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Dec 23, 2025, 3:18 PM

Preemptive force is necessary to keep Israel safe. It’s not sufficient.

An Israeli Air Force F-15 fighter jet prepares to take off for strikes in Iran, in a handout photo published June 22, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

There are diplomatic avenues in Syria, Lebanon, Iran and Gaza that must be pursued to ensure the country's long-term security

Jul 21, 2025, 5:03 PM

Israeli actions in Sweida are both moral and strategic

A man stands at a window as smoke billows during Israeli strikes in the vicinity of Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 16, 2025. (Bakr ALKASEM / AFP)

Israel acted not out of expansionist aims but out of duty to protect its allies, the Druze, while balancing national interests in an unstable Syrian arena

Dec 5, 2024, 3:30 PM

Syria: Better the devil we don’t know

Anti-government fighters stand on portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) and his father Syria's late President Hafez al-Assad (L) at the Kweyris military airfield in the eastern part of Aleppo province on December 3, 2024. (Rami al Sayed/AFP)

Assad massacred half a million of his own people. It's time to see how others try to stabilize the country - as long as they reduce interference by Iran

Oct 29, 2024, 12:51 PM

Israel restored deterrence against Iran…for now

The nuclear threat has not been erased and it's time to translate Israel's military successes into strategic and political gains

Sep 24, 2024, 12:57 AM

It’s not a ‘Third Lebanon War’; it’s a quest for peace in the Galilee

Unlike in Gaza, where the goal is to dismantle Hamas and secure the return of the hostages, Israel’s objective in the north is more modest

Sep 19, 2024, 10:28 AM

If Israel did explode Hezbollah’s devices… what’s next?

A military truck rides on top of another truck, in traffic, on the way to the northern border with Lebanon, September 18, 2024. (Yossi Aloni/ Flash90)

The answer depends on whether the terror group in Lebanon is still willing to pay the price of attacking the Jewish state to support Hamas

May 30, 2024, 3:49 PM

Israel’s leadership at a crossroads: Break free or breakdown?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan (R) in Jerusalem, May 19, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

The coming weeks offer a stark choice: broker a hostage deal and normalize ties with Saudi Arabia or jeopardize Israel's future

Apr 1, 2024, 4:51 PM

The Rafah conundrum: Crafting an effective strategy to crush Hamas

A Palestinian family breaks their fast amidst the rubble of their home, which was destroyed by an Israeli strike, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Rafah on March 23, 2024. (Said Khatib / AFP)

Israel needs to consider Egyptian and US concerns without giving up the mission to free hostages and disable Hamas

Sep 12, 2022, 2:43 PM

Deal or no deal, Israel must prepare to stop Iran’s nuclear breakout

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi, second right, listens to an explanation while viewing an advanced centrifuge at an exhibition of Iran’s nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran on April 9, 2022. (Iran President’s Office)

While a joint strategic-operative plan should be formulated with the US, updated planning must also enable Israel to independently stop Iran's nuclear program

Jul 12, 2022, 3:48 PM

Biden’s visit: Think big and go for a broad 3-way deal

Joe Biden, right, stands in the Oval Office of the White House during a meeting between then-President Barack Obama and King Salman of Saudi Arabia, on Friday, Sept. 4, 2015, in Washington. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Some bold strategic moves by Israel could lead to diplomatic achievements far greater than mere flight rights over Saudi Arabia

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About Me

Major General (ret.) Amos Yadlin, former head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, is the president and founder of MIND Israel.