisis to Netanyahu’s assault on the rule of…
A sudden quiet reverberates around one of the most troubled, violent regions on earth. Israel’s military is mirroring the enforced restraint shown by Iran, Hezbollah…
Three years of Trump’s limited and chaotic efforts to thwart Iranian regional expansionism and end Tehran’s nuclear ambitions have failed. And Israel is on the…
As Iran’s most prominent, powerful proxy, Hezbollah is committed to avenging Qassem Soleimani’s death. But the Party of God can’t risk inviting the kind of…
As Iran’s most prominent, powerful proxy, Hezbollah is committed to avenging Qassem Soleimani’s death. But the Party of God can’t risk inviting the kind of…
America has the big guns: but Iran is a master of unconventional warfare. Could Tehran repeat the many successes of its asymmetric, proxy-based warfare if…
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The prime minister needs a win in the next elections, and initiating a major conflict with Iran may be his only hope to convince Israelis…
Lebanon is rising up: the Arab Spring is returning. But the six sectarian political leaders who divide and rule the country and its resources are…