Dave (not his real name) and I go back a long time, more than 50 years. He and I see life differently: I am more conservative in my...

Last Thursday evening, February 13, 2025, a rocket was fired into Israel from a location in central Gaza. It was unclear who fired the...

I was giving a talk last week about current events in Israel, and I was asked a seemingly innocuous question: “Is Israel getting...

On October 7, Hamas blew a gaping hole not only in the high-tech barrier separating Gaza from Israel, but, more importantly, in the IDF’s...

A ceasefire and a hostage/prisoner exchange was agreed to by Israel and Hamas on January 15, and came into effect on January 19. The...

Since October 7, 2023, Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched more than 40 ballistic missiles and some 320 drones and cruise missiles at...

On Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to devise a plan that would facilitate “the complete...

Last week, I went with my entire family on a vacation to the Dead Sea. We stayed in a villa in Neve Zohar, about half a mile from the...

This week, Jews around the world will be celebrating Chanukah, a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Israelites over the...

Since its inception in 1948, Israel has been at war with Syria four times – in 1948, 1967, 1973, and 1982. In 1967, Israel captured the...

This past weekend, I accompanied my wife, Tova, to a conference in Munich, Germany. The conference pertained to authorship of ancient...

On Wednesday, November 27, at 4:00 am local time, Israel and Lebanon declared a ceasefire. Since October 8, 2023, Hezbollah and Israel...

Over the past few weeks, this blog has been elaborating upon the background necessary to better understand Israel’s northern front –...

Over the past few weeks, this blog has been discussing a new reality in northern Israel today in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),...

Last week, we discussed a new reality in northern Israel today. Hezbollah will likely continue its death throes for months or even years....

The war on Israel’s northern front – its rarely-used official name is “Operating Northern Arrows” – is winding to an end. The IDF has...

On the night between April 13-14, 2024, Iran launched a salvo of close to 300 cruise missiles, killer drones, and ballistic missiles at...

Since October 7, four soldiers from my home town of Moreshet, a hamlet of 400 families in the Western Galilee, have been killed in...

One Year Later: I am writing these words on October 7, 2024, one year after the most terrible massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It...

The brilliance of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) was astonishing, but their strategy was unclear. Last week, the pagers of thousands of...