Israel and the U.S. Must Not Lose Sight of the Dangers of a Nuclear Iran
A greater threat than even Hamas or Hizballah.
December 21, 2023
An Expert’s View of Israel’s Tunnel Challenge
“We need to start digging from our side toward them.”
On Sunday, the IDF announced the discovery of the largest tunnel it has found so far in Hamas’s extensive subterranean network; it is wide enough to drive a car through, goes down 165 feet below the ground, and is over three miles in length. Many of these passageways are reinforced not just with concrete but with steel, which is more effective, more expensive, and requires greater technological know-how to use. To this end, Hamas reportedly has its own military research-and-development team, and has also received assistance from North Korean combat engineers. Tal Schneider speaks with Yehuda Kfir, formerly the IDF’s leading expert on underground warfare, about the dangers of tunnel warfare:
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An Expert’s View of Israel’s Tunnel Challenge
“We need to start digging from our side toward them.”
In the U.S., Anti-Semitic Indoctrination Can Start in Preschool
“Decolonize your teaching.”
Understanding Biblical Warfare
And the geopolitics of the Bronze Age Levant.
Recovering a Boston Synagogue’s Rare and Beautiful Murals
The Vilna Shul.