Communications

Now, former Deputy National Security Advisor Chuck Freilich told POLITICO that escalating tensions on the border with Lebanon could take a toll on the power grid. Israeli forces this week struck at the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in the south of the country, hitting over 270 targets. “If Hezbollah decides they’re going to attack power plants and other sites, it’s a...

“If there is an organisation that can really jeopardise Israel, it is Hezbollah, not only because of the sheer number of weapons but also because of the proximity,” said Danny Citrinowicz, a researcher and a former Israeli military intelligence officer. ...Despite Israel's active defensive capabilities, Hezbollah's extensive missile coverage and unmanned aerial vehicle...

Speaking at a conference organized by The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) in the southern city of Sderot, Goldstein said that Israel will be "uninhabitable" after 72 hours without power. "You look at all of our infrastructure, the optical fibers, the ports – and I won't go into the sensitive things – we are not in a good place."

CEO of Noga - Israel Independent System Operator Ltd., Shaul Goldstein, said there is no guarantee that there will be electricity in Israel in the event of a future war with Hezbollah on Thursday at the Institute for National Security Studies conference in Sderot. “After 72 hours without electricity in Israel, living here will be impossible. We are not in a good state and...

According to Dr. Ariel Heimann, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and a geologist, earthquakes along the Syrian-African Rift in Israel can be traced back as far as the eighth century and have occurred around every 80 years. The last major quake of magnitude six or higher was in 1995 in the Eilat region. It did not cause devastation because it...

Over the past decade Israel has turned its gaze westwards and paid increasing attention to developments in the eastern Mediterranean. A central factor has undoubtedly been the discovery of gas fields along the coast (the first was found in 1999, and the largest fields were discovered since 2009). As a result, Israel has become more deeply aware of the importance of positioning...

Environmental challenges are creating new priorities for countries in the Middle East and the Mediterranean and increasing cross-border cooperation – including between Israel and Arab countries. Such cooperation can assist in tackling climate change through a regional and global lens, can foster regional stability, maintain and expand circles of peace and normalization, and...

Although Israel is expected to send an emergency aid mission to Turkey, it is far from ready for dealing with such an event within its own borders, said Dr. Ariel Heimann, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies and a former senior researcher at the Geological Survey of Israel. “One hundred percent we will have such an earthquake. A major and a...

"For Israel, a deal on the maritime border is really about solving a security and strategic threat," argues Orna Mizrahi, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies, based in Tel Aviv. She stresses how a deal could defuse a potential source of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, which is heavily armed and backed by Iran, but says there is great...