The Jewish people need to relearn a painful and essential lesson—that they are responsible for their own protection
Ukraine’s stunning attack on Russia last Sunday, in which 117 drones burst out of vehicles parked near Russian airbases to wipe out one-third of the country’s strategic cruise missile carriers, has caused widespread amazement and admiration.
The audacious operation calls instantly to mind some of the most spectacular coups of Israel’s Mossad, such as last year’s exploding Hezbollah pagers and the daring 2018 heist of 100,000 documents from Iran’s nuclear archive in Tehran.
Ukraine’s drone attack exhibited the same kind of brilliance, brio and sheer chutzpah. There was a further important characteristic that it shared with Israel.