Doron Matza
ARTICLES BY: Doron Matza
The Palestinians Don’t Want ‘Economy for Peace’
The recent fatal shooting of a Border Patrol officer, Sgt. Barel Hadaria Shmueli, by a Hamas terrorist firing at point-blank range not only reflects a...
Don’t Respond in Lebanon; Respond in Gaza
After many years of calm, the Lebanese border is heating up. The latest barrage of rockets into the Galilee was carried out by Hezbollah in...
Is Israel Ready to Respond to Rockets From Lebanon?
The recent rocket fire from Lebanon into Israeli territory connects with Hamas’ overall strategy of expanding the scope of the confrontation between itself and Israel...
Israel-Jordan Relations: Possibilities and Risks
An Israeli-Jordanian thaw is finally taking shape after years of tense relations. In what was supposed to be a secret visit, Israeli PM Naftali Bennett met with...
The May 2021 Israeli Arab Riots, and Their Implications
The Jewish public and political discourse in Israel has viewed the riots that occurred in May through a starkly dichotomous prism. Right-wingers saw Israeli Arabs’ attacks...
Operation Guardian of the Walls: Tactical Victory, Strategic Defeat
After 11 days of fighting, the fourth Israel-Hamas war since the Islamist terror organization took over the Gaza Strip less than 15 years ago came...
Hamas Must Be Comprehensively Routed
Ever since Hamas’ violent takeover of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Israel has sought to make the best of a bad situation. Military re-conquest was...
Israel, Iranian Sabotage, and the Use of ‘Strategic Ambiguity’
The question of the value of strategic ambiguity has arisen in the wake of the recent attack on the Iranian centrifuge production plant at Natanz,...
The Gaza Rocket Attack on Israel: The Neighbors Smell Weakness
Last Friday and Saturday, terrorists fired 36 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip. This attack was not a single incident that can be defined...