Israel versus Iran: Round two looming? The region is braced for a possible rerun of Iran's April attack on Israel, writes Bachar Halabi The confrontation between the Middle East's two leading military powers — arch-enemies Israel and Iran — has entered a new phase of escalation. ...
Israel and Iran: Is Netanyahu Winning or Losing?
[6]and contemplating "counter-value versus counterforce" targeting issues, would opt for some sort or other of "mixed" strategy. In any event, whichever nuclear deterrence strategy Israel might actually decide to choose, what would only matter is what Iran itself wouldperceiveas real. Always, in...
They described scenes of panic and confusion as Israel’s military attacks from the air, land and sea in the most intense bombing yet in the three week war. Without social media to share their plight with the world, many seem consumed with fear and hopelessness. Reached by WhatsApp, freelan...
Although Ansbacher considers a nuclear Iran a grave threat, he wished to dispel some of the misconceptions about Iran’s military strength. “Missiles are scary. They cause damage. Precision missiles can hit infrastructure and cause serious economic damage. They even kill. But statistics show that...
“It appears we’re closer than ever to a broad regional war, despite the fact that the international community will most likely make a great effort to de-escalate tensions,” wrote Amos Harel, the military-affairs commentator for the Israeli daily Haaretz. Israel has long considered Iran...
Iran warns of ‘far-reaching consequences’ if Israel not stopped Israeli military says it has prepared a ‘co-ordinated’ offensive involving air, ground and naval forces and will strike Gaza City ‘very soon’ Sat Oct 14 2023 - 23:08 ...
Parallel to this military confrontation, though, there is also an ideological war. The way that Russia and Iran are trying to paint the ideological divide is in terms of civilization, Russia versus the West, or Islam versus Judaism. But in fact the divide is one that separates supporters of...
President Joe Biden conceded Thursday that strikes against the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen are not deterring the groups’ attacks in the Red Sea, as the military carried out further strikes against the group in Yemen on Thursday. The fifth US attack on Houthi assets in one week targeted a...
the countries that are most involved in this are focused essentially on Israel-Iran, that’s for many of the senior people, the more concerning dynamic. The second one is that Netanyahu can turn to his public and say, well, I’ve defended you well this time, the military as well. So ...