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How Trump shaped the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal

How Trump shaped the Hamas-Israel ceasefire deal
16.01.2025 10

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

The leak that’s haunting Netanyahu’s government

Early September, days after the gruesome discovery of six murdered Israeli hostages in a tunnel in Gaza, a dramatic scoop appeared in Bild. The...

28.11.2024 6

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

Peace in Lebanon?

If the leaks and briefings are to be believed, Israel is getting ready to end its war in Lebanon. With the US pushing hard, and after a successful...

01.11.2024 2

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

Why Israel didn’t hit Iran where it would really hurt

In Christian countries, it’s typical to put things off until ‘after Christmas’ when the new year begins. In Israel, the equivalent is ‘after the...

27.10.2024 20

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

Lebanon invasion / Can Israel ‘win’ its war against Hezbollah?

Israelis awoke today to the unsurprising news that the IDF had crossed the border into Lebanon. The incursions, which had been expected for days...

01.10.2024 10

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

Israel wants a war with Lebanon

The war that neither side wanted began this week in earnest. After last week’s exploding pagers and walkie-talkies reportedly injured 1,500 members...

26.09.2024 2

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

The Hezbollah pager bomb plot has Israel’s fingerprints all over it

At the end of the 2014 film Kingsman: the Secret Service, the plucky spy hero is in trouble deep in an enemy base. Suddenly his tech wizard figures...

18.09.2024 4

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

America’s Russian influence media scandal is unlikely to be the last

Tim Pool, Benny Johnson, Dave Rubin and Lauren Southern aren’t household names, but they each have enormous, dedicated followings online. Their...

07.09.2024 5

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler

Netanyahu’s speech to Congress won’t achieve much

Nearly ten months after Israel’s worst day, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made history far away in Washington DC when he became the first world...

25.07.2024 1

The Spectator

Arieh Kovler