Tikvah
Editors’ Pick

March 23, 2026

Defining Israel’s Priorities in the War with Iran

Degrading the nuclear and missile programs must take precedence over other goals.

Against Iran’s machinery of internal repression Israel has been conducting what might be an unprecedented assault. Israeli drones have located and targeted local units of the Basij—the internal force responsible for punishing dissenters and enforcing ideological loyalty—and even checkpoints meant to keep protesters off the street. But Michael Milshtein worries that Jerusalem risks losing sight of its priorities:

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