March 19, 2014
11:28 pm

A Hezbollah supporter holds a portrait of her son, Ibrahim Kanso, 24, who was killed 40 days before, at Sayida Zeinab shrine during a battle in Syria against the Syrian rebels, May 24 (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah too busy to hit Israel, leaked cable claims

Terror group fingered in Monday’s cross-border attack; papers reportedly show calming overtures sent from Nasrallah last year

By Elhanan Miller and Itamar Sharon

January 28, 2014
3:01 am

Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90/File)

2013 was very good year for Israel’s security, says former MI chief

But 2014 spells trouble unless Israel starts making some tough decisions, says Amos Yadlin, urging unilateral withdrawal from West Bank if talks fail

By Mitch Ginsburg

January 27, 2014
10:55 pm

Amos Yadlin, former Director of Military Intelligence (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Ex-military intel chief backs ‘settlers in Palestine’ idea

Amos Yadlin says that while security would be problematic, there is no diplomatic obstacle to Israelis remaining in West Bank

By Spencer Ho

December 1, 2013
7:41 pm

Amos Yadlin attends his final session at the Knesset's Security and Foreign Affairs Committee as head of military intelligence, November 2, 2010. In the background: Then-committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Iran on cusp of getting the bomb, ex intel chief says

Amos Yadlin says Tehran now a ‘nuclear threshold state’ and that it made critical advances before deal with West; Likud MK calls interim agreement ‘surrender’

By Adiv Sterman

November 25, 2013
4:35 am

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius at the UN Palais on November 24, 2013, in Geneva, after announcing an interim deal at the Iran nuclear talks. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster, Pool)

Neither catastrophe nor cause for celebration

Looking at the nuts and bolts of the Geneva deal, experts suggest a glass half full — an assessment far rosier than the PM’s

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 24, 2013
7:05 pm

Amos Yadlin (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Iran unlikely to breach interim deal, says top Israeli analyst

They didn’t sign it to break it, asserts Amos Yadlin; a military strike could hardly have achieved more, adds Ehud Yaari

By Times of Israel staff

November 18, 2013
11:47 am

IAF soldiers preparing an F-16 for a combat sortie during the Second Lebanon War (Photo credit: Nati Shocat/ Flash 90)

Ex-IDF intel chief: Regional war unlikely if Israel strikes Iran

Overstating the threat of Iranian retaliation only increases the likelihood of an Israeli attack, Amos Yadlin warns

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 10, 2013
6:48 am

P5+1 delegations meet for talks on Iran's nuclear program at in Geneva November 7, 2013. (Photo credit: State Department/Twitter)

The devil is in the nuclear details

When talks resume, narrow specifics could make the difference between a deal that will keep Iran a safe distance from a nuke and one that will put it on the cusp of the bomb

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 7, 2013
10:10 am

Test launch of a Pakistan-made Shaheen ballistic missile (screen capture: Youtube/Al Jazeera English)

Saudi Arabia said to have bought nukes from Pakistan

Warheads stand ready for delivery if and when Iran goes nuclear, report says; Riyadh has the missiles needed to launch them

By Stuart Winer

November 7, 2013
6:32 am

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (photo credit: AP/Hassan Ammar/File)

Saudi nuclear weapons available ‘on order’ from Pakistan

From the web Multiple sources tell BBC that the kingdom has paid for, and believes it can obtain, an atomic bomb at will

November 6, 2013
10:41 pm

Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence, and current head of the Institute of National Security Studies (photo credit: Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Former intelligence chief speaks of Mavi Marmara ‘mistakes’

Amos Yadlin says both Turkey and Israel were to blame for incident, but that it would never happen again

By Stuart Winer

November 4, 2013
6:23 pm

Ex-Israeli intel chief: Obama will strike Iran if he must

Former military intelligence head says an American surgical airstrike against Iran is preferable to boots on the ground

By Elhanan Miller

October 24, 2013
2:49 am

US could accept Israeli strike on Iran soon, says former IDF intel chief

Amos Yadlin predicts Washington will be more tolerant of an Israeli attack late this year or early next if nuclear talks don’t yield results

By Times of Israel staff

October 3, 2013
4:32 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton attend a meeting of the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany on Thursday, September 26, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Jason DeCrow)

Can the Israeli and Iranian bare minimums overlap?

A look at Israeli requirements, and Iranian ambitions, in the final stretch of the Islamic Republic’s decades-old drive to nuclear weapons capability

By Mitch Ginsburg

September 17, 2013
10:21 am

Ex-IDF intel chief: Iran is caving because of sanctions, not Syria

Amos Yadlin says Rouhani’s reported readiness to close Fordo is due to economic interests, calls Iran-Syria link ‘weaker than we think’

By Michal Shmulovich and Raphael Ahren

Topic: Amos Yadlin

Hezbollah too busy to hit Israel, leaked cable claims

Terror group fingered in Monday’s cross-border attack; papers reportedly show calming overtures sent from Nasrallah last year

2013 was very good year for Israel’s security, says former MI chief

But 2014 spells trouble unless Israel starts making some tough decisions, says Amos Yadlin, urging unilateral withdrawal from West Bank if talks fail

Ex-military intel chief backs ‘settlers in Palestine’ idea

Amos Yadlin says that while security would be problematic, there is no diplomatic obstacle to Israelis remaining in West Bank

Iran on cusp of getting the bomb, ex intel chief says

Amos Yadlin says Tehran now a ‘nuclear threshold state’ and that it made critical advances before deal with West; Likud MK calls interim agreement ‘surrender’

Neither catastrophe nor cause for celebration

Looking at the nuts and bolts of the Geneva deal, experts suggest a glass half full — an assessment far rosier than the PM’s

Iran unlikely to breach interim deal, says top Israeli analyst

They didn’t sign it to break it, asserts Amos Yadlin; a military strike could hardly have achieved more, adds Ehud Yaari

Ex-IDF intel chief: Regional war unlikely if Israel strikes Iran

Overstating the threat of Iranian retaliation only increases the likelihood of an Israeli attack, Amos Yadlin warns

The devil is in the nuclear details

When talks resume, narrow specifics could make the difference between a deal that will keep Iran a safe distance from a nuke and one that will put it on the cusp of the bomb

Saudi Arabia said to have bought nukes from Pakistan

Warheads stand ready for delivery if and when Iran goes nuclear, report says; Riyadh has the missiles needed to launch them

Saudi nuclear weapons available ‘on order’ from Pakistan

From the web Multiple sources tell BBC that the kingdom has paid for, and believes it can obtain, an atomic bomb at will

Former intelligence chief speaks of Mavi Marmara ‘mistakes’

Amos Yadlin says both Turkey and Israel were to blame for incident, but that it would never happen again

Ex-Israeli intel chief: Obama will strike Iran if he must

Former military intelligence head says an American surgical airstrike against Iran is preferable to boots on the ground

US could accept Israeli strike on Iran soon, says former IDF intel chief

Amos Yadlin predicts Washington will be more tolerant of an Israeli attack late this year or early next if nuclear talks don’t yield results

Can the Israeli and Iranian bare minimums overlap?

A look at Israeli requirements, and Iranian ambitions, in the final stretch of the Islamic Republic’s decades-old drive to nuclear weapons capability

Ex-IDF intel chief: Iran is caving because of sanctions, not Syria

Amos Yadlin says Rouhani’s reported readiness to close Fordo is due to economic interests, calls Iran-Syria link ‘weaker than we think’

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