PERSPECTIVES → WORLDVIEW Issue 1098 · February 4, 2026

Fragile Gift

Eretz Yisrael is now a decision, an undertaking— it demands a choice, even in the short term

Fragile Gift

For patriotic reasons involving national security, I’m going to voluntarily redact the following story. So please contact me if you have sufficient security clearance and want further details.

In mid-June last year, one of the world’s most closely guarded secrets was Israel’s pending attack on Iran. Everyone knew that war was in the air as both sides traded threats, but at the same time, no one really knew anything.

What wouldn’t Britain’s MI6, Russia’s SVR, or the world’s other spy agencies have paid to get a heads-up? With today’s prices, it’d be an exaggeration to say that you could have married off a daughter by selling the state secret — but at least it would have covered the engagement flowers.

Anyway, the number of people who were in on the classified operation was tiny. There was Bibi. The IDF. The White House. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee whose cheeky little tweet nearly let the cat out of the bag.

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