Alastair Crooke’s wife collaborates with him in presenting developments in the Middle East. She monitors the Hebrew language media, in which Jews feel freer to say things that might shock a lot of Goys who still inhabit La La Land. What’s typically notable is the lack of concern for the suffering that Israel and its supporters inflict. Regrets are only expressed when the brutality inflicted fails to achieve the desired end. Here I present the summary part of her latest missive. Follow the link for the extended analysis.

ISRAEL FACING DEFEAT — Senior former IDF Intelligence Official: “Israel should stop the war”; ‘Israeli public and IDF are exhausted’

Conflicts Forum’s compilation of consequential observations & strategic perspectives from leading Israeli commentators, 14 March 2026

Conflicts Forum

Mar 14, 2026

Senior former Israeli IDF Intelligence Official: “ISRAEL SHOULD STOP THE WAR”; ‘The Israeli public and IDF are exhausted’ — Yossi Melman, quoting a former senior Israeli IDF Intelligence Official — “[Israel] and Trump should declare victory, announce that all objectives have been achieved, and cease fire. Just end the war that way. No negotiations, no deal, and no lifting of sanctions. Simply let the regime collapse into itself”

Eli Levita, former Deputy Director of Israel Atomic Energy Commission: ‘ULTIMATE GOALS OF THE WAR FAR FROM BEING ACHIEVED. Overthrow of Iranian Regime now seems imaginary’ /

Ben Caspit: “IRAN NOT BLINKING” — Two weeks into war, Israel and US “tamping down expectations” about war outcome /

“Netanyahu no longer talking about regime change — “He is preparing an alibi for himself so that the day after the war, he can claim that Israel had done everything to pave the way for the overthrow of the regime, but the Iranians themselves were unable to do so” /

Israel Backtracks — ‘The Results of the War Depend on Further US Action’ /

Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin, Former Head of Israel’s Military Intelligence Directorate: ‘NEITHER ISRAEL NOR US INTENDS TO DEPLOY GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN’ /

Avi Isacharoff: ‘HIZBULLAH NOT CRUMBLING, NOR COLLAPSING; Maintains relatively intact chain of command and control’ /

Nahum Barnea: ‘NETANYAHU WAS THE TEMPTRESS, TRUMP THE DUPE. Netanyahu brought Trump into the war, and with that, his role ended’

[These compilations are drawn from analysis & commentary predominantly by leading Israeli political, security and intelligence commentators, mainly from the Hebrew press — as reports published in Hebrew often provide a different window on Israeli internal discourse].

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