Gal Perl Finkel

The author is the coordinator of the military and strategic affairs program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).

Sayyed Hashem Safieddine, head of the Hezbollah Executive Council, pays his condolences to Ali Badreddine, the son of top Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine who was killed in an attack in Syria, in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon May 13, 2016.

Hezbollah in crisis, but Israel cannot take its eyes off it

Hezbollah fighters put Lebanese and Hezbollah flags at Juroud Arsal, Syria-Lebanon border

Hezbollah in crisis, but Israel cannot take its eyes off it

A man in uniform holds a picture of Qasem Soleimani during a protest in Tehran following his targeted assassination.

The killing of Soleimani and the ‘Deal of the Century’


Wisdom is in the timing

There’s a time to shut up and do, and a time to send a threatening message.

US Special Forces jump from a C-130. There is a time to act, a time to prepare, to threaten and to strike.

75 years from that long day in Normandy – we still have something to learn

The campaign has produced hundreds of history books and many films, but it has not yet been researched and told in full.

BRITISH FORCES during the D-Day invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944: Troops of the 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red Beach.

The people and the U.S. are with the Golan

During the tour in the North, the four referred to threats by Hezbollah and Syria.

CLOUDS OVER a village on the Golan Heights

Capability and daring in the IDF

To the extent possible, let ground forces operate across the border.

THE GROUND forces should be encouraged to expand their capabilities

When good commander doesn't equal a good politician

Despite claims that Benny Gantz was an excellent commander, it doesn’t mean he’ll be a good politician

Benny Gantz, chairman of the Israel Resilience Party

Importance of IDF Ground Forces in new army appointments

The indication of the importance of a field is measured by the resources allocated to it, and to the people who lead it.

IDF soldier sits atop a tank just outside northern Gaza 370

The IDF that Eisenkot leaves behind is ready

The test of Kochavi will be to prove it is capable

Maj.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi briefs US military representative Joseph F. Dunford

It’s the man (or woman) who makes the job

Avigdor Liberman

Changing the rules in the Gaza Strip comes with a cost

When it comes to the use of force in the Gaza Strip there are no good alternatives. Almost all of them range from bad to worse.

Hamas members

Don't 'poke the bear' in Syria

In Syria, the Russians maintain the principle of “reasonable employment.”

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin