EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: What are the lessons for IDF force build-up following the Hamas attack on October 7 and the Iron Swords War? A recent article by Prof. Azar Gat concludes that “there is no need to increase the scope of the forces and the existing force build-up should be continued, the main [element] of which is investments in technologies that are the key to the advantage of the IDF on the battlefield and for the current achievements.” We do not agree with this conclusion and believe it to have negative strategic consequences. The continuing inability of the IDF to realize the goals of the current war is mainly the result of a lack of ready and available maneuvering units, a lack that military technology cannot compensate for no matter how good it is. If the IDF is to be able to fulfill its responsibilities, it needs more well-trained maneuver divisions to resurrect the territorial defense organization as well as maintain technological superiority.
Israel’s government needs roaring lions
E. Rowell: The progressive left in Israel, serving in the defense and intelligence agencies, defanged the Israeli fighting forces so successfully that despite all the high tech military technology and intelligence capabilities, the 7th of October massacre occurred. Progressives on the Israeli Supreme Court made the Kach party illegal. Whatever the merits or demerits of the Kach Party, this article speaks to the need for Israel’s national security to be much stronger on offense. Jews cannot survive against genocidal enemies by playing defense all the time.
The existing parties won’t save Israel. The country needs roaring lions, and it needs to find them. Here’s how. Op-ed.
By Dr. Elliot Resnick, INN 30 May 2024
Knesset Plenum/Danny Shemtov, Knesset spokesperson
Israel’s war again Gaza is going as planned. Many Israelis, however, would prefer a harsher campaign. They would love to find a way to obliterate Hamas in a fire-and-brimstone operation that future Arab generations will only speak about in hushed tones. Alas, Israelis can’t vote for that kind of fight, as the only party that would wage it was banned by Israel’s Supreme Court. Read more…




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