Jun 14, 2021
B.N. Out, N.B. In. So?
Net Effect Of Netanyahu’s Fall By Amir Oren A new government is in power in Israel, headed by Naftali Bennet and his co-leader Yair Lapid. Binyamin Netanyahu is no…
May 31, 2021
Bennett joins Lapid unity government
Far-right Yamina party leader Naftali Bennett has announced support for the formation of a unity government with centrist Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid. Lapid was tasked by Israeli President Reuven…
Jan 17, 2021
Com-Il-Faut
Israel’s Shift From Eucom To Centcom, A Mixed Bag By Amir Oren Late last week, having been scooped by the Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon issued one of the last…
Dec 08, 2020
Pentagon Pick, CENTCOM’s Centrality
Austin supported Iran deal, took note of “Arab-Israeli Divide” By Amir Oren In selecting retired 4-Star Lloyd Austin to serve as his Secretary of Defense, President-Elect Joe Biden made an…
Nov 06, 2020
On Soldiers’ Chests and off a Nation’s
Lebanon Battle Ribbon Closing Israeli Chapter By Amir Oren A commission appointed by IDF Chief of General Staff Aviv Kochavi and headed by one of his predecessors, Shaul Mofaz, has…
Oct 28, 2020
Get there fustest with the leastest
IDF’s doctrine, from little by little to lethal: Faster, Better, Cheaper By Amir Oren US Civil War Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest is usually quoted as having mangled the English…
May 19, 2020
Israel: Iran evacuates forces from Syria
Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has declared that Iran’s apparent scaling back of activity in Syria should be finalized with Jerusalem’s help. "Iran is significantly reducing the scope of…
May 07, 2020
Supreme Court rejects petitions against Netanyahu-Gantz government
The Israeli Supreme Court issued a statement late last night, announcing its decision to reject all petitions which sought to disqualify Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s right to form a government, as…
May 06, 2020
Mandelblit: no legal grounds to disqualify Netanyahu-Gantz deal
Premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud and Parliament Speaker Benny Gantz’s Blue and White parties have revised a number of clauses in their previously-signed coalition agreement, in light of criticism leveled against…
May 04, 2020
High Court hears petitions against Netanyahu-Gantz unity deal
Israel’s High Court of Justice has convened for the second of two-day hearings on a series of separate petitions against the formation of the national emergency government. Discussion by the…