Posts Tagged: Gershon Hacohen
What Does Hezbollah Want?
JNS.org - Defense Minister Benny Gantz made the right call by sounding the alarm on Monday, saying that a Hezbollah attack on Israel’s gas installations...
Israel’s New War of Independence
JNS.org - The dire security situation in the Negev Desert wasn’t created in the past year. However, Naftali Bennett’s government, which will mark its one-year...
For Israel, Disasters Like COVID-19 Necessitate a New Mindset and Modus Operandi
In times of crisis, it is natural for people and societies to put their trust in organizations that were built to deal with emergencies. But...
The Yom Kippur War: Much More Than an Intelligence Failure
From the very beginning of the Yom Kippur War, an exaggerated emphasis on the intelligence failure served the IDF senior command. It made it possible...
Practical Zionism Today
Historically speaking, both the “political” and the “practical” approaches to Zionism were necessary in the Jewish pursuit of national rebirth in the ancestral homeland --...
Explaining Israel’s Security Establishment
JNS.org - We who argue for Israeli victory watched with dismay as Qatar’s government threatened Israel with ending its financial donations to Gaza, insinuating that Hamas will resume its...
The Abandonment of the South Lebanon Army: A Moral and Strategic Failure
Even after another generation has passed, it will be hard for Israel to undo the strategic damage caused by its May 2000 abandonment of the...
Area C Is Strategically Vital for Israel
Last year, upon the publication of Micah Goodman’s book Catch-67, I explained the basic reasons for my disagreement with his analysis and recommendations. That seemed at...
Gaza, Not West Bank, Is Key Factor in Palestinian Future, Says IDF General
Israel should abandon the traditional concept of the two-state solution and instead work to establish a Palestinian state in an expanded Gaza Strip, a retired...
Group of Top Ex-Israeli Security Officials Back US Legislation to Cut Funding of Palestinian Authority Over Terror Payments
A group of former top Israeli security officials are speaking out in favor of a proposed congressional bill that would cut off American funding of...
