In Jerusalem, we wait for Tehran to play its hand
Israel calls Iran’s bluff, but how the Iranians respond will affect the entire region.
Jonathan Spyer
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Israel is at a crossroad … It must act now
The strategic advantage remains with Iran and its proxies. This is because through long years of complacency, Israel allowed Iran to build up two Islamist armies on its borders.
No time to fiddle as Hezbollah burns northern Israel
With a very real prospect of open warfare with Hezbollah and a wider regional conflagration, Jerusalem needs to formulate a comprehensive strategy against the threat from Lebanon.
Turning point in long campaign of Tehran’s leaders
The statement from the Iranian UN delegation that the matter can now be ‘deemed concluded’ indicates that Iran hopes to get back to the proxy warfare strategy. The ball is now in Israel’s court.
World focus on Gaza, but another conflict may soon explode
It is not by chance that the highest-ranking Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps official killed by Israel so far in this conflict was operating out of Damascus.
‘There’s no safe path there’: The long fight to disarm Hamas
Israel’s war in Gaza has been under way for three months and is at a hinge point. Speaking to Inquirer, IDF soldiers describe a constantly shifting and confusing battlescape.
‘Slowly, slowly’, the IDF is winning its war against Hamas
The crucial factor is now time. The IDF still needs one or two months to complete the encircling of Hamas’s forces in southern Gaza.
Three clocks ticking for Israel — and they aren’t in sync
Competing priorities for Israel on saving its hostages, destroying Hamas and maintaining Western support must be weighed as the IDF advances into Gaza City.
Tehran makes its moves in a long, deadly game
As the world’s attention remains fixed on the narrow and dusty strip strip to Israel’s southwest, a far larger and potentially more consequential mobilisation is taking place.
Odd hush over Israel as my homeland enters war mode
As we begin a long conflict, the confused picture is assuming a clearer shape. Israel, both state and society, is facing one of its greatest challenges.
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