"Israel‘s Defense Strategy after October 7: New Thinking Needed" with Eran Ortal

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The retreat of the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian armies and their replacement by Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis has confounded the once-great IDF. Indeed, Israeli military culture is rightly described as combining tactical brilliance with strategic blindness. Israel urgently needs renewed strategic thinking; where might it come from? How can Israel confront and defeat Iran’s “ring of fire”? What approaches should it take to each specific threat?

Eran Ortal is a reserve IDF brigadier-general and a military theorist. He commanded The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies, and is the founder and editor of the center’s journal, "Bein Ha-Ktavim." He graduated from the IDF's National Security College and holds an MA in security studies from Tel Aviv University.