Communications

Tel Aviv University lecturer Ofir Winter explained that the Egyptians were embarrassed by several reports that appeared in the Israeli media prior to the August violence. This included a June report that IDF fighter jets had shot down an unarmed Egyptian drone that crossed into Israeli airspace. The drone shooting was coordinated, but Egypt would have preferred that it not be...

Israeli work permits boosted Gazans’ monthly income to about four times the average wage in the enclave, according to a recent study by Haggay Etkes of the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies and Wifag Adnan of NYU Abu Dhabi. ... “The weaknesses of this [policy] path comes from the fact that the peace it offers will always be temporary and fragile,” said Meir...

While Operation Breaking Dawn has seen a slight revival of Israeli deterrence thanks to the return of the threat of preemptive action, deterrence was also degraded by letting Hamas off the hook.

Operation Breaking Dawn ended after three days of fighting between Israel and the Islamic Jihad as Jerusalem crediting it with a military and mental achievement. Even if the achievement does not change the complex reality in the Gaza Strip, it does influence the internal balance of power in the Palestinian arena itself.

Da parte sua, Israele afferma che sono state distrutte strutture per la produzione di armi e la Jihad islamica è stata decapitata di alcuni dei suoi vertici, tra cui Taysir al Jabari, capo del braccio militare del gruppo, ucciso nel primo attacco di venerdì 5 agosto. “La Jihad islamica è stata umiliata in tre giorni di operazione”, ha dichiarato in un evento online organizzato...

"It’s a very radical and dangerous organization that doesn’t have any aspiration to become the ruler of any Palestinian territory, contrary to Hamas," explained Kobi Michael, senior research fellow at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) in Tel Aviv, during an online briefing for journalists organized by Europe Israel Press Association on Monday.

Dr Kobi Michael, former head of the Palestinian desk at Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs, said PIJ were prepared to act because they felt they could now “change the equation” in their struggle against the Jewish state. PIJ secretary-general Ziyad Nakhalah was under pressure from Iran – which backs and funds the militia – to deliver a major attack on Israel’s borders in...

existenzrecht Sowohl der PIJ als auch die Hamas lehnen Israels Existenzrecht ab und bekämpfen den jüdischen Staat mit Gewalt. Beide haben sich in der Vergangenheit nicht gescheut, massenhaft Raketen auf zivile Ziele in Israel abzufeuern. Der PIJ verfüge aber im Gegensatz zur Hamas über keine zusätzlich politische und soziale Idee, sondern sei eine reine Terrortruppe, so Kobi...

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad is an older organization than the other terrorist group, Hamas, that governs the Gaza Strip. "It’s a very radical and dangerous organization that doesn’t have any aspiration to become the ruler of any Palestinian territory, contrary to Hamas," explained Kobi Michael, senior research fellow at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS) in...

Dr Kobi Michael, former head of the Palestinian desk at Israel’s Ministry for Strategic Affairs, said PIJ were prepared to act because they felt they could now “change the equation” in their struggle against the Jewish state. PIJ secretary-general Ziyad Nakhalah was under pressure from Iran – which backs and funds the militia – to deliver a major attack on Israel’s borders in...