Israel Is Solely Responsible for Own Defense — But Must Work With Allies

Lebanese side of the border with Israel, seen from Tyre, August 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Taher

The principle that Israel should “defend itself with its own forces” is fundamental to the Jewish State’s concept of national security.

Recently, doubts — sometimes tendentious — have been raised about this principle. In the opinion of the late former US ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk, for instance, the deployment of American aircraft carriers in the Mediterranean and Red Seas shows...