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The successful passing of the 2021-2022 state budget earlier this month has opened a window of opportunities to hold a serious debate on Israel's long-term strategic challenges. Obviously, and justly so, the first thing that comes to mind is the matter of security. Over the years, the country has become accustomed to seeing security as the most critical tool for its continued...

This might also be part of the reason why the vast majority of the doses pledged to the Palestinians by the international community have yet to arrive in PA areas. “If it was so simple, then they would have received many thousands of vaccines from multiple sources, and would have vaccinated,” said Kobi Michael, senior research fellow at INSS and former head of the Palestinian...

According to Galia Lavi, a research fellow at the Israel-China program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, China has sold and donated vaccines to MENA countries. Egypt has launched its vaccine drive using the Sinopharm vaccine, with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey greenlighting the inoculation for use.

According to Galia Lavi, a research fellow at the Israel-China program at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, China has sold and donated vaccines to MENA countries. Egypt has launched its vaccine drive using the Sinopharm vaccine, with United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey greenlighting the inoculation for use. ...Zvi Magen, a...

Iran could decide to hit Israel hard in 2021 if it views the incoming Biden administration as restrained, according to the INSS annual report issued on Wednesday. Covering regular national security issues from Hezbollah to Syria to Hamas, to the impact of normalization and diplomacy with the Palestinian Authority, the report also addresses less conventional security dilemmas...

Former Health Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman-Tov has joined the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) as a research fellow, one of Israel's leading think tanks, according to a press release from the organization on Thursday. Siman-Tov will lead research that examines the central role of the healthcare system within Israel's security apparatus. He will...

Russia is using cyber and disinformation to bolster its standing regarding everything surrounding the issue of a coronavirus vaccine, former IDF Intelligence officer Lt.-Col. (ret.) Daniel Rakov said at a recent cyber and intelligence conference.

Rather than looking at the coronavirus crisis as a marathon, the Israeli government ran it as a sprint. There was a strong and correct beginning, with a swift and strict lockdown, but at the 100 meter line, the government lost interest and took a break while the virus raced ahead. Resisting a proper organizational structure for management of the crisis, including solid staff...

The crisis caused by the coronavirus presents Egypt with a slew of challenges: its large densely packed population; an economy exposed to global shockwaves; and a fragile health system. With the number of infections skyrocketing, the pandemic might exacerbate Egypt’s financial struggles and endanger its political stability. Those most vulnerable to the virus’ economic effects...

The rapid rise in the number of persons infected with COVID-19 in the West Bank has taken place because the Palestinian Authority does not control its borders and the crossings to Israel, in addition to the latter’s “racist measures,” PA Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh said on Monday. Gilead Sher, a senior researcher at the Tel Aviv-based Institute for National Security...