Operation Shield and Arrow

23 Israeli, Jewish defining moments of 2023

This past year has been eventful, with ups and downs alike.

 ISRAELIS DEMONSTRATE outside the residence of President Isaac Herzog as he hosts talks over judicial reforms, in Jerusalem in March.
 Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

Israel's enemies' tactic is to let the country destroy itself - analysis

 UN ENVOY Tor Wennesland meets Qatari envoy Mohammed Al-Emadi in Gaza City, earlier this year.

The UN hypocritically misrepresents the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - opinion

 LONG HISTORY of bravery: Battling to extinguish a fire in a Kibbutz Nir Am restaurant, hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, 2007.

Sagui Gavri: The heart healer from Kibbutz Nir Am - opinion


Will Israel experience a period of normalcy? - analysis

With Netanyahu unlikely to bring judicial reform back to the table as long as budget negotiations are ongoing, and with the budget passed, Israel may experience a stretch of normalcy.  

 PROTESTERS AGAINST judicial reform at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, May 13, 2023.

Gaza conflict by the numbers: 1,478 Islamic Jihad rockets, 422 IDF attacks

IDF Southern Commander: "It was crucial to start the operation with complete surprise."

 IAF drones in photos from Operation Shield and Arrow.

Israel proves its resilience as Iran tries to tighten its vise - analysis

Iran's strategists are, apparently, unaccustomed to free speech in a democracy and to a society that loves to protest as much as Israelis do, and mistook it for real weakness.

An Israeli national flag is seen next to a damaged part of a roof following rockets that were launched from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, Israel May 10, 2023

Palestinian terror groups declare ‘victory’ after short-lived ceasefire with Israel

A statement issued by PIJ’s military wing said its men were killed in “assassinations” that were carried out by the “Zionist enemy.”

 Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a festival in Nablus to support the Palestinian resistance in Gaza and the West Bank. May 11, 2023

Did Iran benefit or lose from Israel, Islamic Jihad fighting in Gaza? - analysis

If Iran thinks that keeping Israel distracted with smaller groups like PIJ is in Tehran’s interest, then it will have seen the last week of clashes as an acceptable outcome.  

 A view of a Palestinian house destroyed by Israeli airstrikes during recent fighting between Israel-Gaza, as a ceasefire was agreed, in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip May 14, 2023.

Palestinian Authority calls on ICC to issue arrest warrant for Itamar Ben-Gvir

The Palestinian ministry denounced Ben-Gvir’s remarks following Operation Shield and Arrow as “a license to kill Palestinian citizens.”

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir joins Israeli settlers as they hold a protest march from Tapuach Junction to the illegal outpost of Evyatar, in the West Bank, April 10, 2023

Benjamin Netanyahu basks in ‘perfect’ Shield and Arrow op

Netanyahu returns to regular business after 'perfect' campaign in Gaza, discusses gas transfer with Cypriot president.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a weekly cabinet meeting, May 14, 2023.

Grapevine May 14, 2023: A crisis of another kind

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

 ANGELA MERKEL, then German chancellor, arrives with her spokesman Steffen Seibert for a news conference after a meeting with governors of former East German states at the Chancellery in Berlin, in 2020.

IDF strikes Hamas posts in Gaza in response to renewed rocket fire

Israel confirmed that one rocket was fired from Gaza on Sunday afternoon, less than 24 hours following an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

 Trails of smoke are seen as rockets are fired from Gaza towards Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 12, 2023.

Another 135 rockets from Gaza, one kills Gazan worker in Israel

The IDF had launched on Saturday at least another 48 air strikes against Islamic Jihad, bringing the total to 180 since Thursday night and 371 since this past Tuesday morning.

 Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, as it seen from Sderot, on May 13, 2023.