{"id":2621953,"date":"2026-07-01T06:29:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-squanders-its-military-successes-with-political-failures\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T06:29:52","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T10:29:52","slug":"israel-squanders-its-military-successes-with-political-failures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-squanders-its-military-successes-with-political-failures\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel squanders its military successes with political failures"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-squanders-its-military-successes-with-political-failures%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2621953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses Israel\u2019s current geopolitical situation, highlighting its military strengths and the increased global isolation it faces over 1,000 days after Hamas\u2019s attack. Despite its dominance in the Middle east and success against regional adversaries like Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, and militias, Israel\u2019s actions-especially its military campaigns in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen-have led too diplomatic setbacks. Comments from officials such as Ned Price and Michael Oren emphasize that Israel missed opportunities to bolster regional influence through diplomacy and that its continued military focus has not translated into broader strategic gains. The U.S.-Israel partnership remains strong, with Israel acting alongside the U.S. in various conflicts, but differences in objectives and approaches are emerging, especially regarding aid and long-term strategies toward Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has killed senior leaders of Hamas,Hezbollah,and iran\u2019s Quds Force,but these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/activist-hackers-group-attack-guatemala-government-webpages\/\" title=\"Activist hackers target Guatemala government websites.\">groups remain resilient<\/a>,and Iran continues to demonstrate missile and drone capabilities. Israel&#8217;s military efforts have raised allegations of genocide, which are disputed by Israeli leaders. Meanwhile, the conflict with Iran has largely stagnated, with both sides showing reluctance to escalate further, while Iran and its proxies, like the Houthis, have engaged in missile and drone attacks on Gulf states and U.S. targets.<\/p>\n<p>Internationally, Israel faces criticism for its military tactics and political isolation, with some U.S. allies refusing to support military operations or recognize Palestinian statehood-recently recognized by several European countries and others at the UN. Prominent figures, including former officials and Vice President JD Vance, critique Israel\u2019s reliance on military power and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suggest diversifying foreign policy<\/a> and reducing dependence on U.S. aid. The geopolitical landscape is complex by debates within Washington about U.S. policy toward Iran and the aid it provides to israel, alongside criticism of Israel\u2019s handling of the conflict and its legal and diplomatic challenges, including warrants for Netanyahu and recognition of Palestinian sovereignty by multiple nations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite demonstrating its dominance as the military power in the Middle East and weakening its adversaries, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\">Israel<\/a> finds itself more globally isolated about 1,000 days after Hamas\u2019s attack, compared to where it was on Oct. 6, 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel\u2019s reaction to Hamas\u2019s attack, in which roughly 1,200 Israelis were killed and 250 others were taken hostage and brought back to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\">Gaza<\/a>, was swift and immediate. Israeli Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> and others in his Cabinet determined immediately that the threats along their borders were no longer tolerable.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/4631610\/massie-khanna-amendment-israel-aid\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>House Rules Committee blocks Massie-Khanna amendment to cut Israel aid<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4628844\/pentagon-defense-policy-board-robert-lighthizer\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Pentagon announces new Defense Policy Board chaired by Robert Lighthizer<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4627326\/us-strike-iran-after-attack-ship-strait-of-hormuz\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>US strikes Iran after attack on commercial ship in Strait of Hormuz<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the two and a half years since then, Israel, both with the U.S.\u2019s backing and in some cases participation, has gone to war against <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\">Iran<\/a> and its proxy forces across the region in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, and Yemen. Even though they have been able to significantly degrade the capabilities of Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hamas, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hezbollah\">Hezbollah<\/a>, the Houthis, and various militias based in Iraq and Syria, Israel finds itself more politically isolated globally based on its actions in the various fronts of this regional war that has consumed the region even more broadly since the start of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ned Price, who was the spokesperson for the Biden-era State Department at the time of Hamas\u2019s attack, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>: \u201cIsrael had an opportunity to emerge from October 7 with its enemies severely degraded, if not entirely vanquished, but because its strategy was military-first, and in many ways military-only, and because that military strategy was so over the top and in so many different ways, I think Israel really sacrificed so much of that potential strength and influence in the region and beyond, because it didn\u2019t marry it with a diplomatic strategy, a political strategy, a humanitarian strategy, or a communications and messaging strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli forces have killed the senior leaders of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran, yet those groups remain battered but intact. Hamas still refuses to disarm, as does Hezbollah, which is Iran\u2019s primary proxy and is standing in the middle of a breakthrough Israel-Lebanon agreement, and Iran\u2019s Guard has demonstrated it can still fire drones and ballistic missiles even after the ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>: \u201cI think Israel went to extraordinary lengths to minimize civilian casualties. That doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t aberrations, doesn\u2019t mean there weren\u2019t war crimes, of course there were. The Israeli army\u2019s made of human beings, but that was not the policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel is still periodically bombing Hamas and Hezbollah targets in Gaza and Lebanon, and their actions in Gaza have raised genocide allegations, which their leaders dispute.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">FILE \u2013 Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli air and ground operations during a dust storm in Gaza City, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; data-large-file=&#8221;https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2026\/07\/localimages\/AP26049494036686.jpg?w=696&#8243; &#8220;https:><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Palestinians walk along a street surrounded by buildings destroyed in Israeli air and ground operations during a dust storm in Gaza City, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jehad Alshrafi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. war against Iran has largely stagnated, where neither side seems interested in restarting the intensity of the conflict, while it\u2019s unclear if the two sides can reach a long-term deal that includes components on Iran\u2019s nuclear program. The Iran war also brought the Gulf States into the broader war, where they had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-launches-nearly-three-dozen-drones-at-ukraine\/\" title=\"Russia deploys dozens of drones in Ukraine.\">largely avoided direct involvement<\/a> in the conflicts nearby, but Iran fired missiles and drones at U.S. bases and commercial and energy targets in various Gulf countries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Price, now the Interim Co-Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University, said: \u201cOne of the many ways recent months has been so, I think, tragic, because Israel in some cases with deep coordination with the United States, had managed to degrade many of its enemies, and that\u2019s not to say we agreed or supported or condoned all of the tactics, but at the end of the day, Israel stood stronger, militarily stronger in a region where its enemies had been so very weakened, and to then squander that with continued military campaigning in Gaza, continued fighting in Lebanon, and then, of course, with what has happened in Iran that has only exacerbated tensions. It\u2019s a real shame for Israel. It\u2019s a shame for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also true that Israel demonstrated its willingness to fight alongside the U.S. in a conflict that several other U.S. allies not only declined to participate in but barred the U.S. from using their facilities for operations. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said America\u2019s NATO allies\u2019 refusal to support the war was a contributing factor to the military\u2019s review of its force posture in Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aaron David Miller, a former longtime State Department Middle East official, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>: \u201cThere are no other examples of the United States partnering with any of its allies in as integrated and as seamless a fashion as the U.S. partnered with Israel in this war against Iran, you literally would have to go back to the US-British alliance during the Second World War.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, there have been differences in objectives and opinions in Washington, D.C., and Jerusalem, which have recently become clearer as it relates to President Donald Trump\u2019s desire to end the war against Iran, even as Israel still views the Iranian regime as a threat worthy of mitigation. There are conversations in both parties on Capitol Hill about reducing or ending U.S. military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel has to \u201cdiversify its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watchdog-wants-biden-to-disclose-origins-of-1-million-grant-program-to-demonize-israel\/\" title=\"Watchdog Wants Biden To Disclose Origins of  Million Grant Program To Demonize Israel\">foreign policy portfolio<\/a> and be less reliant on one ally,\u201d Oren said. \u201cWe should have multiple allies and multiple sources of armaments, too. I\u2019ve been a long advocate of weaning Israel of American military aid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vice President JD Vance put it bluntly earlier this month amid criticism from Israeli politicians about the U.S. and Iran memorandum of understanding.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDonald J. Trump is the only head of state in the entire world who is sympathetic to the nation of Israel at this moment,\u201d Vance said during a White House press briefing. \u201cIf I was in the Cabinet of the Israeli government, I might not be attacking the only powerful ally that I have anywhere left in the entire world.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-5\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-26\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-5\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019re a country of 9 million people,\u201d he said of Israel in a <em>New York Times<\/em> podcast. \u201cYou can\u2019t just kill your way out of solving every single national security problem that you have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4619101\/air-force-maintenance-efforts-overdrive-iran-war\/\">AIR FORCE\u2019S \u2018NASCAR PIT CREWS\u2019 FORCED INTO OVERDRIVE BY IRAN WAR<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The vice president\u2019s remarks highlight Israel\u2019s apparent lack of strategic planning to go along with its military might, even as the country proved itself willing and capable of going to war alongside the U.S.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has come at a cost geopolitically. Netanyahu is wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Several allies have chosen to unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood in contravention of Israel\u2019s stance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and Portugal\u00a0all recognized Palestinian statehood at last year\u2019s United Nations General Assembly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&#8217;s global isolation grows 1,000 days after Hamas attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2671,"featured_media":2621954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Netanyahu_fbac3f.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[32404,4671,32726,56600,68630],"class_list":["post-2621953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-geopolitics","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-military-success","tag-political-failure"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Netanyahu_fbac3f.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2671"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2621953"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2621957,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2621953\/revisions\/2621957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2621954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2621953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2621953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2621953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}