Sarit Zehavi

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Northern Israel: The battle for hearts and minds

Right now, we have more question marks than answers.

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The Israel-Lebanon Framework Agreement: What is the "end game"?

Consistent implementation, accompanied by sustained international pressure, may create a historic opportunity to strengthen the Lebanese state, weaken Hezbollah, and improve regional security and stability.

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Strategic Drones: Why Hezbollah has intensified its attacks

This is Iran’s familiar game of buying time, whose purpose is to avoid reaching a deal that would force them into a compromise they are not interested in. Opinion.

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What is the required objective of the negotiations with Lebanon?

One cannot assume that the Lebanese government will carry out any agreed upon measures in the near term. Responsibility for safeguarding the residents of northern Israel lies with Israel. Analysis.

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Don't fall for Khomenei's fall - the entire regime must go

Khamenei leaving the scene is not the same as the regime falling. Opinion.

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After the strikes, what’s next for the Iranian threat?

As Israelis, we need to know what comes next so we can sleep better at night. How can we ensure we won’t have to undertake such an operation again in a few years? Opinion.

A useless organization at a critical moment:

UNIFIL must leave Lebanon if it cannot restructure

Multiple documented incidents, including video evidence, confirm that UNIFIL personnel acted in ways that effectively aided Hezbollah rather than enforcing the ceasefire agreement. Opinion.

A sobering exhibition of Hezbollah’s monstrous arsenal

A recent IDF exhibition serves as a deeply sobering reminder of the dangers Israel confronts. Opinion.

Ten critical questions post-Assad Syria collapse

The DF is deployed along the border and on the Syrian side of Mt. Hermon in order to protect Israel, but there is much uncertainty about how the situation eastward will play out.

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The Israel-Lebanon ceasefire does not guarantee peace or security

The international community must demand that Lebanon outlaw Hezbollah, while threatening sanctions. If this does not happen, there will be no future, neither for Lebanon nor for northern Israel.Opinion

An open letter to U.S. envoy Amos Hochstein

A ceasefire should not become an end in itself. The goal needs to be the security of civilians on both sides of the border. That is not what the leaked proposed agreement provides.

New IDF capabilities seen in Operation Shield and Arrow

In the latest Gaza escalation Israel exhibited new capabilities against terror armies with a message to other arenas. Op-ed.

The tangled web of Hezbollah's drug cartel

The weapons smuggled from Iran are small potatoes compared to the drugs that serve both as weapons and as a source of income.Op-ed.

In Lebanon, is Civil War coming?

Do the October 14th shootings mark the beginning of a deteriorating situation that will snowball into another Lebanese civil war? Op-ed.

The Second Lebanon War - fifteen years later

What did the war accomplish? Did Israel win or lose? Op-ed.

Is there any hope for Lebanon?

The economic situation in Lebanon and the international sanctions placed on it have not affected Hezbollah’s capabilities in Lebanon. Op-ed.