Israeli Defense Forces Reservist On The Country's Military Strategy
Interview: Assaf Orion
NPR,
25 May, 2021
ORION: I believe they don't need the conflicts for inspiration, but they have the inspiration for conflicts. This is the fourth conflict in Gaza since Israel disengaged from the Strip in 2005. Strategically, that's the first time when Hamas opened a conflict not to improve governance and the economy of the Strip but seeking to dominate the Palestinian system, including the...
Between Gaza and the Gulf: The Abraham Accords, Israel, and Palestine
The National Interest,
24 May, 2021
Anyone who thought that the Abraham Accords would eliminate the need to address the Palestinian issue was wrong. The events in Jerusalem and Gaza mark the first significant tests of the normalization process.