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Mar 19, 2026, 12:29 PM

Adir: Israel’s Mighty Wing

How the F-35I reshaped air supremacy in the US–Israel campaign against Iran Every nation has its icons. For Israel, some are human: soldiers, scientists, statesmen. Others are technological marvels that quietly stand guard over the nation’s survival. Iron Dome is one....

Nov 10, 2025, 11:21 AM

Standing with Israel’s Protectors

Israel’s new support for reservists and career soldiers is more than a budget line – it is a promise kept to those who keep the nation safe A few months ago, when the Israeli cabinet approved a sweeping package for...

Aug 27, 2025, 11:49 AM

Oron Skywatch and Israel’s $1B Intelligence Edge

A tribute to the Israel Defense Prize, the innovators behind Oron, and the spirit of resilience and renewal driving Israel’s technological edge Some innovations make headlines. Others change history. Oron belongs to the second category. Built in the shadows of...

May 27, 2023, 11:42 PM

Israel Prepares For A Possible War on Several Fronts

Hezbollah entrenched in southern Lebanon. Photo by Carrie Hart.

In years past, Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, a powerful terrorist militia on Israel’s northern border, has been a deterring factor in Israel wanting to directly confront Iran. But, as Iran gets closer and closer to having enough enriched uranium to...

May 25, 2023, 6:19 AM

Islamic Jihad Emerging as Most Eminent Threat From Gaza

The ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) has taken effect in the Gaza Strip after days of cross-border fighting. The confrontation left at least 33 Palestinians dead in Gaza and at least two people in Israel....

Eran Shamir-Borer

May 22, 2023, 3:17 PM

A war by any other name still needs the approval of the security cabinet

IDF Home Front Command soldiers in the southern port city of Ashdod on May 12, 2023, amid fighting between Israel and Gaza-based Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group. (Jack Guez/AFP)

The law on national security decision-making needs to be amended to ensure that Israeli leaders cannot independently undertake 'military operations'

Michael J. Lawrence

May 18, 2023, 3:12 PM

When we count and discount people

At an early morning meeting this week in Los Angeles, one woman among a small group at the table, opened by apologizing for her tardiness. She had been frazzled and frantic for some days now, having been the victim...

May 17, 2023, 1:43 PM

Operation Shield and Arrow – What Did and Did Not Happen

A five-day military operation against Islamic Jihad in Gaza has ended, as a ceasefire has been brokered by Egypt. This was a military operation that dragged on and the ceasefire is only for the short term, it will not last. The...

Ellen Ginsberg Simon

May 16, 2023, 9:22 PM

Iran’s Clever Proxy War with Israel

Some days, I wonder if I have gone to sleep on Earth and awoken in an alternate dimension. Much like Alice, I fear I have fallen down the rabbit hole and emerged in an upside-down, topsy-turvy world where wrong...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

May 15, 2023, 10:56 PM

This Thursday night and Friday we will celebrate Yom Yerushalayim, Jerusalem Day. Yom Yerushalayim comes at the height of the spring wedding season in Israel which begins on Lag Ba’Omer and goes until early July. Unfortunately, there was a small glitch...

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