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Israel Brief: Thursday, February 12
Negotiations ongoing while the strike machinery gets real instructions. Gaza “disarmament” talk expands as Hamas keeps the only credential that matters…
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Wednesday, February 11
Paper offers multiply while enemies do real work. Hamas probes the contact zone, Iran protects survivability, Washington gets asked to choose its scope.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Advocate’s Brief: Tuesday, February 10
This week’s pressure move is procedural anesthesia: “stabilization forces,” “dilution,” and “values-based finance” sold as progress while hostile…
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Tuesday, February 10
Israel digs trenches, Tehran offers “dilution,” and Washington gets asked to pick a deadline instead of a slogan.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Monday, February 9
Missiles move to the center of the table. Everyone else keeps trying to deal with them “later.”
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Sunday, February 8
Iran moves from “talks” to target lists, and Washington answers by overtly building a regional shield.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Friday, February 6
Muscat opens as Tehran keeps its missiles and proxies “out of scope.” Israel is forced to fight multiple enemies and one temptation: letting paperwork…
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
The Long Brief: Holiday From History [Part 1]
The peace dividend was a vacation. The bill came due.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Thursday, February 5
Muscat stays “on” as Washington builds options and Jerusalem prepares for the bill.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Strategic Assessment: February 2026
Israel’s posture is stretched across multiple fronts with little give — as a tense pause gives way to imminent confrontation.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Israel Brief: Wednesday, February 4
Oman becomes the room Tehran wants, and Hormuz becomes the threat it uses to get it. Gaza’s “managed movement” meets masked gunmen and live fire.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
Advocate’s Brief: Tuesday, February 3
This week’s pressure move: rebranding armed reality as “technocratic progress,” then demanding Israel and Jewish communities treat the rebrand as real.
 • Uri Zehavi — אורי זהבי
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