U.S. Defense Secretary Visits Israel
on October 19, 2026
(Axios) U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made an unannounced visit to Israel on Monday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ovda Air Base, where U.S. refueling planes and fighter ...
As Iran War Spills Over, Saudis and Houthis See Fighting as Only Path Ahead
on October 19, 2026
(Washington Post) Rachel Chason -
Since their deadly attack on the airport in Saudi Arabia's capital on Saturday, Houthi militants have struck Aramco, the state-owned oil company, and the president...
Saudi Arabia's Military Limitations Are Being Exposed by Houthi Attacks
on October 19, 2026
(Wall Street Journal) David S. Cloud -
Just as the U.S. has struggled to defeat a seemingly overmatched Iran, the Houthis have built a fleet of mobile missile launchers and deeply buried missile-pr...
Netanyahu Presents Israel's Updated Security Doctrine
on October 19, 2026
(Israel Hayom) Shirit Avitan Cohen -
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented Israel's updated security doctrine on Sunday, identifying a nuclear-armed Iran as Israel's greatest threat. "We ar...
IDF Strikes Hamas Weapons Depots in Gaza
on October 19, 2026
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian -
Three Hamas weapons depots were destroyed in airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday, the IDF announced. They contained dozens of weapons, including Kalashnikov rifles, ro...
Shattering the Palestinians' Hope of Defeating Israel
on October 19, 2026
(Middle East Forum) Meir Ben-Shabbat -
Israel has not yet won in the minds of its enemies. A sustainable resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will come only when the Palestinians lose the...
How Turkey Is Turning from a Hostile State into an Enemy
on October 19, 2026
(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) Oded Ailam -
For years, we became accustomed to thinking that, in Israeli-Turkish relations, Erdogan controlled the thermostat: turning up the ...
Israel's "Offensive Defense" Posture in Lebanon
on October 19, 2026
(The Dispatch) David Daoud -
The IDF's current deployment in southern Lebanon has a "forward and offensive defense" posture: Troops occupy commanding terrain inside Lebanon, using those positions t...
Syria's Post-Assad School Curriculum Demonizes Jews
on October 19, 2026
(Times of Israel) Zev Stub -
Syria's school curriculum has undergone significant changes since the fall of the Assad regime in 2024, promoting an Islamist national identity, glorifying jihad and ma...
Why Peace in Gaza Is Impossible
on October 19, 2026
(Telegraph-UK) Nicole Lampert -
"Dear Dad, I miss you so much and I wish I could hug you and see you victorious," 10-year-old Ibrahim Sinwar wrote to his Hamas leader father Yahya. "I wish I could...