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Ari Sacher
The Symbol of Orange
Early morning, October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, just a few miles from the Gaza border, Yarden Bibas, 34, his wife Shiri, 32, and their...
Ari Sacher
The Needs of the Few: A Conversation
Dave (not his real name) and I go back a long time, more than 50 years. He and I see life differently: I am more conservative in my...
Ari Sacher
Israel Navigates Ceasefire Breaches from Both Hamas and Hezbollah
Last Thursday evening, February 13, 2025, a rocket was fired into Israel from a location in central Gaza. It was unclear who fired the...
Ari Sacher
14 hours ago7 min read
The Symbol of Orange
Early morning, October 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, just a few miles from the Gaza border, Yarden Bibas, 34, his wife Shiri, 32, and their...
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Ari Sacher
Feb 246 min read
The Needs of the Few: A Conversation
Dave (not his real name) and I go back a long time, more than 50 years. He and I see life differently: I am more conservative in my...
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Ari Sacher
Feb 185 min read
Israel Navigates Ceasefire Breaches from Both Hamas and Hezbollah
Last Thursday evening, February 13, 2025, a rocket was fired into Israel from a location in central Gaza. It was unclear who fired the...
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Ari Sacher
Feb 115 min read
Winning the War: Why Israel Needs More Than Just Defense
I was giving a talk last week about current events in Israel, and I was asked a seemingly innocuous question: “Is Israel getting...
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Ari Sacher
Feb 37 min read
The Fatal Flaw: How Hamas Crippled Israel’s High-Tech Barrier
On October 7, Hamas blew a gaping hole not only in the high-tech barrier separating Gaza from Israel, but, more importantly, in the IDF’s...
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Ari Sacher
Jan 275 min read
Brokers or Beneficiaries? Examining Egypt and Qatar’s Role in the Gaza Ceasefire
A ceasefire and a hostage/prisoner exchange was agreed to by Israel and Hamas on January 15, and came into effect on January 19. The...
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Ari Sacher
Jan 216 min read
How Should Israel Respond to the Houthis in Yemen?
Since October 7, 2023, Houthi rebels in Yemen have launched more than 40 ballistic missiles and some 320 drones and cruise missiles at...
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Ari Sacher
Jan 135 min read
The War of Attrition in the South & the Segmentation Solution
On Friday, Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to devise a plan that would facilitate “the complete...
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Ari Sacher
Jan 66 min read
Dwindling Palestinian Labor and How It’s Affecting Israel
Last week, I went with my entire family on a vacation to the Dead Sea. We stayed in a villa in Neve Zohar, about half a mile from the...
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Ari Sacher
Dec 23, 20246 min read
Israeli Hero Action Figures: The Gift Israelis Are Giving This Chanukah
This week, Jews around the world will be celebrating Chanukah, a holiday that commemorates the victory of the Israelites over the...
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Ari Sacher
Dec 19, 20247 min read
Syrian Threat
Since its inception in 1948, Israel has been at war with Syria four times – in 1948, 1967, 1973, and 1982. In 1967, Israel captured the...
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Ari Sacher
Dec 9, 20247 min read
An Israeli in Munich
This past weekend, I accompanied my wife, Tova, to a conference in Munich, Germany. The conference pertained to authorship of ancient...
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Ari Sacher
Dec 2, 20248 min read
Ceasefire
On Wednesday, November 27, at 4:00 am local time, Israel and Lebanon declared a ceasefire. Since October 8, 2023, Hezbollah and Israel...
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Ari Sacher
Nov 25, 20247 min read
Lebanon – The Day After (Part 4)
Over the past few weeks, this blog has been elaborating upon the background necessary to better understand Israel’s northern front –...
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Ari Sacher
Nov 18, 20249 min read
Lebanon – The Day After (Part 3)
Over the past few weeks, this blog has been discussing a new reality in northern Israel today in which the Israel Defense Forces (IDF),...
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Ari Sacher
Nov 11, 20245 min read
Lebanon – The Day After (Part 2)
Last week, we discussed a new reality in northern Israel today. Hezbollah will likely continue its death throes for months or even years....
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Ari Sacher
Nov 4, 20246 min read
Lebanon – The Day After (Part 1)
The war on Israel’s northern front – its rarely-used official name is “Operating Northern Arrows” – is winding to an end. The IDF has...
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Ari Sacher
Oct 28, 20246 min read
Iranian Strike and Israel’s Pressure from the West
On the night between April 13-14, 2024, Iran launched a salvo of close to 300 cruise missiles, killer drones, and ballistic missiles at...
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Ari Sacher
Oct 14, 20246 min read
The Tough Questions after the Tragic Loss of Ori Borenstein
Since October 7, four soldiers from my home town of Moreshet, a hamlet of 400 families in the Western Galilee, have been killed in...
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Ari Sacher
Oct 7, 20245 min read
A Year After October 7th; An Israeli's Perspective
One Year Later: I am writing these words on October 7, 2024, one year after the most terrible massacre of Jews since the Holocaust. It...
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