Tag: Israel

ISRAEL/PALESTINE/USA – Can Israel-Palestinian Negotiations Begin when Joe Biden Takes Office? (Pinhas Inbari, JCPA)

https://jcpa.org/can-israel-palestinian-negotiations-begin-when-joe-biden-takes-office/

ISRAEL – Israel’s “West Point” Increasingly Shapes the IDF Ground Forces (Yaakov Lappin, BESA Center)

The Israel Defense Forces’ Tactical Command College (TCC), the Israeli equivalent of the West Point military academy, is increasingly shaping the professional cadre of...

MOROCCO/ISRAEL – Moroccan team in Israel to set up liaison office: source (Al Arabiya)

Moroccan officials are in Israel laying the groundwork for the opening of a liaison office in the Jewish state, a source familiar with the...

MOROCCO/ISRAEL – How Moroccans reacted to normalization with Israel (Zineb Riboua, Atlantic Council)

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/how-moroccans-reacted-to-normalization-with-israel/

ISRAEL/USA/EUROPE – Israel: Note that the Sleeping Transatlantic Giant is Waking Up (Oded Eran, Shimon Stein, INSS)

After years of a weakening transatlantic alliance, exacerbated by President Trump's four years in office, strategic cooperation between the European Union and the United...

TURKEY/ISRAEL – Erdogan says Turkey wants better ties with Israel, talks continue (Al Jazeera)

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Turkey would like to have better ties with Israel and that talks at intelligence level continue between the two...

SYRIA/ISRAEL – Syria’s air defences ‘intercept barrage of Israeli missiles’ (Al Jazeera)

Syrian air defences have intercepted Israeli missiles over the western province of Hama, Syrian state TV said early on Friday, citing a military statement. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/25/syrias-air-defences-intercept-barrage-of-israeli-missiles

ISRAEL/PALESTINE – The ‘state-plus’ framework: A confederal solution for Israel-Palestine (Omar H. Rahman, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-state-plus-framework-a-confederal-solution-for-israel-palestine/

ISRAEL/PAKISTAN – Israel says Pakistan not among states it may have ties with (Al Jazeera)

Pakistan is not among the Muslim countries Israel is aiming to normalise relations with, an Israeli cabinet minister said. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/24/israel-says-pakistan-not-among-countries-to-normalise-ties-with

USA/ISRAEL – What will Biden’s policies on Israel look like? ( Richard Silverstein, Al Jazeera)

As President-elect Joe Biden announces the final choices for his cabinet, many in the American political establishment are breathing a sigh of relief. Predictability,...

EMIRATIS/ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS – The Emiratis in Jerusalem are a slap in the face for Palestinians (Jalal Abukhater, Al Jazeera)

This past year was full of adversity and hopelessness for many around the world. But for we Palestinians, it was even harsher – we...

CHINA/USA/ISRAEL – “China is National Security Threat No. 1″ to the United States – and to Israel? (Assaf Orion, INSS)

The United States Director of National Intelligence recently cast China as the number one threat to the US, described Beijing’s modus operandi, and called...

ISRAEL – The IDF Must Revamp Its Strategies (Maj. Gen. (res.) Gershon Hacohen, BESA Center)

If the IDF continues to operate according to its old conventions while Hezbollah continues to adapt itself to new realities, it could find itself...

PALESTINE/ISRAEL – “The Day After” Abu Mazen is Already Here (Michael Milstein, INSS)

"The day after" Abu Mazen need not differ from "the day before," but that largely depends on Israel. First, Israel must ensure the stability...

ISRAEL/CAUCASUS – Israel Needs a Caucasus Strategy (Dmitri Shufutinsky, BESA Center)

Israel must maintain its deep historic relationship with Azerbaijan, but the Jewish people also have common bonds with Armenians. Jerusalem must seek a larger...

MOROCCO/ISRAEL/WESTERN SAHARA/USA – Morocco’s partial normalization with Israel comes with risks and gains (Yasmina Abouzzohour, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2020/12/14/moroccos-partial-normalization-with-israel-comes-with-risks-and-gains/