Tag: Israel

(Israel) Israel’s upcoming election: Where did the occupation go? (Al Jazeera)

Akiva Eldar On the eve of its fourth election in two years, Israel is still not talking about the issues that really matter. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/3/18/israels-upcoming-election-where-did-the-occupation-go
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(Israel) Wanted: A Mapainik Leadership (BESA Center)

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen Amid Israel’s profound crisis over the past year, which has entailed a morass of security, social, economic, and ethical problems rooted in...
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(Jordan/Israel) The Canceled Visit of the Jordanian Crown Prince to the Temple Mount (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen The seemingly innocent plan to have Jordanian Crown Prince Hussein visit the Temple Mount on March 11 was not arranged by chance. No...
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(Iran/Saudi Arabia/Israel) Implications of the Latest Iranian Attack on Saudi Oil Facilities (BESA Center)

Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar Israel must take the recent Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia seriously, as those who attack sensitive Saudi sites with...
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(USA/Israel/Saudi Arabia/Iran) Biden Is Targeting Longstanding Alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia to Curry Favor with Iran (BESA Center)

Frank Musmar The Biden administration’s targeting of the US’s longstanding alliances with Israel and Saudi Arabia in order to placate Iran is not only immoral...
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(Jordan/Israel) Jordan’s crown prince steps to the fore amid strained relations with Israel (Brookings)

Bruce Riedel Jordan’s 26 year-old Crown Prince Hussein bin Abdullah is taking a higher profile in the country’s diplomacy. He was scheduled to make his...
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(France/Cyprus/Israel) For first time, France and Cyprus join Israel’s Noble Dina naval drill (Defense News)

Seth J. Frantzman France and Cyprus for the first time have joined the Israeli Navy-led Noble Dina naval exercise, which takes place annually but was canceled...
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(Israel/Sri Lanka) The Israeli-Sri Lankan Relationship (BESA Center)

Punsara Amarasinghe Following Indian premier Narendra Singh Modi’s historic visit to Israel in 2017, bilateral relations between India and Israel were elevated into a strategic...
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(Israel/Jewish National Fund) Let the Jewish National Fund Recommit to Its Original Mission (BESA Center)

Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen The decision by the new chairman of the Jewish National Fund to continue the Fund’s mission to purchase land throughout...
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(Korea/Israel) Korean and Israeli firms eye partnership to arm helicopter with kamikaze drones (Defense News)

Seth J. Frantzman Korea Aerospace Industries and Israel Aerospace Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding that aims to pair helicopters with loitering munitions and...
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(Israel) Here’s how Israel can maintain an advantage in the aerial systems race (Defense News)

Shachar Shohat and Yair RamatI For the past century, ever since the arrival of the aircraft on history’s stage as an effective and significant military combat tool,...
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(Israel) The Defense Budget for 2021 (INSS)

Shmuel Even, Sasson Hadad The defense budget for 2021 continues the defense budget of 2020, which itself is a continuation of the 2019 defense budget, approved...
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(Abraham Accords/Israel) The Abraham Accords: Contrasting Reflections (BESA Center)

Shmuel Trigano It may be time to take a step back to consider the implications of the new state of affairs ushered in by the...
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(Israel) See images of a secretive Israeli nuclear facility undergoing major construction (Defense News)

Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press A secretive Israeli nuclear facility at the center of the nation’s undeclared atomic weapons program is undergoing what appears to...
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(USA/Israel) What the United States Can Learn from Israel’s Vaccination Efforts (The National Interest)

Stephen Silver Their public vaccination campaign has gone well, although there are complaints about Jerusalem not yet offering the vaccine to all Palestinians. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/coronavirus/what-united-states-can-learn-israel%E2%80%99s-vaccination-efforts-178633
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(USA/Israel/Saudi Arabia) How Biden Will End the Trump Sugar High for Israel and Saudi Arabia (Politico)

AARON DAVID MILLER and RICHARD SOKOLSKY Elections have consequences. And nowhere are the consequences of Joe Biden’s election more worrisome than in Jerusalem and Riyadh. In the...
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