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Shay Gal

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

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Europe Must Defend Its Borders, Not Spain’s Empire

Europe Must Defend Its Borders, Not Spain’s Empire

Ceuta exposed the bargain beneath Europe’s border: Spain retains an African empire, Morocco keeps it governable, and Brussels mistakes outsourced...

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Shay Gal

An Armed Fringe Is Not Defending Israel. It Is Hijacking the State

An Armed Fringe Is Not Defending Israel. It Is Hijacking the State

A sovereign state alone determines where its soldiers fight, which civilian presence it can defend and how it resolves the political future of...

26.07.2026 50

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Nasdaq Can Value IAI and Rafael. It Must Not Price Israel’s Freedom of Action

American capital may finance Israeli power. It must not command it. Shay Gal, former IAI Vice President and Chief of Staff to its Chairman, who helped...

20.07.2026 60

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Erdogan Exposed the Lie Beneath Ataturk’s Republic

Erdogan is not the deviation that ruined a clean republic. He is the loud voice of a state tradition Ankara had long sold as Western, secular and...

14.06.2026 80

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Shay Gal

Trump Turned the White House into a Licensing Desk for Foreign Powers

In the European Parliament, Qatargate 2022 showed foreign influence arriving through intermediaries and ending in raids, cash and criminal files. In...

08.06.2026 80

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Turkey’s Fidan Wants to Write the Region’s Rules. Israel Is Writing Ankara Out.

A state that shelters Hamas, occupies northern Cyprus and weaponizes corridors cannot dictate the regional order. Israel and its partners are building...

31.05.2026 70

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Europe Was Born When Evil Was Defeated, Not Invited to the Table

Europe Day is the story of a continent whose wars turned destruction into order, enmity into partnership, and coal and steel into peace. That is why...

10.05.2026 100

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Turkey Exploits Ambiguity. Qatar Funds It. Morocco Operates Within It – At a Cost.

This is not a crisis. It is a mechanism. Invisible flows. Influence without signature. Decisions are not made where they appear. When control becomes...

23.04.2026 70

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Shay Gal

Aiding the enemy in wartime from within

Israel uses force to defend its citizens. That is its duty. That is its obligation. But victory is not decided by fire alone. It is decided by...

23.04.2026 80

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Shay Gal

Orban’s Hungary Votes Under Moscow and Ankara’s Shadow, Tomorrow May End Him

Hungary votes tomorrow, but the outcome may already be set. Orban did not just reshape politics, he built a system that answers outward. Moscow...

11.04.2026 90

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We Did Not Lose the War. We Lost Control of It

Israel has one condition of survival: the ability to fight, to continue, and to prevail on its own. Not with the help of others. Not in dependency....

10.04.2026 80

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Shay Gal

The Litani Is Not a Security Doctrine

The Litani is not a defensive line. It is an alibi line. The idea that Hezbollah can be pushed back to the Litani and presented as a strategic success...

22.03.2026 90

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Europe’s Missile Illusion: The Gulf Lesson

Procurement is not architecture. A battery is not a shield. On 2 March 2026 an Iranian Shahed launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck RAF Akrotiri...

06.03.2026 100

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Israel’s Quiet European Line

Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s remarks were domestic politics, not government strategy. The EU is Israel’s main trade partner and a decisive...

23.02.2026 100

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Shay Gal

Greenland is not Venezuela. It is also not Cyprus

08.01.2026 100

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Shay Gal

What Akkuyu Really Is

02.01.2026 90

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The Maduro Test: Why Qatar and Turkey Are Not Different from Venezuela

19.12.2025 100

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Shay Gal

Israel’s Wars Are Won in Reality, Not on Screens

19.10.2025 80

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Defending the Druze, Supporting the Kurds: Israel’s Strategy in Syria

17.07.2025 100

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Shay Gal