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The Unsung Heroes Who Make Israeli Victory Possible
By Daniel PolisarOperation Rising Lion highlights the sacrifices and contributions of the IDF's reservists.
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Israel’s Attack on Iran Is Reshaping the Middle East
By Jonathan Silver, Elliott Abrams, Amiad Cohen, Assaf Orion, John SpencerOperation Rising Lion.
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The Israeli Reservists Who Just Won’t Quit
By Daniel PolisarFighting Israel’s longest war, the IDF’s citizen soldiers are revitalizing the Zionist ideal.
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The Israeli Raid on Syria That Exposed the Weakness of Hardened Targets
By John SpencerIran has assumed it can keep its assets safe by hiding them deep underground. The IDF's daring operation in Masyaf may have shattered that assumption.
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Unless Israel Rejects Postmodern Strategy, It Won’t Be Able to Win
By Ran BaratzThe military failures underpin all others.
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The IDF’s High-Tech Investments Paid Off, but They Came at a High Cost
By Edward LuttwakNot postmodern fantasies, but a failure to preempt Hamas and Hizballah led to Israel’s current security crisis.
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What We Have Forgotten About War
By Victor Davis HansonMilitaries must return to the ancient confidence that it is better to kill more of the aggressors’ population than to have lost some of its own.
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What’s Wrong with the Postmodern Military?
By Ran BaratzAfter fifteen months of war, and brilliant Israeli operations, Hamas and Hizballah have managed to avoid total defeat, and the IDF has not yet managed to secure total victory.
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Are Israel and Hizballah Destined for All-Out War? Watch and Read the Discussion
By The EditorsRaphael BenLevi, Richard Goldberg, and Hanin Ghaddar came together for a critical conversation on the possible war between Israel and Hizballah.
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What the Demographics of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Reveal about the Country
By Rafi DeMoggeMany on the Israeli right claim that the soldiers who fight and die for the country no longer belong to the old secular elite but to a rising national-religious one. Are they correct?
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Ben-Gurion at the Moment of Crisis
By Martin KramerIn 1948, he served as a stark counter-example to the view (which he mostly held) that history is driven by material factors and not by great leaders.
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How Ben-Gurion Ensured a Government Monopoly on the Use of Force
By Efraim InbarAncient Jewish history, with which he was well acquainted, showed what could happen in the absence of a central military command. He made sure it wouldn't happen again.
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What Ben-Gurion Knew Would Happen after Israel Declared Independence
By Eliot A. CohenIf the Jews could hang on through the tough early months, he thought, they would grow considerably stronger while their opponents might well become weaker. And so it proved to be.
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Ben-Gurion’s Fight over Israel’s Military Was Not Just about Its Preparedness
By Benny MorrisThe pre-state militia had actually prepared well for the outbreak of war in 1948. But its commanders generally hailed from rival political parties to Ben-Gurion's.
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Remembering Israel’s Forgotten War
By Michael M. RosenMatti Friedman's Pumpkinflowers restores the honor of Israeli soldiers who fought a ruthless enemy in a dress rehearsal for the mayhem and carnage to come.
