What did Biden mean by ‘proportional’? - opinion

Proportional does not mean that retaliation must be proportional to the previous attack by the enemy; an attack must be proportional relative to the anticipated military advantage.

THE REMAINS of a missile fired from Iran into Israel last week, seen in a forest in Safed. ‘The US does not want Israel to lose this war, but it doesn’t want Israel to win either,’ the writer maintains.

(photo credit: David Cohen/Flash90)

ByPESACH WOLICKI

OCTOBER 10, 2024 02:09

RECOMMENDED STORIES

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir seen at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem's Old City

Israel's midnight strategist: How IDF chief Eyal Zamir rewired the doctrine on Iran

JULY 11, 2025

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over an undated US Air Force handout photo of a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

US bureaucratic gloves are off: Hegseth announces he has rescinded all drone production red tape

JULY 11, 2025

Deep grief at the funeral of Sgt. Shahar Manoav at the Ashkelon Military Cemetery last month: He served in a combat engineering unit in Gaza, and to his commanders, he was dependable, brave, and inspiring.

As thousands stay away, Ethiopian Israelis pay a heavy price in Gaza war

JULY 11, 2025

Items lie scattered inside a cabin at Camp Mystic after deadly flooding in Kerr County, Texas, U.S., July 5, 2025.

Most of Camp Mystic's youngest campers lost in Texas floods - CNN

JULY 11, 2025

Hot Opinion

Legacy media must confront its coverage choices in a world where fiction travels faster than fact

ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Editor's Notes: Israel's 'friends' have forgotten why we hired them

ByZVIKA KLEIN

As thousands stay away, Ethiopian Israelis pay a heavy price in Gaza war

ByYAAKOV KATZ

Can Donald Trump win a Nobel Peace Prize?

ByAMOTZ ASA-EL