YARON BUSKILA

Lt.-Col. Yaron Buskila is a retired IDF commander and the CEO of the Israel Defense and Security Forum (IDSF).  

Buskila served as deputy brigade commander, battalion commander, and Commander of the Southern Command infantry training base, responsible for preparing IDF soldiers and commanders for general combat in the Gaza Strip, including during Operation Protective Edge. Despite being wounded in combat, Buskila also served as a Special Operations Officer in Central Command, responsible for classified operations carried out by an elite IDF unit across the West Bank.


Roman Gofman, military secretary to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walking at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, November 11, 2024

The conceptions bender: An out-of-the-box Mossad chief appointment - opinion

CHARLES KUSHNER: He asked the writer: ‘How is it possible that all the signs of Hamas’s planned attack were there, and Israel failed to detect them?’

Israel repeats old mistakes as warning signs grow across Judea, Samaria, the Negev - opinion

PEOPLE ATTEND the funeral on Monday of top Hezbollah military official Haytham Ali Tabatabai and others killed by an Israeli airstrike on Sunday in Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hezbollah never left the battlefield, states the writer.

Israel's killing of Hezbollah's Tabatabai won't slow Iran's march toward next war - opinion


Palestinian state will be platform for Hamas, providing exactly what they need - opinion

The UN Gaza plan ignores the security reality of Israel. A Palestinian state is an existential threat to Israel's identity.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill in July. Once again, the Americans try to redraw and impose unrealistic solutions on a map, while refusing to climb the hill and look at the terrain, the writer charges.

Israel must stop Gaza from becoming the next south Lebanon - opinion

Hamas watched how a relatively small group embedded a military apparatus within a civilian population in southern Lebanon.

US VICE PRESIDENT JD Vance speaks on Tuesday in Kiryat Gat at a center for civilian and military cooperation on ensuring implementation of the Gaza ceasefire plan. International pressure must be mobilized to ensure implementation, the writer asserts.

Terror? The writing was on the (Jordanian royal palace) wall - opinion

Thursday’s deadly Allenby Crossing attack was years in the making, fueled by Jordan’s rhetoric, radical education, and public anger that now threatens the monarchy itself.

Israeli security forces near the scene where two Israelis were killed in a terror shooting attack at Allenby bridge, a crossing between West Bank and Jordan, September 18, 2025.

From Jaffa to Jerusalem: A century of conflict

In the absence of an explanation driven by recent events, the question remains: what is the cause of the rising violence spreading across the Jewish state?

DEMONSTRATORS PROTEST the killing of Palestinians in Gaza, at the Jaffa Clock Tower square in 2018.

ICC investigating Israel for war crimes means US could be next - opinion

In choosing to prosecute Israel, the United States no longer has any guarantee that it can escape the grasp of the ICC’s grip.

International Criminal Court, The Hague

The close relationship between terror, peace and economics – opinion

Just as the peace treaty was significant for Egypt in the economic sense, it was likewise significant for Israel.

PROTESTERS CLASH with Israeli security forces near Nablus in March 2018.