Amir Avivi
@Amir_Avivi · Middle East
Amir Avivi is followed by Storyz World for research and subject expertise coverage connected to Israel in the Middle East chapter.
What warnings were given to Bennett’s government about the war that was about to break out? Here is a summary of a 360-page situation assessment produced by the הביטחוניסטים movement and placed before Bennett’s government. Components of this assessment were presented at several major conferences, one of them at an Im Tirtzu conference in January 2022. What did Bennett, Gantz, Eisenkot, and Lieberman do with it? Nothing! It is no coincidence that they do not allow a national commission of inquiry to be established and are trying to hide behind the High Court’s apron.
Translated from HebrewThese elections are not about the past. They are about the future of the State of Israel. The question that will decide is who will lead Israel in the coming years: will we continue until victory, bring down the Shiite axis, and together with President Trump realize a historic opportunity for prosperity, or will we return the country to those who are still captive to the old conceptions? That is what the elections are about. Nothing else.
Translated from HebrewThree years of existential war on seven fronts, and instead of getting under the stretcher, the opposition chose not only to sit on the bench and even topple the stretcher, but also to obstruct and put sticks in the wheels, including calls for surrender. Whoever thinks that the public will forget this on election day is gravely mistaken.
Translated from HebrewCalling the Eli pre-military academy, 33 of whose graduates fell in the war, “Judeo-Nazi” crosses a red line. Bogie, be ashamed.
Translated from HebrewIt always amazes me to see how interviewers on foreign media channels hurry to level harsh criticism at Israel, but almost never pause for a moment to examine the history of their own countries. These days the question is being raised again: “What will happen in Gaza?” What I said in this interview a year and a half ago is still true today: As long as there is a murderous enemy beyond the fence seeking to harm us, we must not stop. Israel must continue until the threat is removed and the safety of its citizens is assured.
Translated from HebrewI listened to Ofer Winter’s words today, and I believe the time has come to say some clear things. For a year and a half I have been following Ofer Winter’s videos, most of which concern the war, and I am astonished every time anew by the lack of intellectual depth and the lack of understanding of strategy at the national and international levels in a war on seven fronts. A good tactician is not necessarily a strategist or a talented statesman. These are completely different worlds. I also encounter this slogan-driven approach from time to time in the studios. Post-October 7 statements such as “they do not want to achieve a decisive victory, a conception” and so on. How easy it is to live in a world devoid of constraints and challenges, devoid of prioritization among the fronts and devoid of regional and global issues. A black-and-white world. How easy it is to sit in the stands for three years instead of contributing to the war effort and shouting from every platform: the judge…. when you do not even understand the rules of the game you are watching. As someone who founded the הביטחוניסטים movement three years before the war in order to fight the conception and establish a national-security doctrine for generations, and as someone who warned in writing and in an entire book that we were facing a multi-front war, I decided on October 7 to stand fully with the הביטחוניסטים for the sake of victory and to deal exclusively with helping in every way to strengthen the people, the security establishment, and the Israeli government in order to win. Over the past three years I have seen up close the national-level decision-making processes, the immense challenges, and the tremendous complexity we face, and professionally I believe that the campaign is being managed by the prime minister in a most impressive manner and it is not over yet. In this war the prime minister made hysterical and extraordinarily brave decisions. “With Every Lion” is a formative event no less significant than the Six-Day War, and it is changing the entire region. The ability to rally the United States is a historic event that will be talked about extensively in the future. I have no doubt that victory will come, but it will come with deep thinking, determination, strategic patience, and alongside that continued worldwide diplomatic activity. Wars are not won with empty slogans, and certainly not from the stands.
Translated from HebrewThe Russian-Ukrainian front is entering a new and dangerous phase, and the consequences could reach far beyond Ukraine. Something is happening there. For the full analysis, read my new article in Israel Hayom
Translated from HebrewFrom a historical perspective and in comparison with World War II, Netanyahu is the Churchill of the 21st century, and in this sense the military leadership he has demonstrated so far in the war is also needed after the elections to ensure a strategic victory and lead Israel into a golden age. Netanyahu and Churchill both initially faced a regional power alone, and both sought to bring America into the fighting shoulder to shoulder; however, Netanyahu acted under unprecedented constraints from a hostile world, while America did not have his back at critical moments, and made decisions such as Rafah and the elimination of Nasrallah, as well as launching Operation Rising Lion against the American wishes. With determination and courage, he ultimately succeeded, like Churchill, in enlisting great America. The task is not over. The fronts are still open, and the future of us all depends on his ability to finish the task and lead us toward a bright future. That is what the elections are about, ladies and gentlemen, and therefore when you go to the polls you must do so with holy awe and understand that more than any coalition composition, the identity of the prime minister is what will determine our future.
Translated from HebrewWhat more is needed to understand that Mansour Abbas must not sit in the Knesset of Israel? In Arab countries, the Muslim Brotherhood is outlawed, and only here are they in the Knesset of Israel, and they even want to give them the keys to government. It is absurd that this needs to be said, but a situation in which Muslim Brothers sit in the government of the Jewish state must not be allowed.
Translated from Hebrew“I’m coming for you, Jew.” Not Israeli. Jewish. A military force is being built in Syria that we must not ignore. Pinpoint strikes are not enough. After October 7, when an enemy declares his intentions, we listen and act in time.
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