Communications

This week marks nine months since the horrific events of October 7 and the start of the Swords of Iron War. As of today, 120 Israeli hostages remain in Hamas captivity, and IDF forces are continuing operations in the Gaza Strip against Hamas and other terrorist organizations. Israel has emphasized that it is dedicated to allowing and facilitating the rapid and unimpeded...

A new study has cast doubt on the United Nations’ portrayal of the humanitarian situation in Gaza, revealing substantial discrepancies in reported aid figures and challenging the narrative of widespread famine. The research, conducted by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) and first published in Israel Hayom, exposes a pattern of selective data reporting that...

Dr. Tammy Caner, the lead researcher, conducted a comparative analysis of aid volume data published by Israel against figures released by UN agencies, including UNRWA, OCHA, and IPC. The investigation uncovered a startling discrepancy: approximately 10,000 aid trucks that entered Gaza during the conflict months were omitted from UN reports. While UN figures cite about 28,000...

In late January, 2024, it came to light that a dozen staff working with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) were directly involved with the barbaric Hamas-led terrorist attacks in Israel on October 7, 2023. Reports suggest the UNRWA employees participated in kidnappings, the distribution of ammunition, and murder – including the massacre at kibbutz...

Kobi Michael, a senior researcher at Tel Aviv’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), supports dislodging UNRWA, telling JNS that “UNRWA was born in sin and exists in sin, therefore, it should be dismantled. “It was established because of pressure by the Arab world as a platform to leverage the interests of Arab leaders against the State of Israel using the...

In facing this undisguised institutionalized prejudice, Israel has a crucial friend in the United States.

The Institute for National Security Studies at Tel Aviv University dubbed his form of diplomacy the “Mladenov approach.” Nowhere was that felt more than in Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza, which had thrice broken out into war – in the winter of 2008-2009, in 2012 and in the summer of 2014.

Orna Mizrahi, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told The Media Line there was debate within the newly formed Israeli government on the need to increase the UN force’s personnel. “I personally think it’s important to enlarge the force even if it is not doing as good a job as it could, refraining from entering private properties...

According to a report prepared by the Israeli Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) the situation in Egypt can change abruptly. Over the course of September 2019, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi faced his most severe public crisis since taking office in June 2014. Videos circulated widely on Facebook accused Egypt’s top military and political echelons of a...

Dr. Hatuel-Radoshitzky: "The difference between Ambassador Nikki Haley and her predecessors is the outspoken, assertive and direct way she confronted and dealt with anti-Israel bias in the UN. Part of her ability to act in this manner emanates from the backing and support she received from President Trump."