The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/dany-shoham/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:18:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Dany Shoham | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/dany-shoham/ 32 32 ‘Should there be a need’: The inside story of Israel’s chemical and biological arsenal https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-chemical-arsenal-in-the-spotlight/ Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:18:27 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=676990 What weapons does the Jewish state possess? Why did it seek them? And could Assad's apparent capitulation prompt calls for a wider cleansing?

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]]> Frustration, not panic, as Israelis jostle for gas masks https://www.timesofisrael.com/frustration-not-panic-for-war-wary-israelis/ Fri, 30 Aug 2013 03:30:57 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=655068 A glimpse of a gas mask distribution center; a talk with the former ‘national soother,’ and a reflection on Israel and chemical weapons

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]]> Why did the IDF’s top analyst drop his Syria WMD bombshell? https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-did-the-idfs-top-analyst-drop-his-syrian-wmd-bombshell/ Wed, 24 Apr 2013 21:44:13 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=475430 Was Itai Brun's public declaration that Assad's forces have used nerve gas an effort to push US intervention? Or was it an extraordinary gaffe?

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]]> Why Israel might have felt the imperative to strike in Syria https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-israel-might-have-felt-the-imperative-to-strike-in-syria/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 16:56:23 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=360588 A peek through the fog in the wake of Wednesday's unconfirmed attack, and an assessment of the likely fallout

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]]> Israel likely didn’t target chemical weapons convoy, expert says https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-likely-didnt-target-chemical-weapons-expert-says/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:41:47 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=359548 Such a strike would have caused 'significant environmental damage' that would have made larger impact, Dany Shoham tells Times of Israel

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]]> Assad may be preparing to take chemical weapons with him in a retreat from Damascus, Israeli expert says https://www.timesofisrael.com/assad-may-be-preparing-to-take-chemical-weapons-with-him-in-a-retreat-from-damascus-israeli-expert-says/ Fri, 07 Dec 2012 01:06:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=306008 Dictator's own father said to have used hydrogen cyanide against Muslim Brotherhood activists when killing 20,000 in Hama in 1982

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