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June 20, 2023

Israel’s Tactical Successes in Syria Haven’t Achieved a Strategic Victory

A missed opportunity?

Since the beginning of Syria’s civil war in 2011, the IDF has carried out hundreds of attacks on hostile forces within the country—mostly airstrikes on Iranian positions or those of Iranian proxies. Jerusalem’s ability to identify precise targets and hit them seemingly at will, while maintaining near-zero casualties, suggests the sort of military supremacy normally associated with strategic success. Ehud Yaari is not so sure:

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June 20, 2023

  1. Israel’s Tactical Successes in Syria Haven’t Achieved a Strategic Victory

    A missed opportunity?

  2. The White House Is Ignoring the Law by Helping the Palestinian Authority Fund Terror

    “Pay for slay” persists.

  3. Israel’s Migrant Crisis Was a Sign of Improving Relations with the Islamic World

    The Egyptians “spit on us and called us monkeys and animals.” Israelis “gave us chocolate and juice and handcuffed us.”

  4. Remembering a Great American Jewish Writer, and Her Reverence for Family and Duty

    Midge Decter’s legacy.

  5. The Many Lives of One of Spain’s Most Magnificent Remaining Places of Jewish Prayer

    Now known as the “synagogue of the Assumption.”