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Historic days in the making

Opinion: The US challenge is not merely to wage an operation against Iran but to shape a revolution, sustaining unprecedented, relentless pressure to bring down a regime whose threat has grown steadily since 1979

Tzachi Hanegbi | 03.01.26

Only determination will overthrow the Iranian regime

Opinion: amid the uncertainty surrounding an American attack on Iran, the question arises: Can the US military also succeed through rapid action, as Trump wants? The answer is yes, says Israel's former national security adviser

Tzachi Hanegbi | 02.11.26

The Iran question Washington keeps postponing, and Israel can’t afford to ignore

Opinion: As US forces build up in the Middle East, Washington faces a defining choice, with President Trump potentially pursuing regime change in Iran, a sharp break from his predecessors’ preference for diplomacy

Tzachi Hanegbi | 02.03.26

התרחיש הריאלי ביותר: חמאס יסרב להתפרק מנשקו. ג’באליה החרבה, שבוע שעבר

Waiting is not a strategy: Israel must shape the day after

Opinion: Against all odds, and due to President Trump’s insistence, all hostages returned home; Israel should now back the plan without passivity, insist on demilitarization, limit reconstruction to IDF-held areas if Hamas does not disarm and prepare for renewed fighting

Tzachi Hanegbi | 01.28.26

Why Israel should put Syria first

Opinion: Unlike Lebanon, which remains too weak to disarm Hezbollah, the shared interests between Israel and Syria’s new regime outweigh the differences, making Syria the arena that should be placed at the forefront of Israel’s diplomatic efforts

Tzachi Hanegbi | 01.22.26

Netanyahu’s dismissals and resignations: national security adviser fired as PM stands alone after Oct. 7 failures

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed National Security Council head Tzachi Hanegbi, adding to a long list of top Israeli security officials who have resigned or been fired since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack, leaving Netanyahu the only one still in office

Ron Crissy | 10.22.25

ראש הממשלה נתניהו עם שר הביטחון כ"ץ וגורמי ביטחון בחמ"ל בקריה בזמן התקיפות בתימן

National security adviser's ouster highlights Netanyahu’s growing isolation in Israeli leadership

Nearly all of Netanyahu’s top aides have departed or been reassigned; Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman, Yossi Shelley and others have taken diplomatic posts, while adviser Jonatan Urich is sidelined over Qatargate and Ron Dermer plans to step down soon

Itamar Eichner | 10.22.25

Netanyahu ousts National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi amid clashes over war policy

Ouster follows weeks of tensions over Gaza strategy, with Hanegbi opposing a full military takeover of Gaza City, backing limited ceasefire deal and opposing of Qatar strike against Hamas leaders

Itamar Eichner | 10.21.25

Who was fired, who quit and how Netanyahu dodged blame: mapping accountability two years after October 7

Two years after Hamas’s October 7 attack, Israel’s top security ranks have shifted amid resignations, firings and public soul-searching; from the Shin Bet to the IDF, senior officials admitted failures — but the political leadership has not followed suit

Ron Crissy | 10.07.25

Netanyahu blames Jordan for border crossing attack at tense Cabinet meeting

Prime minister accuses Jordan for failing to prevent deadly shooting as cabinet meeting spirals into heated arguments between ministers

Itamar Eichner | 09.19.25

Netanyahu clings to his line while the hostages fade

Opinion: Even if no hostages were alive in Gaza, the city’s conquest might not be worth the cost; but hostages remain, and Israel’s government has no right to condemn them to death while refusing a deal that could bring them home

Nahum Barnea | 09.01.25

הפגנת נגד ישראל לונדון, טראמפ, נתניהו, מקרון, סטרמר

Israel considers sovereignty moves as global support for Palestinian state grows

National Security Council met to discuss responses to growing wave of Palestinian state recognition; tensions flared over exclusions and proposals, including closing French consulate

Itamar Eichner | 08.18.25

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani, U.S. Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer

Fresh round of Israel-Syria talks expected soon after Paris meeting ends without deal

US-mediated talks in Paris described as 'honest and responsible' but end without agreement; discussions center on border stability, future of Sweida and potential revival of 1974 disengagement deal amid escalating violence in southern Syria

Lior Ben Ari | 07.26.25

Report: Syrian leader al-Sharaa met with Israeli national security advisor

Sources describe meeting as 'significant step' in Syrian-Israeli relations, noting that it was not the first meeting between the two

Lior Ben Ari | 07.08.25

US, Israel to hold high-level talks on Iran at White House next week

Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi to lead Israeli delegation and meet with senior Trump advisers

Reuters | 03.20.25