Who will break first in war of attrition – Israel or Hamas?
Israel’s strategic situation is looks promising – but the fight isn’t over yet.
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Netanyahu stuck between Trump ultimatum and a hard place
One can only speculate on the extent of co-ordination between the US President and the Israeli Prime Minister on Gaza, but the impression is that senior Israelis have been as surprised by Trump’s recent statements as everyone else.
On the road to Damascus: My trip through a ‘liberated’ Syria
The brutal Assad dictatorship is gone but is a new repressive Islamist regime being formed in Syria?
Assad collapses into dust thanks to weak Tehran
The fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria marks the eclipse of Iran’s self-styled axis of resistance in the Middle East.
Israel’s ceasefire with Hezbollah is a terminal blow to the hopes of Hamas
The decision by Hezbollah to quit the field is the latest and most terminal event in the trend of dwindling resistance. Hamas in Gaza now remains alone.
Mid-East enemies locked into war of measured escalation
While a further Iranian response to Israel’s recent airstrike is possible, it looks unlikely as Iran wants to get back to conducting its war through expendable proxies.
Notes from a long war: Israel one year on from the October 7 massacre
This war on the ‘villa in the jungle’ was launched to test a thesis. It has been disproven at a very high cost.
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.
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.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/jonathan-spyer