Communications

Meir Elran is a retired IDF Brigadier General and former Deputy Chief of Military Intelligence. In my previous visits to Israel, he hosted my graduate students at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), discussing responses to terrorism. He and his colleagues have analyzed polling and other data to understand the “pulse” of Israeli recovery after terrorist attacks....

“The feeling is that a major event happened, and if so, it appears Israel is on the verge of reorganizing its social contracts with the army,” Dr. Idit Shafran Gittleman, a senior researcher at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv, told The Media Line. “This is accompanied by the feeling that the Haredi society now needs to decide whether it is with the...

Two key elements will lead to victory in the difficult war imposed upon us on the cursed Saturday of October 7th: the IDF, which will bring the necessary military decision, and the national resilience that the Israeli society will express, which will bring recovery and prosperity after the war."

Brigadier-General (res.) Meir Elran studies the way societies and communities rebuild after calamities. A moment after Hamas’ horrifying attack, when the future appears darker than ever, he manages to find small reasons for optimism

If we unite, this will send a message to our enemies. The escalation with the Palestinians, as well as the worrying developments regarding Iran, have coincided with a major domestic Israeli crisis that has torn Israeli society apart. Our enemies tend to attack us even when they believe such actions would unite us, let alone when they think otherwise. Our political leaders need...

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...

If the current Israeli government harm’s Israel’s brand as a democracy, it could negatively impact US support to Jerusalem regarding the Iranian nuclear and other threats, the Institute for National Security Studies’ annual report said on Monday. Presented to President Isaac Herzog, it evaluates the full range of national security threats: from Iran, to Palestinian issues,...

A report published on Monday by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) on major threats to Israel in 2023 said that maintaining strong relations with the U.S. is the most important challenge for Israel in the coming year. The report also detailed two other major threats to Israel — the Iranian nuclear program, and a possible collapse of the Palestinian Authority...

Deterioration of democracy due to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, political polarization and the weakening of Israeli society's resilience pose some of the greatest short-term strategic threats to Israel, an assessment by the Institute for National Security Studies has found. The report connects the rising polarization and declining resilience in Israeli...

Former IDF intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman unloaded against Noam Party leader Avi Maoz on Thursday regarding a request he made to the military to close up the office of Gender Advisor, which assists with improving the work environment for women and LGBTQ+ personnel. “I cannot imagine the intelligence wing without women and without the LGBT community...