Unlike Israel, which expressly laments the collateral damage of its self-defense operations in Gaza and elsewhere, jihadi rocket fire and terror attacks are the relentless product of “criminal intent.” Opinion.
By his recent agreements with Qatar and Turkey and his expanding financial relations with Saudi Arabia, Trump makes it clear that maintaining Israel’s “qualitative edge” will no longer be Washington’s top regional priority. Opinion.
More than anything else, Israel’s survival will require intellectual supremacy. Opinion.
The pipe dreaming Gaza peace plan hits reality. And things go back to where they were. Opinion.
In essence, for Hamas, terror is a form of sacred violence oriented toward the “sacrifice” of enemies and martyrs. Opinion.
Cascading declarations of recognition by a majority of existing states have no legal bearing on the creation of a state. These declarations directly undermine the authority of law-based international relations.
The fact that Hamas terrorist leaders sought safe harbor in a friendly sovereign state did not mean they were no longer subject to law-mandated punishment or that the principle of sovereignty immunized the terror-protecting state (Qatar) from Israeli law-enforcement. Opinion.
“A man should never put himself in a place of danger, and say that a miracle will save him, lest there be no miracle…" - Yannai.
Under international law, terrorists are hostes humani generis or "common enemies of humankind." This category of criminals invites punishment wherever the wrongdoers can be found. Opinion.
International law is not a suicide pact. Even amid long-enduring world-system anarchy, such law offers a binding body of rules and procedures that permits a beleaguered state to express an "inherent right of self-defense." Opinion.
A “Two-State Solution” would enlarge not “only” the jihadi terror threat to Israel (both conventional and unconventional), but also prospects for a catastrophic regional war. Opinion.
Because it is still credible that Iran would manage to “go nuclear” itself, as one of several possibilities, Israeli strategic planners need to examine multiple narratives of nuclear war. Opinion.
International law is not a suicide pact. Ipso facto, Israel has no legal obligation to carve an enemy state aggressor from its own still-living body especially when recent recognition of “Palestine” by four major states misses larger justice issues altogether. Opinion.
The limits of Israel's nuclear ambiguity.
For Israel, the time for “deliberate nuclear ambiguity” has come to an end. Opinion.
Yet again, Israel is waging mandatory war against an exterminatory foe, this time a jihadist terrorist organization that seeks annihilation for Israel, eternality for its “martyrs” and luxury-laden safety for its leaders. Opinion.
Israel has been conducting secret direct talks with Syria to lower tensions between the two countries. Anything more is wishful thinking.
“The worst is not yet, so long as we still say, `This is the worst.’” Shakespeare, King Lear.
Isolationism is not a solution. It is the problem. Opinion.
Deliberate Israeli imaginations of approaching disappearance could help the People of Israel in suitably identifying what needs to be done for survival. Op-ed.
Israel's overlooked survival obligation. Opinion.
Navigating Hamas barbarism needs knowledge of what the law allows. And Israel's war is unequivocally within its rights. Opinion.
For jihadist terrorists, there can never be distinctions between civilians and non-civilians, between innocents and non-innocents, so although judicial procedures against them would be ideal, international law must not become a suicide pact. Opinion.
A 'Two-State Solution' would be urging nothing less than the creation of a criminal aggressor state, one for whom the barbarism of October 7 represents a template for future actions against Israel. It would not be bound by pre-state compacts. And there is more. Op-ed.
Whatever differences emerge between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its predecessors, whether suddenly or incrementally, all jihadi groups will continue to embrace terrorism as a redemptive expression of religious sacrifice. Opinion.
A gathering of dust: Everything on this planet must depend upon the dignity, courage and "emancipation" of the individual human being. Absolutely everything. Opinion.
Israel must be prepared for an Iranian nuclear conflict that is deliberate, unintentional or even accidental. Opinion.
Israel’s growing nuclear war hazards include variously tangible scenarios of Russian or North Korean interventions on behalf of Iran. Opinion.
Israel needs less faith in “common sense.” It needs more faith in disciplined and refined strategic reasoning. Such reasoning will have to be logic-based and dialectical. Opinion.
Israel and the "sting of the bee." Recall that one type of honey bee dies after it has stung. Op-ed.
Israel must take into account Russia’s escalating threats to deter Israeli preemptive strikes against Iran. Opinion.
International law is not a suicide pact. In fact, Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers like Sinwar is indispensable to justice. Opinion.
For Israel, the underlying existential threat is an adversary who identifies deliberate violence against Jews and the Jewish State as “sacred.”
Israel’s current war with a not-yet-nuclear Iran could represent the Jewish State’s last best chance to prevent nuclear war in the Middle East.
Assessing the imminent risks of an Iran-Israel nuclear war. Opinion.
Our mortal enemies are desperately seeking immortality. We have to find a way to show them that murdering Jews is not the way to achieve it. Opinion.
Why an Israeli agreement on ceasefire would never be honored by its Jihadist foes. Opinion.
International law has precise form and content. It cannot be invented and reinvented by terror groups. Such law does not support the hope-based adoption of cease-fire agreements between sovereign states and criminal gangs.
A “Two-State Solution” would enlarge not “only” the jihadist terror threat to Israel (conventional and unconventional), but also prospects for major regional war. In these existential security matters, Israel doesn’t need more common sense. It needs disciplined and dialectical thought. Opinion.
Israel's law-based obligation to prevent Iranian nuclear weapons. Opinion.
