Essays
October 2021
Bad News—in Time: Secret Talks with Amos Gilead
Warning Lights, Secret Talks with Amos Gilead,1 by Shimon Shiffer. Yedioth Ahronoth, 2019.
It has been twenty years now...
Essays
October 2021
The Case for Military Diplomacy
Is the pen truly mightier than the sword? It depends on whom you ask.
Israelis tend to perceive national security in a...
Afghanistan
October 2021
Same Mistakes for Israel in Lebanon, US in Afghanistan
US forces completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan just 11 days before the 20th anniversary of 9/11, ending the longest...
Essays
October 2021
Is Iran Finally Breaking Out?
A question mark now hangs over Iran’s willingness to return to compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action...
A Profile in Policy
October 2021
The Lost Battle of Ahmad Jibril
On July 7, 2021, a few hundred Palestinians gathered to attend a funeral at Yarmouk refugee camp cemetery, on the outskirts...
Essays
October 2021
Dealing With a (Still) Hostile Iran
During the summer of 1979, at least ten times a day someone in Tehran would ask, “When are THEY leaving? Next week? Next...
Essays
September 2021
The Perennial Need for the Use of Force
The biblical account of human history starkly documents fratricide at the very beginning—Cain kills Abel. Personal violence...
Editorial
September 2021
“Building Back”: Read JST in Print
As more essays and columns are added week by week to The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune website, we are also proud to offer an...
Afghanistan
September 2021
The US and Pakistan—What Next After Afghanistan?
The usual metaphor for the US–Pakistan relationship is that it is a roller coaster ride: dramatic ups and downs and rarely...
Afghanistan
September 2021
Afghanistan: The Ten Big Mistakes
America’s chaotic exit from Afghanistan was merely the culmination of a series of major errors that began late in 2001, two...
