Israel should prepare for the day China will rule the Middle East
When a senior Israeli security official was recently asked who will rehabilitate Syria, ravaged by a decade-long civil war, he replied without hesitation – the Chinese. This has been the prevailing assumption More...
Netanyahu fighting for his ‘Mr. Security’ image and it’s Dangerous
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “I am Mr. Security from Sayeret Markal and I’ve made hundreds of important decisions” speech on Sunday is one of the most dangerous deliveries heard More...
The Russian exploitation of a good crisis
The crisis between Israel and the Russians following Syria’s downing of a Russian spy plane near Latakia is serious and has caused a wide rift between the two countries, according to political sources in Jerusalem. It More...
Israel playing on Iranian nerves
A “slip” by a senior Israeli officer to The New York Times; dozens of Syrian anti-aircraft missiles launched towards non-existing targets; and on Independence Day, reservists being called up in what More...
WATCH VIDEO/ SCO: Late reactor discovery a ‘serious intelligence failure’
A state comptroller’s report from 2007 published by Yedioth Ahronoth Friday morning corroborated former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo’s claims, which alleged that Israel’s initial response to Syria’s More...
Trump’s Mideast plan: Take it or leave it
Knowing Donald Trump, he won’t give anyone an early warning. He’ll just deliver a festive speech and present his “ultimate deal” for the Middle East. There won’t be long negotiations with the two parties, More...
Israel-Iran conflict in Syria reaching point of no return
The open Israel-Iran conflict on Syrian soil is increasingly reaching a point of no return. The Iranian regime, it seems, isn’t taking the public warnings issued by the Israeli defense establishment heads More...
The Israeli Army in 2020: A ‘people’s army’ alongside professional army
The investigation room at a base of one of the Israeli army’s (IDF) elite units looked like a small amphitheater, resembling half a crescent. An officer in the rank of lieutenant-colonel, the commander More...
Officials in Jerusalem are missing Obama earlier than expected
Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s special representative for international negotiations, has received a mandate from the American president to reach a formula for an agreement in the Middle East within a year. Greenblatt More...
In deep water: Israel Defense Ministry’s sea of troubles
When the Defense Ministry’s director-general received the list of the 10 police investigators appointed to handle the submarine and Sa’ar 6-class corvette affair, ministry officials raised More...