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Ophir Falk

Nov 2, 2021, 2:28 PM

Bennett and Co. are the greatest threat to Zionism since Oslo

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) talks with Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamic Ra'am party, during a special session to vote on the new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP)

Like Rabin before him, Israel’s first religious prime minister has reneged on core security commitments, all the while receiving far too much applause from the right

Sep 30, 2021, 8:51 PM

Israel is losing its source of strength

Democracies do not go to war against democracies is a well-known theory in International Relations. Piles of peer-reviewed papers have explained the rationale behind this theory and why it appears to hold in practice. In a nutshell, countries appreciate...

Aug 31, 2021, 1:40 PM

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515 Israelis died in August, schools should stay shut in September

Students arrive to the classroom ahead of the opening of the school, at Orot Etzion School, in Efrat in the West Bank on August 30, 2021. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

Following this government's serial missteps, and with more than 125,000 unvaccinated teachers and students, opening schools now can kill children

Aug 27, 2021, 11:39 AM

Back to Crisis Management 101

The first patient enrolled in Pfizer's COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, on May 4, 2020. (Courtesy of University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP, File)

Thousands of decisions were taken since the onset of COVID-19 in January 2020. Hundreds of those decisions were wrong. Lack or flawed information and deficient data, coupled with the need for urgent lifesaving decisions, generally increase incorrect decisions during...

Jul 12, 2021, 12:05 PM

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End the experiment

Israel's new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (L) talks with Mansour Abbas, head of the Islamic Raam party during a special session to vote on the new government at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on June 13, 2021. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP)

Naftali Bennett's 'disruptive' government, which depends on anti-Zionist parties, undermines Israeli democracy and threatens the Jewish State

Jun 2, 2021, 1:44 AM

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The end of democracy in Israel as we know it

Head of the Yamina party Naftali Bennett gives a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on May 30, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Putting Naftali Bennett at the helm will mark the first time in the history of democracies that someone with less than 5% voter support is made prime minister

Feb 2, 2021, 4:39 PM

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Consequential leaders

Detail of photo of Winston Churchill entitled 'The Roaring Lion' by Yousuf Karsh. Library and Archives Canada, e010751643 (PD via Wikipedia)

Few remember who succeeded Churchill and Netanyahu. For Biden to be more than just the man who followed Trump, he will need to make a difference.

About Me

Ophir Falk is the author of Targeted Killings, Law and Counter-Terrorism Effectiveness, a research fellow at the International Counterterrorism Institute (ICT), and a founder of Acumen Risk, Ltd. The opinions expressed here are his own.