Communications

Sima Shine is a former Mossad analyst and current director of the Iran and the Shi'ite Axis research program at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. She told 60 Minutes that Hezbollah has been "defeated to a certain degree" and that the assassination of its head Nasrallah, and other leadership figures, was a devastating blow. "They are a completely...

Sima Shine, an Iran expert who previously served in Military Intelligence's Research Division and headed research at the Mossad, says, "Israel needs to be involved, or at least formulate a plan, regarding the possibility of regime change in Iran, but in my opinion, it's not doing enough. There are things I tried to promote over the years, but there wasn't really a receptive...

Yet Iran’s nuclear advancements continue. According to Sima Shine, director of the Iran and the Shi’ite Axis Research Program at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, within two to three weeks, Iran can enrich enough uranium for three nuclear devices. The parallel effort of creating a nuclear warhead, she told JNS this month, would take more time, though...

"From Israel's point of view, it is a huge demonstration of capabilities," said Sima Shine, an Iran specialist at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. "I think it is the first time that many, many airplanes were flying to Iran, attacking in Iran, (and) coming back safely." ...Danny Citrinowicz, another Iran expert at the INSS, believes that Israel's...

Sima Shine, director of the Iran and the Shi’ite Axis Research Program at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security Studies, highlighted the alarming progress, telling JNS that it was important to distinguish between Iran’s fissile material and the actual work of building a nuclear bomb. “Regarding fissile material, they are very, very close. Within two to three...

With many Israelis celebrating the Jewish new year this week, the holidays may "not a good time to retaliate", said Danny Citrinowicz, an Iran specialist at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv. "But I don't think it will take much time," he said. ...Iran has "already thought things through, to some extent at least. They are ready," said Citrinowicz,...

“It’s a full-scale operation on the ground,” said Sima Shine, an expert on Iran and its proxies at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. “There are many soldiers” now in Lebanon, she said, raising the risk of more military casualties. For nearly a year, Israel and Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, had traded near-daily fire across the border, exchanges...

“We are in a different story right now,” said Yoel Guzansky, a former senior security official who oversaw Iran strategy on Israel’s National Security Council. “We have a consensus in Israel — among the military, the defense experts, analysts and politicians — that Israel should respond in force to Iran’s attack.” ...Now, many have an increased tolerance for short-term danger...

"The question will be whether to go wider or no," Shine, who now serves as director of the Shiite Axis research program at Israel's Institute for National Security Studies, said. "And from what I understand, there is an ongoing consultation of the cabinet; they, together with the Americans that are in a very delicate time now, a month before elections." ...Casey Babb, who...