There is a quiet, pervasive feeling in Israel today that is difficult to articulate but impossible to ignore. It is not fear in the traditional sense, nor is it panic. It is something more unsettling, a sense that events are moving elsewhere, driven by actors beyond our control, and that the outcome that will determine our future will be decided without us. When Israelis speak about Iran, the conversation always circles back to Washington. Everything, it seems, hinges on whet

Israel is heading, once again, toward elections. The exact date remains uncertain, but the direction is clear. Sometime this fall, Israelis will be called to vote. On paper, this should feel routine. In practice, nothing about the current political moment is routine. This government has lasted longer than many expected, especially after a period in which Israel cycled through election after election, unable to form a stable coalition. For several years, politics devolved into

The newest threat to IDF forces operating in southern Lebanon does not streak through the sky at supersonic speed or crash down as a ballistic projectile. It arrives slowly, quietly, and with unnerving precision. Fiber-optic-guided explosive First Person View (FPV) drones are an unassuming yet dangerous evolution in battlefield technology, and their appearance in Lebanon is as predictable as it is troubling. To understand the challenge, one must first understand the system. A