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Amir Doron

Amir Doron writes about defence, the borders, and Israeli foreign policy.

Latest by Amir Doron

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and US CENTCOM Commander Brad Cooper saluting together.

Israel's Chief of Staff Sat With Eight Arab Army Chiefs at a Ski Resort in Germany

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at a White House dinner. File photograph.

Trump Turns Down the Saudi Crown Prince's Request to Bomb the Houthis

By Amir Doron

A Party Classified as Extremist Is About to Win a German State, and Jews There Have Two Bad Options

By Amir Doron

Satellite image of Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, showing oil storage tanks and port infrastructure.

Explosions Hit Iran's Main Oil Terminal, and Nobody Agrees on Why

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump standing in the Oval Office with aides behind him. File photograph.

Trump Tells Israel Not to Worry, Then Suggests Renaming the Strait After Himself

By Amir Doron

Defense Minister Israel Katz speaking at a podium at the Ministry of Defense, flanked by Israeli flags.

Defense Firms Warn Netanyahu Their Production Lines Close in a Month

By Amir Doron

Retired Shin Bet negotiator Adi Rotem speaking during a television interview.

The Retired Officer Who Talked to Hamas Directly Says the Political Echelon Knew All Along

By Amir Doron

Itamar Ben Gvir seated among a crowd. File photograph.

Ben Gvir Posts a Video Mocking the Prisoners He Is Responsible For

By Amir Doron

Israeli soldiers and vehicles on a road near Qusra in the West Bank.

Netanyahu Calls It a Handful of Rioters, Qusra Says No One Was Arrested

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump walking across an airfield tarmac. File photograph.

Trump Drops the Interim Deal With Iran and Picks Sanctions Instead

By Amir Doron

Soldiers viewing a mapping and intelligence workspace on large screens inside the Civil Military Coordination Center.

Britain Answers Israel's Expulsion Threat With a Warning of Its Own

By Amir Doron

Military personnel working at desks and briefing boards inside the Civil Military Coordination Center.

Israel Weighs Expelling British Officers From Its Own Gaza War Room

By Amir Doron

Israeli soldiers standing in a West Bank street as two children look on.

The Chief of Staff Orders More Troops to the West Bank, and Names the Budget as a Second Front

By Amir Doron

Smoke rising over a hillside village in southern Lebanon after airstrikes.

Hezbollah Drones Miss at Ali Taher Ridge, Israeli Strikes on Nabatieh Do Not

By Amir Doron

Yair Netanyahu walking with two other men. File photograph.

Iran Tried to Kill One of My Sons, Netanyahu Says of a Plot Uncovered in Miami

By Amir Doron

Barron Trump standing at a public event. File photograph.

Iranian State Television Aired a Segment Asking Where to Kill Barron Trump

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump standing in a White House hallway with aides behind him. File photograph.

Trump Declares an Economic D Day and Threatens Anyone Who Trades With Iran

By Amir Doron

Split screen shots of Benjamin Netanyahu speaking into a microphone during a podcast interview.

Netanyahu Says His Warning to Turkey Was One Word: Don't

By Amir Doron

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani gestures while speaking at a podium. File photograph.

Syria Admits Turkish Officers Visited the Bombed Base, and Calls It Training

By Amir Doron

A graphic posted by Donald Trump labelling the Strait of Hormuz as new US territory.

Trump Denies Iran Talks Are Happening, a Day After His Son in Law Called Them Robust

By Amir Doron

Abandoned military aircraft on the tarmac of a disused Syrian air base. File photograph.

Israel Bombed a Runway Syria Has Not Used Since 2013, to Stop Turkey Using It Now

By Amir Doron

The Kitchen Strike Is Closed, and the Toughest Gaza File Stays Open

By Amir Doron

Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet table with officials. File photograph.

The Plan Hamas Accepted Is Being Redrawn Because Israel Will Not Pull Back in Stages

By Amir Doron

A Hamas official seated with Egyptian General Intelligence Service head Hassan Rashad in Cairo.

Hamas Sat With Egyptian Intelligence in Cairo While a Tank Was Hit in Gaza

By Amir Doron

Rescue crews and excavators searching rubble after an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon.

Eleven Killed in Southern Lebanon and Katz Says No Score Will Stay Unsettled

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump holding a printed page while speaking to reporters. File photograph.

Three Ships Passed Hormuz on Friday, and Trump Said He Would Declare It American

By Amir Doron

US Vice President JD Vance speaking at a roundtable. File photograph.

Vance Puts Cheap Petrol First and an Iranian Bomb Second

By Amir Doron

An army bulldozer and an armoured vehicle on a track through terraced hillside near Qusra.

The Army Ordered Eight Families Out of Qusra, Then Said Nobody Would Be Moved

By Amir Doron

Israeli security forces and settlers on a track beside a Palestinian home near Qusra in the West Bank.

Four Days Outside a House in Qusra, and the Forces Sent to End It Left Twice

By Amir Doron

Air Force One on the tarmac at dusk with security personnel alongside. File photograph.

Trump Left Ankara in a Catering Truck and His Cabinet Stayed on the Plane

By Amir Doron

Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump in the Oval Office. File photograph.

The Warning That Moved a President Is Reported to Have Come From Israel

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump boarding Air Force One. File photograph.

Trump Says He Is Only Semi Negotiating and Is Waiting for the Iranian Economy

By Amir Doron

Hawaii state senator Jarrett Keohokalole at his desk in the state legislature. File photograph.

Hawaii Votes on the Same Question Michigan Answered Four Days Ago

By Amir Doron

Traffic passes an anti-American mural on a Tehran square. File photograph.

Tehran Moves the Price of Opening Hormuz to the Terms of the Whole War

By Amir Doron

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif. File photograph.

A Three Way Defence Pact Is Signed, and Pakistan's Minister Names Israel the Next Day

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump speaking in the Oval Office. File photograph.

Four Predicted Signing Days Have Passed and the Blockade Is Still On

By Amir Doron

Abdul El-Sayed speaking at a lectern. File photograph.

Thirty Million Dollars Did Not Hold Michigan for the Pro Israel Side

By Amir Doron

Maj. Harel Birenstock and Sgt. Maj. Tamir Vaknin, the two reservists killed at Majdal Zoun.

Two Reservists Are Killed by a Device Left Inside a Building in Majdal Zoun

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump boarding a helicopter on the South Lawn of the White House. File photograph.

Three Washington Outlets Describe a War Running Short of Interceptors

By Amir Doron

Armed men stand on a cleared road between destroyed buildings in Gaza. File photograph.

Israel Tells Washington It Does Not Believe Hamas Means to Disarm

By Amir Doron

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi speaking at a lectern. File photograph.

Tehran Denies Both Halves of the Deal Trump Says Called Off the Strikes

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump in conversation with the president of the United Arab Emirates. File photograph.

Two Gulf Allies Asked Washington for Opposite Things

By Amir Doron

US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks across an airfield. File photograph.

A New Wave of Strikes Is Ordered, and a Commander Says He Lacks the Forces

By Amir Doron

An armed man stands on a cleared road between collapsed buildings in Gaza. File photograph.

The Disarmament Clock Has Not Started, and That Correction Matters

By Amir Doron

Israel's border fence with Lebanon was damaged in three spots. I. File photograph.

A Firefight Above a Tunnel System the Ceasefire Will Not Let Israel Enter

By Amir Doron

North Façade White House. File photograph.

Talks Are Described as Ongoing While Both Sides Are Firing

By Amir Doron

Former Cavalry Barracks, Deal. File photograph.

A Hundred Soldiers Walked Off a Base, and Fourteen Are Going to Jail

By Amir Doron

ASC Leiden Rietveld Collection 04 Cargo ship at sea under the Table Mountain 2015. File photograph.

A Fourteen Country Alliance for a Strait Saudi Arabia Cannot Afford to Lose

By Amir Doron

Village of Battir, Palestine 2009. File photograph.

Seventy Village Watch Groups, and the Question of What Happens if They Arm

By Amir Doron