It’s Too Soon for Israel to Declare Victory in Syria
Iranian entrenchment goes far beyond military bases and missile silos.
May 11, 2020
Learning the Lessons of Israel’s Long, Unnamed War in Lebanon
“Let the IDF win” is a simplistic slogan for a complex and urgent problem.
The upcoming twentieth anniversary of the IDF’s withdrawal from Lebanon has sparked much discussion about the nameless war that lasted from 1985 to 2000, during which the Jewish state held on to a strip of territory in the southern part of Lebanon, together with its local allies, and fought a protracted, low-grade conflict there. Having served as a battalion commander on the ground in this conflict, and later having overseen units involved in it, Gershon Hacohen admits that, in hindsight, he did not pay sufficient attention to the strategic dilemma Israel faced:
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Learning the Lessons of Israel’s Long, Unnamed War in Lebanon
“Let the IDF win” is a simplistic slogan for a complex and urgent problem.
The WHO’s Coronavirus Missteps Shouldn’t Surprise Those Familiar with Its Record on Israel
Like so many international organizations, it has become a forum for bashing the Jewish state.
Jewish Gravestones Were Used to Pave the Streets of Prague
“More Jewish synagogues were destroyed during Communist times than under the Nazis.”
What the National Museum of African American History and Culture Gets Wrong, What It Gets Right, and What Jewish Museums Can Learn from It
Balancing the universal and the particular.