chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך

Former dpty national security advisor in Israel and senior fellow Harvard, now prof Tel Aviv and Columbia Universities. לשעבר סגן ראש המל"ל , כיום אקדמאי

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My new study for the @MiddleEastInst "A Post-War Model for Verifying Iran’s Missile Arsenal"
https://t.co/yI5iBnLMuM

[Michael Kruse @michaelkruse]

“Iran came out stronger, and I believe is now the regional hegemon,”@chuck_freilich tells @halbfinger. “They stood up to the U.S., the global superpower. They can have missiles, and there’s nothing in the agreement about the nuclear issue except we’ll talk about it. This is an Iranian victory over the U.S. and Israel.” https://t.co/ow1RvyllT7

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My new study for the @MiddleEastInst "A Post-War Model for Verifying Iran’s Missile Arsenal"
https://t.co/yI5iBnLMuM

[Middle East Institute @MiddleEastInst]

This study by @chuck_freilich offers a model for constraining and verifying Iran’s ballistic missile arsenal:

1. Comprehensive baseline declarations
2. Missile test and launch monitoring
3. Intrusive inspections
4. Quantitative and qualitative limits on missile capabilities
5. Production controls
6. A robust enforcement and compliance architecture
7. Regional confidence-building measures
https://t.co/vUpkEiw3c7

[Middle East Institute @MiddleEastInst]

In the aftermath of the US-Israeli war with Iran, one of the thorniest issues facing Washington will be how to ensure that Tehran's ballistic missile arsenal remains significantly reduced. A new report by @chuck_freilich proposes a way of doing this: https://t.co/ZNSg00EFVa

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

"Israel Needs Leadership Capable of Spearheading a New Zionist Revolution" - my new op-ed in @haaretzcom, together with @YairGolan.

https://t.co/Avh05SCcJf

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

"Israel Needs Leadership Capable of Spearheading a New Zionist Revolution" - my new op-ed in @haaretzcom, together with @YairGolan.

https://t.co/Avh05SCcJf

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

מאמר משותף של יאיר גולן ושלי מיום ששי האחרון בהארץ: להיות שמאל ציוני היום זה מעל הכל להבטיח שילדינו ירצו לחיות כאן

https://t.co/kXW9TA3LbK

Israel #YairGolan#

[Azriel Bermant @azrielb]

Sir John Sawers, former MI6 Chief, asserted on @BBCr4today this morning that “we are living in Alice in Wonderland. The ceasefire is intact as long as the president says it is intact, regardless of rocket attacks on U.S. ships and Emirati oil installations." He described the war against Iran as "misguided" and built on "false premises."

The Trump administration is well aware that the war is unpopular in the United States. U.S. Secretary of State Rubio is now declaring that the offensive stage of the war is "over."

It is a very different story in Israel. The Israeli public is largely supportive of the war's objectives; yet it is very unhappy about the outcome. Israelis are dazed and confused, trapped by their prime minister’s grand promises of "total victory" and a reality of persistent insecurity. As former Israeli deputy national security adviser @chuck_freilich told me recently, the war has been “a military success but a strategic failure... Bibi and Trump messed up in the worst way possible."

For this very reason, it is likely that the war will resume sooner rather than later. My latest on Substack: https://t.co/GCqENIv8dB

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My latest op-ed in Haaretz: Contrary to Popular Belief Among Americans, the U.S. Didn't Fight Israel's War in Iran

https://t.co/agxHw7PDKt
#Israel #iran #IranWar‌

[BICOM 🇬🇧 🇮🇱 @BritainIsrael]

☢️ The question of uranium remains front and centre in the ongoing US-Iran negotiations.

Much of the attention has focused on Iran’s roughly 450kg stockpile of highly enriched uranium, believed to be buried deep beneath the rubble of nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz. But there is another issue that should not be overlooked: Iran’s uranium enriched to 20%.

💬 As Professor @chuck_freilich explains in the latest episode of our podcast: “To go from zero or even 3.67 to 20% is hard. To go from 20% to 90% is actually quite easy.”

Find out more about the current state of the war with Iran and Hezbollah in the latest episode of our podcast, available on your favourite podcast platform.

[Saffiyah @saffiyah_huyyay]

@AlArabiya_Eng @chuck_freilich @Cenk @cenkuygur is a Turkish implant on native American lands.

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My latest op-ed in Haaretz: Contrary to Popular Belief Among Americans, the U.S. Didn't Fight Israel's War in Iran

https://t.co/agxHw7PDKt
#Israel #iran #IranWar‌

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Unicultural thinking...

[India Today Global @ITGGlobal]

#Exclusive: Former Israeli Deputy National Security Adviser Prof. Chuck Freilich calls the US-Israel war on Iran a military success but strategic failure, exposing serious gaps in planning and unmet core objectives.

He warns that Iran’s growing leverage over key waterways could shift regional power dynamics.

Does this change the balance of power in the Middle East?

@Geeta_Mohan | @chuck_freilich

(0:50) - Military Success vs. Strategic Failure

(2:22) - The Ceasefire and Pakistan’s Mediation

(4:32) - Status of the Strait of Hormuz

(6:00) - Planning Deficiencies

(7:30) - Netanyahu’s Political Future

(9:12) - Israel’s Multi-Front Conflict

(13:45) - US-Israel Relations

#IsraelIranWar #Iran #Israel #Geopolitics #MiddleEast #WorldNews #IndiaTodayGlobal

[Barbara Slavin @barbaraslavin1]

with the #ceasefire in #Iranwar even more apparent that from #Israel 's point of view, this conflict will end without any of its primary objectives having been fully achieved — a military success but strategic failure. read @chuck_freilich @StimsonCenter https://t.co/MTted2yIpV

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

@Peter2Richards @rmslim The source is the NYTimes

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

Worth your read!

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My recent op-ed in Haaretz: "Deconstructing J Street's Self-indulgent, Delusional and Immoral Reasons for Opposing the Iran War"
@jstreetdotorg #Iran #Israel

https://t.co/toytkYfOmK

[Rawan Osman روان عثمان @RawaneOsmane]

I lost count. This might be my 20th visit to Israel since October 7.

Not to Lebanon, where I grew up, where an economy survives on the support of visitors.
Not to crumbling Damascus, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, which offered me nothing but harassment and a birthplace on my passport.
But to Israel, during the worst war since its establishment.

Because I am a traitor.

I betrayed my friends and family, my educators, and the mainstream in Lebanon, Syria, across the Arab and Muslim worlds, in Europe, and in America.

Unlike the masses who have never set foot in Israel, I know that Israelis are not monsters. They do not seek war, nor do they wage it to conquer land. The accusations of genocide, the blood libels, the conspiracy theories—they are not rooted in reality. They are born of ignorance, and too often, of something darker.

At best, hostile opinions stem from a profound misunderstanding: of this war, of the history of this conflict, of political Islam and its ambitions, of Judaism, and certainly of Zionism.

But how could the average person not be confused?

A relentless campaign of misinformation defames Israel while elevating the Palestinian narrative into a simplistic story of pure victimhood. It is emotionally compelling. It is easy. It requires no deeper inquiry.

And so the question is never asked:

What happens the day after?

Would a Palestinian state focus on building a thriving society, contributing to the region and to the world?
Or would it continue a war against Israel?

History does not leave much room for doubt.

Every attempt at compromise has been met by rejection or violence. And yet, the pressure is always placed on Israel—to concede, to risk, to appease.

Why?

To satisfy crowds who chant slogans they barely understand?
To align with a cause that thrives not on building, but on perpetuating conflict?

Real genocides unfold across the world and are met with indifference. Millions of Kurds still seek a state. Others fight for self-determination without commanding global obsession.

The difference is not the cause.

The difference is the JEW.

The particular fixation on Israel cannot be separated from a much older story—one of projection, distortion, and hatred uniquely reserved for Jews.

I consider myself privileged.

Privileged to have seen through the lies I was taught—the lies you are told.
Privileged to have encountered the reality of a people who built, defended, and sustained a state against relentless hostility.

As a seeker of truth, I was met with warmth, love, and respect.

I have come to admire Israel and the Jewish people to such a degree that the noise—the accusations, the mob, the cowardice—has become irrelevant.

Yes, I am a traitor.

A traitor to narratives built on falsehood.
A traitor to expectations that demand loyalty to lies.
A traitor to a cause that demands endless sacrifice and conformity.
A traitor to a cause to which I owe nothing. On the contrary, it owes me.

I believe not what I was told, but what I see.

I choose truth over belonging because I am free.

If that makes me a traitor, so be it.

I stand, firmly and proudly, with Israel.

Am Yisrael Chai.

#Israel #palestine #October7

[chuck freilich צ'ק פרייליך @chuck_freilich]

My recent op-ed in Haaretz: "Deconstructing J Street's Self-indulgent, Delusional and Immoral Reasons for Opposing the Iran War"
@jstreetdotorg #Iran #Israel

https://t.co/toytkYfOmK