Israel’s Urgent Need to Boost Defense Spending

Please see my new article in The Times of Israel called “Israel’s Urgent Need to Boost Defense Spending.”

Israel’s survival hinges on its ability to confront existential threats with unrelenting resolve. Already allocating an extraordinary 8.8% of GDP — $46 billion annually — to defense, a 65% surge since the October 7 atrocities, Israel must further escalate investments in its military capabilities. This urgency persists despite ranking 15th globally in defense spending and receiving $3.8 billion in annual US military aid, supplemented by wartime emergency packages. The Jewish state faces an unparalleled convergence of adversaries: Iran’s regime — armed with nuclear ambitions, ICBMs, and drone swarms — orchestrates proxy wars through Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis, while the United Nations and global anti-Zionist movements wage diplomatic and ideological warfare.(AI generated image via Gemini)