Tag: Israel

(Israel/USA) Israeli raids on Syria followed alleged ‘US intel and Pompeo, Mossad chief meeting’ (The New Arab)

Israeli airstrikes on arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria which killed dozens of pro-Syrian regime fighters were carried out using intelligence provided by...

(Israel/Iran/USA) Returning to the Nuclear Agreement: Implications for Israel (Eldad Shavit, Sima Shine, INSS)

Senior members of the incoming US administration have stressed that they intend to advance a return by the United States to the nuclear deal...

(Israel/Iran/USA) Israeli Policy on Iran vis-à-vis the Biden Administration (Shimon Stein, Shlomo Brom, INSS)

Once President-elect Biden enters the White House, Israel will have to work with a president whose policy on Iran is expected to differ from...

(Israel/Syria) Israeli raids in Syria kill 16 soldiers, pro-Iran fighters: monitor (The New Arab)

Israeli night raids targeting arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least five soldiers and 11 allied fighters, the Syrian Observatory for...

(Israel/Palestine) Decolonising Israel, liberating Palestine: The roadmap to a one-state democracy (The New Arab)

If in order to start the process of decolonisation you have to first understand how colonisation happened, Pluto Press's new release from Jeff Halper...

(Israel, Syria) Israel carries out nearly 20 air raids in Syria: War monitor (Al Jazeera)

Israeli night raids which hit arms depots and military positions in eastern Syria killed at least five soldiers and 11 allied fighters, the Syrian...

(Israel) How Israel Is Adapting to the Growing Threat of Terror Armies (Yaakov Lappin, BESA Center)

The Israeli defense establishment is playing a central role in the country’s response to the coronavirus pandemic while also carrying out its many daily security missions....

(Israel) Israelis restart Netanyahu protests amid third virus lockdown (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of people demonstrated against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling on the long-serving leader to resign over corruption charges against him and his...

(Israel/Gaza Strip) The Joint Military Exercise in the Gaza Strip: Ostensible Strength in a Response to Weakness (Kobi Michael, Yohanan Tzoreff, INSS)

On December 28, 2020 a joint military exercise of the armed resistance organizations in the Gaza Strip was held. Led by Hamas, participants included...

(Israel/Gaza Strip) Implications for Israel of the Joint Terrorist Military Exercise in the Gaza Strip (Omer Dostri, BESA Center)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The first joint military exercise of the Gaza terrorist organizations was a milestone for Hamas, which wishes to unite these organizations in...

(Israel) Rafael combines technologies to give combat robots a ‘brain’ to map threats indoors (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

A robotic four-legged dog and a small drone infiltrated and mapped a building in an Israeli coastal community recently as part of Rafael Advanced...

ISRAEL – The secret sauce behind Israel’s successful COVID-19 vaccination program (Dany Bahar, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2021/01/05/the-secret-sauce-behind-israels-successful-covid-19-vaccination-program/

ISRAEL/INDIA/MRSAM – Israel and India test MRSAM air defense system (Seth J. Frantzman, Defense News)

Israel Aerospace Industries and the Indian government’s Defence Research and Development Organisation conducted a successful test of the MRSAM, a medium-range surface-to-air missile system. https://www.defensenews.com/training-sim/2021/01/05/israel-and-india-test-of-mrsam-air-defense-system/

ISRAEL – Rising Temperatures, Rising Risks: Climate Change and Israel’s National Security (Shira Efron, INSS)

The Middle East is one of the regions most vulnerable to climate change, including rising temperatures, water and consequently food shortages, rising sea levels,...

HAMAS/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY/ISRAEL – After Political Partition Between the PA and Hamas’s Gaza, Now Economic Boycott (Hillel Frisch, BESA Center)

Israel has been increasingly successful at confronting its foes one on one. The Palestinians have not operated against Israel as a united force since...

ISRAEL/YAD VASHEM – A Serious Moral Failure at Yad Vashem (Hanan Shai, BESA Center)

The public discourse on the issue of replacing the director of Yad Vashem indicates that the institution no longer presents the Holocaust as a...