Imad Mughniyeh

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israeli Air Force pilots' course graduation ceremony, June 26, 2014. (Photo by Haim Zach/GPO)

Israeli air strike in Syria: Lies, aggression — at what cost?

From close up, the assassination of a Hezbollah commander and an Iranian general was probably preemption. In the big picture, it was definitely aggression. During the Second Intifada, (late 2000-2004) Israel made a habit of carrying out “targeted assassinations” of Palestinian militant leaders. The Palestinians, in turn, had a predilection for blowing up buses and…

By Larry Derfner January 23, 2015

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On lowering the moral standards for the other side: A response to Derfner

Larry Derfner gets dangerously close to blaming Israel for the Burgas attack. When Israel assassinated Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh and five Iranian nuclear scientists, it was picking a fight, and the payback – or part of it – was Wednesday’s bus bombing. I agree that when Israeli leaders decided to assassinate Iranian scientists, they increased the…

By Noam Sheizaf July 20, 2012

The cost of Israeli recklessness: Six dead in Burgas

When Israel assassinated Hezbollah’s Imad Mughniyeh and five Iranian nuclear scientists, it was picking a fight, and the payback – or part of it – was Wednesday’s bus bombing. It says something about Israeli society’s fear of facing hard truths when the only public figure who dares to state the obvious about the Burgas attack is Dr.…

By Larry Derfner July 20, 2012

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