Guardian of the Walls: More than meets the eye
Hundreds of millions of Hamas dollars have gone down the drain during Operation Guardian of the Walls. The effects of this military campaign run deeper than you might think.
Analysis
US poised to make the same mistake twice
To strike the Iranian problem from its to-do list, the US administration continues to offer concessions and other "goodies" in the hope of bringing Tehran back into the fatally flawed nuclear deal.
How did Hamas grow its arsenal under the blockade?
Islamist terrorist group has fired over 4,000 rockets at Israel in recent clashes, some hitting deeper in Israeli territory and with greater accuracy than ever before.
Biden and Netanyahu face rough early test of relationship
US President Joe Biden’s efforts to persuade Netanyahu to agree to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip are plunging the two leaders into a difficult early test of the US-Israeli relationship.
Israel will have to carefully leverage achievements in Gaza
Hamas will have to balance the price it paid in Gaza with its success on the Palestinian street. Over a week into Operation Guardian of Walls, it seems that the main Israeli challenge now is no longer military, but political: how to leverage the achievements of the operation so as to ensure prolonged calm in the south, while conveying strength and implicitly preventing an escalation in other areas.
Can Israel shell Gaza and still make friends in Arab Gulf?
Arab officials have come together to condemn what they see as flagrant Israeli aggression in Gaza, but in the United Arab Emirates, criticism of Israel is now often balanced with harsh words for the Palestinians, as well.
Will Gaza conflict spark escalation on multiple fronts?
Israel must focus less on the appearance of victory and more on preventing an all-out conflagration. It will try to exact a price from Hamas and possibly take out some of its senior officials in the hope of deepening deterrence in Gaza the day after.
IDF has destroyed arch-terrorist Mohammed Deif's magnum opus
Hamas dug its "Metro" network of tunnels to stop IDF ground incursions, abduct IDF soldiers, and wage attacks against IDF bases and western Negev communities. Years of labor and $1 billion invested in the project have now gone up in smoke.
Violence upends Biden's Israel-Palestinian outlook
Israelis and Palestinians alike slam Biden administration’s call to roll back the escalation. Israeli Ambassador to US: It is impossible to put in the same message to Israeli leaders who call for calm and to terrorist organizations that launch missiles and rockets.
Nuclear deal: 2015 scenario all over again?
It is no secret that the new geostrategic reality shaped by these Iranian interventions has strengthened the ayatollahs’ position vis-à-vis not only the US, but also its ally Israel.