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April 1, 2025

Victory in Urban Warfare Requires Moral Clarity—and Managing Perceptions

So long as reporters refuse to understand the laws of war, the IDF is at a disadvantage.

As is the case in Gaza, modern warfare rarely involves set-piece battles where armies march to meet each other in an open field. More typical is the sort of messy urban warfare we are likely to see again in Rafah very soon. John Spencer and Geoffrey Corn address the moral, legal, and strategic complexities:

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April 1, 2025

  1. Victory in Urban Warfare Requires Moral Clarity—and Managing Perceptions

    So long as reporters refuse to understand the laws of war, the IDF is at a disadvantage.

  2. The Latest BBC Scandal Is a Symptom of a Much Wider Problem

    Hostility toward Israel, and toward Jews.

  3. How Israel’s Supreme Court Undermined Efforts to Conscript Haredim

    The connection between two of the country’s most controversial issues isn’t what most people assume.

  4. With or Without the Sabbath, Everyone Needs Some Rest

    A concept as old as the Bible.

  5. When It Comes to Apostasy, America Is Somewhere in the Middle

    Around the world, most people who lose their old faith don’t replace it with a new one.