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  • Adv. Yifa Segal

The Sweet Victory Against Ben & Jerry’s Deters Others

With the defeat of Ben& Jerry's attempted boycott, a new equation was created – boycotting...
Ben and Jerry's truck in Israel
  • Professor Efraim Inbar

What is the agenda for the Eastern Mediterranean?

A more coherent common foreign policy agenda is needed to enhance the strategic significance of...
Greece Athens, Three-day meeting of Foreign Ministers of Greece, Nikos Dendias M , Israel, Yair Lapid R and Cyprus, Ioannis Kasoulidis L
  • Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

The US Defense Establishment’s Role in Shaping American Regional Strategy

Israel offers the US military and, even more so, the intelligence community critical support. For...
Israeli Minister of Defense Benjamin Benny Gantz with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
  • Dr. Jonathan Spyer

Latest Killings in Iran May Indicate a Notable Shift in Israeli Strategy

A notable change of the rules of engagement has taken place, in which the totality...
University students stand under a portraits of the assassinated Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps™ Commander, Colonel Sayyad Khodai, and the former Commander of IRGC™s Quds Force, General Qasem Soleimani
  • Professor Hillel Frisch

Increased and Targetted Force Reduced Violence in the Last Terror Wave

Israeli forces, again, consistently entered these towns and their environs almost daily to make arrests,...
Israeli soldier in Nablus, West Bank.
  • Prof. Eytan Gilboa

Connecting Strategic Dots: Biden’s Visit to the Middle East

During Biden's upcoming visit, he plans to form a regional defense alliance at a regional...
US President Joe Biden
  • Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman

Asking for Too Much: Will Hezbollah Prevent a Reasonable Compromise in the Lebanon-Israel Maritime Dispute?

The recurrent pattern of asking for more and more - reminiscent of the folk tale...
Lebanese Energy Minister Walid Fayyad (R) meets with U.S. Energy Envoy Amos Hochstein in Beirut, Lebanon
  • Professor Hillel Frisch

The Dangers of Exaggerating the Impact of the Death of an Al Jazeera Propagandist

An analysis of Google Trends demonstrates the dangers of exaggerating events easily and effectively manipulated...
May 17, 2022, Gaza city, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory Palestinians hold a symbolic funeral for slai
  • Professor Hillel Frisch

What is Different in this Wave of Violence and What Should be Done About It?

A static “dumb” security fence can hardly be effective against young and resourceful workers, many...
Palestinian workers try to enter Israel through a checkpoint between the West Bank city of Hebron and Beersheva.

The Meeting Between Assad and Khameini: What was on the Table? 

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad might have decided to cement his friendship with Tehran, fearing that...
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah ALI KHAMENEI on May 08, 2022 during a meeting with Syrian President BASHAR AL-ASSAD

Biden, Israel, and China: Making a Difficult Threesome Work

It is wrong to expect Israel, a middle-level economy, to decouple from China when far...
BIDEN speaks during a virtual summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett
  • Lt. Colonel (res.) Daniel Rakov

Israel Must Adjust its Ukraine Policy

The difficulties of the Russian military on the battlefield increase the possibility that in the...
Vladimir Putin and Sergey Shoigu
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