Category Archives: Terrorism

Winning the World’s Hearts and Minds

Posted on August 21, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel is losing (some even say she has already irrevocably lost) the information war that is being waged in parallel with the kinetic one that she has been engaged in since 1948, but especially since 7 October 2023. The usual … Continue reading →

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Israel Waits on the Edge of War

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel has been in crisis mode for two weeks, waiting for a promised attack from Iran. At the same time, the Biden-Harris administration is trying to force Israel to accept a cease-fire agreement with Hamas. How are these things related? … Continue reading →

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Our Repeated Strategic Failures, or How We Never Learn from Experience

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

1. Failure to understand and respect our enemies. Since before the founding of the State of Israel, Palestinian Arab leaders have been saying that the land between the river and the sea is Arab land, land in which non-Arab (and … Continue reading →

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America Takes the Side of Hamas

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

It is with great sorrow – and trepidation – that I observe America taking the side of Hamas in what is nothing less than the first phase of a war against the existence of the Jewish state. Despite the declarations … Continue reading →

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Passivity is Killing Us

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel’s defensive strategy in recent years has been primarily passive. Passive defense does not target an enemy, but puts obstacles in his path. Our passive defenses include security barriers on our borders, with a billion-dollar one under and above the … Continue reading →

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Tribal Warfare

Posted on October 30, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

The deliberate viciousness of the attack by Hamas on southern Israel was an announcement of the tribal nature of the conflict. Although it is true that the initial assault troops were followed by a civilian rabble that participated joyfully in … Continue reading →

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The Day After

Posted on October 29, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

I’m going to make this short, because it really is simple. After Hamas is completely extirpated from Gaza, militarily and politically, and its leadership wiped out, then what? The Biden Administration wants to see the Palestinian Authority put in control, … Continue reading →

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The American Front

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

An American friend asked me yesterday where I thought our greatest dangers lie. Getting bogged down in Gaza? The northern front, facing Hezbollah and the Iranian militias in Syria? The soon-to-be nuclear Iran? Another intifada in Judea and Samaria? Violent … Continue reading →

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