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Artificial intelligence on the battlefield in 2025

In 2025, artificial intelligence isn't just analyzing threats; it's making split-second decisions, coordinating drone swarms, and reshaping warfare

 Modern warfare is smart warfare
 Members of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas and mourners attend the funeral of Al-Qassam fighters who were killed during the war between Israel and Hamas in the Al-Shati camp, in Gaza City, February 28, 2025.

Israel at War day 651: What's going on in Syria, Yemen?

 REGARDING THE potential renewal of nuclear talks with the US, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian faces criticism internally from conservative and radical-conservative factions, says the writer.

Staying alert: A new strategic phase in the Israel-Iran confrontation - opinion

 IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER Abbas Araghchi speaks at a meeting with foreign ambassadors in Tehran on Saturday. Israel’s most pressing strategic challenge today is Iran, states the writer in his open letter.

Open letter to Thomas Friedman: Calls for diplomacy with Iran have poor timing - opinion


Investing through Israeli eyes: How to win in the current market - opinion

Geopolitical tensions are at the heart of the global agenda and have been increasingly shaping the considerations of investment managers worldwide. 

 New Israeli Shekel banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken November 9, 2021.

Why Erdogan, not Netanyahu, is the real threat to Middle East peace - opinion

While Israel has worked to put an end to Iran’s campaign to dominate the Middle East, Turkey has consistently undermined peace.

 TURKISH PRESIDENT Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the Summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization last week in Khankendi, Azerbaijan.

How much time does Western civilization have left? - opinion

Much of what we have come to know, as the predictable flow of normal life, is about to change, with or without our approval, because an unavoidable tidal wave is already here.

 MK AVIGDOR LIBERMAN, chairman of Yisrael Beytenu, addresses a meeting of his party’s faction in the Knesset last month. He says that we have only three years to prepare for the next war with Iran.

China’s power play with the US is tested by the Israel-Iran crisis - opinion

If the Israel-Iran conflict drags on, despite US President Donald Trump’s attempts at an extended truce, and the Chinese leadership comes to the Iranians’ aid, it will end up fueling global disorder.

 CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER Wang Yi is flanked by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov (left) and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi at a meeting on the Iranian nuclear issue in Beijing in March.

Widespread hatred: The cost of Israel's victory over Iran - opinion

Thinking of our accomplishments against Iran and its proxies brings a smile to my lips. At the same time tears wet my eyes when I ponder the more than 430 soldiers who gave their lives.

 IDF VEHICLES stand on the Israeli side of the Gaza border this week. ‘Thinking of our accomplishments against Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran brings a smile to my lips,’ the writer asserts.

War and rehabilitation: Urban redevelopment as Israel's next step - opinion

In today’s reality, what is needed is a more centralized, agile, and emergency-ready system that treats urban renewal not as a real estate venture but also as a cornerstone of national resilience.

Construction in Israel.

Betrayal among us: How the enemy found allies inside Israel - opinion

That citizens would align with a regime openly committed to Israel’s destruction is a symptom of something deeper: a broken civic contract and a loss of shared purpose.

 The silhouette of a person, with Iran's flag in the background (illustrative).

UN slams Israel in the name of rights - opinion

When institutions that claim to uphold universal values cannot call out a regime that propagates terror, represses its own population, and denies women’s basic rights – something essential is broken.

 THE WRITER speaks outside the UN in December 2023. ‘I have spent my life believing in the promise of the human rights community, imperfect though it may be, as a force capable of restraining the worst impulses of power,’ she says.

Attacking Iran isn't enough: Only regime change will end the nuclear threat - opinion

Airstrikes alone won’t dismantle Tehran’s nuclear threat. The complete destruction of Iran’s nuclear program cannot come without the removal of the regime that pursues it.

 IRANIAN PRESIDENT Masoud Pezeshkian attends a news conference in Tehran last week. At a cultural event, he was told not to read poetry in Azerbaijani, says the writer.

Is an Iran nuclear deal still possible after the US-Israel strikes? - opinion

Is the fighting really over? How likely is a new nuclear deal now? What is the war’s impact on US-Israel relations?

 People watch from a bridge as flames from an Israeli attack rise from Sharan Oil depot, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Why Hamas can keep fighting without Iran, and what that means for Israel - opinion

Victory requires more than military power. It demands moral clarity, strategic restraint, and a commitment to the values that underpin the Jewish state.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip February 20, 2025.