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Haim V. LevyThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
When the authority to end war no longer resides in Jerusalem For years, Benjamin Netanyahu cultivated the image of a leader uniquely capable of...
Tactical victories cannot substitute for a clearly defined political end-state. Israelis have long understood that wars impose painful costs. They...
Why the apparent Trump–Netanyahu alignment on Iran may conceal a deeper strategic divergence. In my earlier essay, Ally or Instrument? Israel in the...
External danger is real; only renewed legitimacy can ensure the state can respond. Israel today faces existential threats. What is new—and more...
Wartime is not an exception to transparency—it is the test of it. When Benjamin Netanyahu disclosed that he had been diagnosed with and treated for...
The real test is not battlefield victory, but whether force can prevent nuclear latency from surviving the war. The recurring question of whether the...
Iran’s leadership increasingly mistakes ideological absolutism for strategic strength, sacrificing national welfare to a theology of defiance. There...
When Washington talks to Tehran, Israel is not in the room. That fact—more than any declaration of alliance—defines its true position. Reports of...
The current confrontation with Iran illustrates a persistent analytical limitation in Western strategic thought: the projection of a cost–benefit...