Last Week's Best Seller Was...

...No surprise here, Israel Strikes: War of the Red Sea.

An interesting week in Israeli/Jewish news, filled with items that are surprising and items that are not so surprising.

Netanyahu surprisingly cobbled together a coalition.

Benny Gantz surprised Israel by blowing up the Blue and Whites.

Speaking of surprises, polls show that if the Israeli's went to a 4th election, Likud would clean up. So maybe Gantz's move isn't so surprising after all.

The Israelis keep breaking up Haredi parties, and half an hour away from here, authorities in Lakewood broke up three Hasidic weddings. This is no surprise to anyone who's ever had to deal with these people.

Israel to Lebanon: Take Action, or Else

Over at the Times of Israel a deep analysis  of the recent flair up between Israel and Hezbollah. We suggest reading the whole thing.

The Israels spent the weekend telling the world that they will hit Hezbollah whenever and wherever they need to. And there's this from the IDF chief of staff:

The state of Lebanon and UNIFIL must bring an end to Iran and Hezbollah’s precision missile project in Lebanon and fully implement [UN] Security Council Resolution 1701,” Kohavi said, referring to the resolution that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War. “The current state of affairs is not one we can come to terms with,” he said.

This blog doubts either entity is up to the job.

Hezbollah is part of the Lebanese government, so there's no reason to make a distinction between the two as far as the Israelis are concerned. 

Clearly the Israelis believe the situation is approaching critical mass.

This blog believes the Israelis know everything about Hezbollah's missile dispostions, deployments, locations, etc and that in any conflict could deliver a massive blow against their infrastructure in the first few days.

If we know it, then Hezbollah knows it too.

Friday Flag

Zionist Edition:

Trouble on the Golan

So Yesterday the Israelis shot down an Iranian drone over the Golan, the Syrians shot down an Israeli F-16 over same, and then the Israelis hit several Syrian targets. 

Reports indicate that the Israeli F-16 flew into a massive AAA field and we wonder if the drone launching was a lure to draw an Israeli jet into a flak trap. The Israelis hammered the Syria flak positions. In fact the J-Post tells us that this was the largest air raid on Syria since 1982. Rader(s) will recall that in this year the smashed the Syrian SAM network in the Bekaa Valley and then won the mother of all aerial battles 86-0.

We think it's too early to hit the panic button here, and believe Assad still needs time to consolidate his hold on Syria. That said he and the Iranians are laying the groundwork for the Great Northern War.

So you have time to brush up: