The tragic history of Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital
April 10, 2024 | Oved Lobel
That is the sad story of al-Shifa Hospital. What began as an Israeli endeavour to improve the lives of Palestinians by building a state-of-the-art hospital complex in Gaza in the 1980s and 1990s was ended by a coalition of genocidal terrorist organisations that could not care less about Palestinian well-being.
What recent ISKP attacks reveal about US, Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies
March 27, 2024 | Oved Lobel
This is also a demonstration of the very different roles intelligence agencies play in Western countries as opposed to despotisms. In the former, the agencies exist in part to protect citizens from threats, while in the latter, they exist to protect the regime and to monitor, oppress, intimidate, kidnap or kill their own citizens domestically and abroad. Because of this remit and resource allocation, countries like Iran or Russia are not particularly capable of, or even very interested in, thwarting such attacks.
Emboldened Iran is still seeking nuclear capacity
April 18, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
Only by resuming pressure on Iran to stand down its nuclear weapons program, including restoring a credible threat that no measures will be off the table if Tehran does not comply, can the world prevent the world’s most dangerous regime from arming itself with the world’s most dangerous weapons.
Move to recognise Palestine comes at the worst possible time
April 16, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro
Bestowing recognition to a Palestinian state before the Palestinians agree to peace with Israel through negotiations would always violate the Oslo Accords and be inherently counterproductive. However, coming in the middle of a war initiated by the Palestinian terror group Hamas, the timing for even considering such a step couldn’t be worse.
Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel was a strategic miscalculation. Can all-out war now be averted?
April 14, 2024 | Ran Porat
his unprecedented multi-front attack on Israel constitutes a de facto declaration of war and marks the first direct assault against Israel from Iranian soil. However, despite the scale of the operation, it appears to be a tactical failure.
Editorial: A new coalition against Iran
April 19, 2024 | Colin Rubenstein
Israel’s right to defend itself includes the right to respond at a time and in a manner of its choosing. While that response had not happened as of press time, it must be supported in principle.
Iran opens fire
April 19, 2024 | Ilan Evyatar
Those calling for a direct military response note the failure of Israel’s strategy of containment and active defence against Hamas, which relied on the success of the Iron Dome in limiting the damage of Gaza rockets, but came crashing down with the October 7 massacre.
Iran’s attack was a show of weakness
April 19, 2024 | Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr.
The gap between Israeli competence and Iranian aspirations is clear, even to the Iranians, despite their attempts to put a brave face on their failure. Israel’s neighbours will certainly see the effectiveness of its defence. Israel could unleash a violent and decisive counterstrike against Iran.
