Communications

Tamir Hayman, a former head of Israeli military intelligence who now heads the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, said “the military success has been exceptional”. Israel’s ground campaign resulted in the “systematic destruction” of Hizbollah positions — bunkers, weapons caches and firing positions — in the border region, he said, making it safer for Israeli...

In a conversation with Amir Rapaport, Founder and Editor-in-chief of Israel Defense and Cybertech, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), discussed Israel's current conflict in the context of broader global changes.

At a time when Israeli and Middle Eastern security is shifting at breakneck speed, the coming U.S. elections have tremendous implications for the region. On a few crucial fronts, policy areas will remain the same no matter which candidate wins. China will likely remain the main rival of the United States, and Washington will seek to curtail its reach, setting the stage for...

Iranian-born Israeli Beni Sabti, also a researcher at the INSS, told Iran International that Iranians are catching “people or communities in Israel who are not paid enough and are dissatisfied in life”, a vulnerable sector of society which now numbers around one million of Israel’s 10 million population. ... Tamir Hyman, the former head of Israeli defense intelligence and head...

Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman, head of the Institute for National Security Studies, said on Haaretz's Hebrew-language podcast on Sunday that the statements coming from Iranian officials are meant to give the country's supreme leader "maximal flexibility" in making his decision. Ambiguity, the former director of Military Intelligence explained, keeps Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's...

Israel’s opportunity to dial down its multi-front war goes beyond Gaza, said Tamir Hayman, former head of Israeli military intelligence and executive director of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. Israel should now tell Iran that, if it wants to avoid a direct war with Israel and save what’s left of its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, it should pressure Hamas...