Tikvah
Subscribe
MosaicImage of Mosaic
Editor's Pick

January 12, 2024

Hizballah’s Limited Warfare and Iran’s Race to Build Nuclear Weapons

Is the fighting in the north a protracted sideshow?

Antony Blinken wasn’t the only American diplomat visiting the Middle East this week. Yesterday, the presidential adviser and frequent envoy to the Levant Amos Hochstein arrived in Lebanon—following a trip to Israel last week—in an attempt to forestall a major escalation between Jerusalem and Hizballah. The Lebanon-based terrorist group has been involved in frequent exchanges of fire with the IDF since October 7. As Avigdor Haselkorn points out, Hizballah also has in its possession medium-range ballistic missiles, “some of which undoubtedly are slated to carry nuclear warheads when those become available.” Haselkorn delves into this Iranian proxy militia’s strategy:

Subscribe to Continue Reading

Get the best Jewish ideas and conversations. Subscribe to Tikvah Ideas All Access for $12/month

Login or Subscribe
Save

January 12, 2024

  1. What Did Qatar Know about the Hamas Attacks, and When Did It Know It?

    The emirate’s dangerous double game.

  2. What Israel Can Accomplish in Gaza

    A winnable war and an unwinnable peace.

  3. Hizballah’s Limited Warfare and Iran’s Race to Build Nuclear Weapons

    Is the fighting in the north a protracted sideshow?

  4. A Rare, and Hidden, Talmudic Response to Christian Teachings

    Not all Pharisees are hypocrites.

  5. How a Sicilian “Ghost Castle” Became the Synagogue of a Revived Community

    Jews return to Catania.