Israel’s Strategic Position Beyond Public Opinion (opens in new tab)

It is tempting to reduce modern conflicts to battles of perception, as though the ultimate arbiter of war were hashtags and soundbites. But to treat Israel’s struggle in 2025 as a “public opinion war” is to mistake the noise for the substance. Israel’s reality is that it is winning the actual war—the one fought in tunnels, skies, and borders. The attrition of Hamas in Gaza, the containment of Hezbollah’s capabilities in Lebanon, and the precision strikes against Iranian weapons transfers all ...