deterrence

Soldiers from the IDF's Egoz Reconnaissance Unit, which specializes in guerrilla warfare in southern Lebanon. (Illustrative photo: IDF Spokesperson/Flickr)

Another unnecessary war

The following is a prediction best left unfulfilled. Faced with the drums of war, one must remain resolute, even if there is no certainty that war will break out. Too much is at stake. And if war does not break out now, it will at a later time. It will materialize one way or another. By…

By +972 Magazine February 7, 2018

The ‘Magic Wand’ missile interceptor (Israeli Defense Ministry)

Iranian missile launch shows Israeli deterrence is working

There was a lot of spin in the coverage of Iran’s missile strikes on ISIS in Syria last week. We can learn more from what Israel’s leadership didn’t say than what it did. By Shemuel Meir An extraordinary strategic event took place last week in the Middle East, when Iran launched surface-to-surface missiles against targets…

By +972 Magazine June 28, 2017

Israeli forces arrest one of two knife-wielding Palestinian boys who allegedly attacked a security guard guard at a tramway station in the settler neighbourhood of Pisgat Zeev in annexed east Jerusalem, November 10, 2015. One of the two adolescents, aged 12 to 13, was shot and wounded and the other arrested while the Israeli security guard was wounded and taken to hospital. (Activestills.org)

Would you turn in your own child? The dilemma facing Palestinian parents

A number of Palestinian youngsters have been turned in by their own families in recent weeks, despite the fact that they had not yet committed any crime. Leveraging threats of collective punishment, the state is becoming Big Brother. By Noam Rotem Generations of Soviet children grew up with the story of Pavel Morozov, the…

By +972 Magazine December 8, 2015

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Palestinians walk through the Shujayea neighborhood of Gaza City, nearly three months since a cease fire ended Operation Protective Edge, November 16, 2014. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Gaza quiet shows Hamas’ pragmatism

Despite violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank, for the past three months Hamas has maintained calm on the Gaza border — curbing rocket-fire against Israel. By Aaron Magid Opponents of Hamas often accuse the Islamist organization of acting irrationally. In a National Review article titled, “Hamas’ Suicidal Tendencies,” the author writes, “[w]hy is Hamas…

By +972 Magazine November 26, 2014

The Gatekeepers (photo: Sony Pictures)

A ‘no-strategy’ strategy: The Gatekeepers and soldier testimonies

Do not be misled by the paranoid helplessness of the six powerful men in Dror Moreh’s film – the end goal of Israel’s military rule is the complete demise of the dream of Palestinian independence. By Oded Na’aman Ami Ayalon, former head of the Israeli Shin Bet, grew up on a kibbutz near the Sea of…

By +972 Magazine March 23, 2013