Communications

The reaction to the proposed reform has been unprecedented in Israeli history: massive protests took place across the country, with as many as 200,000 people flooding the streets in Tel Aviv and over 500,000 countrywide; a countrywide strike was called out by Israel’s Histadrut trade union; and as many as 750 reservists of the Israeli Defense Forces stopped answering their...

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.

During his speech at the INSS Annual Conference, January 28, 2021, Israeli Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Aviv Kochavi raised several points that garnered broad public attention. Perhaps most notable of these was his comprehensive survey of the threats that Israel faces from “terror armies,” especially Hezbollah, and how Israel should handle these threats. In this...

Utilizing military means to bring about the downfall of Hamas might lead to a scenario that is highly dangerous to Israel’s national interests.

Diplomatic measures and economic sanctions are not working; the US and Israel need to find new responses to Iranian aggression.

United States policy towards West Bank settlements has evolved since the end of the Six Day War in June 1967. After the war, Israelis began moving into the recently captured West Bank for religious and economic reasons. In part because the United States had assumed that this area (and other recently captured territories) would be held as a “deposit” by Israel to be returned to...

Last month, the Israeli military confirmed that it conducted the 2007 air strike that destroyed the Syrian nuclear facility in the Deir al-Zour region. While the international community had long known that Israel was behind the attack, this much-delayed confirmation was a timely reminder of Israel’s impressive intelligence and air capabilities. Nevertheless, this renewed focus...

Last month, Israeli helicopters shot down an Iranian drone after it entered Israeli airspace from Syria. The drone was allegedly launched from Tiyas Military Airbase, approximately 250 kilometers (155 miles) east of the Syrian-Israeli border. The Israeli Air Force had apparently tracked the drone from its launch and waited to shoot it down over Israeli airspace.

President of the United States Donald Trump came into office as a self-described outsider and deal-maker seeking to disrupt the status quo and challenge prevailing political norms. At least with respect to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Trump has stayed true to his word, as recent months have been marked by various shifts in United States attitudes in the region.

As one examines the massive efforts exercised by the Obama administration to conclude an agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear project, one cannot escape the conclusion that a major change has occurred in the US attitude towards Iran in recent years. From a state that was considered and described frequently as a major enemy of the United States, and one that poses grave...