Archive - Israel Brief

Strategic Assessment: March 2026

The regime is headless. The war is not over.

Mar 1 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Advocate’s Brief: Sunday, March 1

The pressure this week is about reframing a preemptive war of defense as an illegal act of aggression — and making you own the civilian cost before…

Mar 1 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Sunday, March 1

Supreme leader dead, regime in succession crisis — Iran fires what remains, one drip at a time.

Mar 1 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

February 2026

The Long Brief: Holiday From History [Part 4]

When courts, feeds, and “process” become weapons, defense must become doctrine.

Feb 27 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Thursday, February 26

Diplomacy buys Iran another day. Force posture buys Israel another option.

Feb 26 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Wednesday, February 25

The strike decision sits at the White House. Every actor in the region is now positioning for an outcome, not a negotiation.

Feb 25 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Advocate’s Brief: Tuesday, February 24

This week’s pressure runs through “compliance” language — meant to turn Israel’s critics into auditors and Jewish communities into enforcement arms.

Feb 24 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Tuesday, February 24

Tehran buys days. Beijing buys Iran's survival. Hamas buys uniforms.

Feb 24 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Monday, February 23

Control migrates from conference rooms to launch corridors. Talks proceed, but the operational map expands faster than the diplomatic one.

Feb 23 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Sunday, February 22

A strike window tightens as Tehran builds redundancy and Hamas auditions “police” as a costume (and it's not even Purim yet).

Feb 22 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

Israel Brief: Friday, February 20

Disarmament promised. Recruitment continues.

Feb 20 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

The Long Brief: Holiday From History [Part 3]

Great powers didn’t retire. They modernized—and they learned our gaps.

Feb 19 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי

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