Operation Pillar of Defense - Twenty conclusions

David Bedein .. Times of Israel.. 29 November '12.. Last week, while visiting communities struck by Gaza missiles throughout southern Is...

Paula R. Stern - The Bus Driver

Paula R. Stern .. A Soldier's Mother .. 25 November '12.. I don't know his name; I probably never will. I know he started work a...

The "ceasefire" as periodic lull

Andrew C. McCarthy .. national review.com.. 21 November '12.. It’s amusing to read (in Patrick’s update ) that the Israeli government ha...

Hamas Instructions to Human Shields. Where's the Coverage?

TS .. CAMERA/Snapshots.. 21 November '12.. While several media outlets reported on leaflets and text warnings from the Israeli army to r...

The Fire This Time:

How the IDF must avoid the pitfalls of the 2006 and 2008 campaigns Robert Werdine .. Times of Israel.. 21 November '12.. Following Hezbo...

(BESA) Operation Pillar of Defense: In Support of a Ground Offensive

  Prof. Efraim Inbar/Dr. Max Singer .. BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 186.. 19 November '12.. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel needs to se...

Incidentism - where the objective of the military is to avoid incidents.

Daniel Greenfield .. Sultan Knish.. 18 November '12.. Once upon a time it was the objective of the military to win wars. Now the objecti...

Israel's army - Our family, our friends, our people.

Dr. Haim Shine .. Israel Hayom.. 19 November '12.. On the Yom Kippur when that cursed war broke out, just after Neilah, the closing pray...

Gaza operation likely to continue not for days but weeks,

Fresnozionism.org .. 16 November '12.. Morning brought news that the IDF hit numerous rocket launching sites overnight, particularly tho...

4 Years After "Cast Lead"...What I Still Want and What I'll Still Do

Paula R. Stern .. A Soldier's Mother .. 15 November '12.. Four years ago, in the same month of a different year - November, 2008, th...