Communications

"Saudi Arabia and the UAE do not necessarily prefer either Trump or Harris, they prefer stability and continuity," says Dr. Yoel Guzansky, head of the Gulf Program at Tel aviv University's Institute for National Security Studies (INSS). "It's hard for them when a new president comes along and completely changes the policy." In Trump's first administration, there were many...

Beni Sabti, a researcher in the Iran programme at the Institute for National Security Studies in Israel, said Mr Trump's return to power could force Iran to rethink plans to attack Israel, which itself last month hit a number of targets in Iran, including in Tehran. He said the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps may hold off on attacking Israel again over fears the US could...

Dr. Raz Zimmt, a senior fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, explained, “This may not necessarily reduce Iran's risk but could limit it to some extent.” “If the attacks are carried out by pro-Iranian militias based in Iraq, Israel might find it more challenging to justify further strikes on Iran, especially on oil and nuclear facilities,” Zimmt added....

Dr. Yehoshua Kalisky, Senior Researcher at INSS, a think tank in Tel Aviv, said that Iran’s intention was to “saturate the air defence system” by firing an unprecedented 180 missiles at the same time. Israel’s air defence system consists of several layers; the Iron Dome, David’s Sling and the Arrow weapon system, the world’s first anti-tactical ballistic missiles...

Yoram Schweitzer who heads the research program, "Terrorism and Low-Intensity Conflict" at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) stated: “When it comes to exiled opposition figures, the Iranians have been running amok – unhindered and for years.” He further noted that Iran has been targeting Israelis overseas. “When it comes to Israelis, there are periods when...

Membership in these groups changes often, said Chuck Freilich, senior researcher at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies. He wrote earlier this year that the shifting associations help blur the lines and camouflage operations. “The Basij, a paramilitary force under the [IRGC] and that is responsible for domestic order, claims to have 1,000 cyber battalions around...

“China used October 7th mainly against the US, as a chance to poke the US in the eye and show American double standard regarding human rights,” Galia Lavi, a researcher and Deputy Director of The Diane & Guilford Glazer Israel-China Policy Center at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) told The Media Line. “China portrays itself as promoting peace while...

Ben Sabti, a researcher at the Iran program at the Institute for National Security Studies, said that Iran’s message is one of “justice and blood revenge,” and that the sense of respect and dignity it gets from such diplomatic engagement is important to Tehran. ...But a direct Iranian attack on Israel is almost certain to take place despite any diplomatic efforts to deter...

Eldad Shavit and Chuck Freilich, authors of the INSS analysis, argue that a fresh US military deployment of warships and a squadron of fighter jets, announced on Friday, is “intended to minimise as much as possible” the risk of Iran “landing a blow that would force Israel to respond harshly and put the United States in a dilemma of how to act”. The argument has a clear logic,...