Ed: 49: October/2024

Over-reliance on technology to provide “early warning” and belief in deterrence led to the IDF being taken by surprise on October 7 (Image: Anas Mohammed/ Shutterstock)

A strategic game changer

September 24, 2024 | Ahron Shapiro

Israeli forces have been forced to return to the increasingly lawless cities of the northern West Bank because they have become a haven for Iranian-armed and funded terror gangs (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Preventing the West Bank from becoming Gaza

September 24, 2024 | Neomi Neumann

The devastation wrought by October 7 and its aftermath must not be allowed to destroy our optimism (Image: Jose Hernandez/ Shutterstock)

The Last Word: Beyond this year of shattered hope

September 24, 2024 | Rabbi Ralph Genende

The strategically important Philadelphi border corridor between Gaza and Egypt (Image: Eli Dror/X)

Philadelphi Story

September 24, 2024 | Louis Keene

Groups like Human Rights Watch are being granted a “watchdog” role without ever having to prove they are fit to bark (Image: Shutterstock)

Essay: When Rights groups go Wrong

September 24, 2024 | Danielle Haas

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Media Microscope: John’s alternate universe

September 24, 2024 | Allon Lee

Commemorations of October 7 are an unbearable prospect for some Israelis (Image: Shutterstock)

Deconstruction Zone: One year is still too soon

September 24, 2024 | Allen Selis

AMUST editor Zia Ahmad (left), and contributors (from top) Daud Batchelor and Fadlullah Wilmot (Screenshots)

AMUST goes nuclear

September 24, 2024 | Ran Porat

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside the New Zealand parliament in Wellington (Image: Reddit)

AIR New Zealand: What October 7 exposed

September 23, 2024 | Miriam Bell

Hezbollah operatives caught by surprise by their exploding pagers while shopping (Image: Screenshot/X)

Pager explosions hint at strategy shift

September 23, 2024 | Herb Keinon

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Noted and Quoted – October 2024

September 23, 2024 | AIJAC staff

Former AP correspondent Matti Friedman offers insights into journalistic bias (Image: Wikipedia)

Scribblings: What ails journalism?

September 23, 2024 | Tzvi Fleischer