A former senior Israeli official told Breaking Defense Jerusalem should "build a trajectory that leads from the current model of the aid package to partnership."
Analysts agree with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel could become more self-sufficient, but there are clear limits to the push.
Answering the Pentagon’s call to bolster defense industrial base.
An Israeli statement says the strikes destroyed “Scud missiles, cruise missiles, surface-to-sea, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, UAVs, fighter jets, attack helicopters, radars, tanks, hangars, and more.”
The prime minister suggested there was a widening gulf of "trust" between the two high-profile Israeli officials, though opposition leaders and analysts sharply criticized the move.
Yoav Gallant has been tasked with running the war in Gaza, but his calls for long-term plans have him at political headwinds with Benjamin Netanyahu.
“I think there is a danger this could end up being just another big round” of fighting, Chuck Freilich, a former Israeli deputy national security advisor, told Breaking Defense.
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The US "will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions. The first security assistance will begin moving today and arriving in the coming days,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Sunday.
Israeli lawmakers passed a key part of the controversial reform package Sunday, as protest spread among military reservists.
After objecting to a plan to overhaul the country's juridical system, Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant was fired by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday, leading to increased protests in Israel's streets.
The main concern is that the right-wing government will cause a break in relations with the US that could impact Washington’s willingness to approve Israel’s annual foreign military financing (FMF) budget, money that the US gives to Israel to spend on American-made defense goods.
Top US officials made high-profile visits recently to help quell Israeli-Palestinian violence, but Israeli defense officials clearly have Iran on the mind.
Defense sources here say a recent visit from the IDF's upcoming chief was timed explicitly to ensure continued operational dialogue with the Pentagon in case relations between the two nations' defense ministers becomes rocky.
Israeli sources say the Biden administration has made it clear to Benjamin Netanyahu, currently working to build a new coalition government following this month’s electoral victory, that it does not want to see Bezalael Smotrich, an extreme right-wing politician, be given the job.
Just days after Netanyahu’s political rebirth, one of his closest political associates said that the military option will be on the table for the new government.