September 18, 2016
3:24 pm

The signing of the US-Israel military aid deal in the State Department on September 14, 2016 (Israeli Embassy, Washington)

Ungrateful Israel owes the US a simple thank you

Op-ed: Nobody put a (US-funded) gun to our heads. We chose to sign the $38 billion military aid deal. We should stop moaning about it

By David Horovitz

September 16, 2016
8:24 am

Amos Yadlin, former director of military intelligence, Jan 2012. (Gideon Markowicz/Flash90)

Ex-defense official: US military aid is actually $100m less than past deal

Amos Yadlin says new package sees Israel ‘paying for’ Netanyahu’s 2015 speech to Congress; claims Washington ‘stung’ PM, Congress and AIPAC

By Times of Israel staff

July 22, 2016
7:09 pm

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

Former Israeli general: Assad’s actions resemble ‘genocide’

Amos Yadlin says Syrian regime has caused far more deaths than Islamic State, but receives far less media attention

By Times of Israel staff

April 26, 2016
10:50 am

Amos Yadlin speaks at an IsraPresse event for the French-speaking community at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center, Jerusalem, February 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ex-military intel chief urges PM to hedge bets, accept US aid package

As senators push for more funding, White House official says talks with Israeli officials aim for ‘largest single pledge’ ever of military assistance

By Raoul Wootliff

March 26, 2016
11:54 pm

Former military intelligence chief Amos Yadlin in Jerusalem, February 22, 2015. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Ex-defense official says Syrian threat to Israel greatly reduced

Amos Yadlin says 90% of missiles previously targeting Israel are gone; still, volatility north of border constitutes a major danger

By Times of Israel staff

March 4, 2016
10:14 am

File: A photo taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows a Hamas outpost on a hill (right) along the border, February 25, 2016. (AFP/Jack Guez)

Why is Israel sitting around waiting for the next war with Hamas?

The terror group’s cross-border tunnels represent a grave threat to Gaza-adjacent communities, but for now Israel’s military planners prefer uneasy quiet to war

By Judah Ari Gross

November 3, 2015
1:35 am

Former IDF chief of staff Benny Gantz delivers a speech during a conference called 'From Operation Protective Edge to the Third Intifada' at Sapir College in Sderot on Nov. 2, 2015. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

Then-IDF chief Benny Gantz blandly defends operation against Hamas as ‘the right thing to do,’ but joins chorus concluding it achieved little

By Judah Ari Gross

October 18, 2015
9:21 pm

Ex-defense official gives US, Israel 5-year window to unite against Iran

Speaking in DC, Amos Yadlin warns nuke deal only temporarily rolls back Tehran’s capabilities, urges Jerusalem to keep trying to improve it

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

August 4, 2015
6:18 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry quotes a Washington Post article, which cites Israeli ex-security personnel who supposedly support the Iran nuclear deal, during a Senate hearing on July 23, 2015. (Screen capture: RollCall)

Despite White House claims, Israel’s security chiefs are split on Iran deal

Obama administration keeps hailing defense officials’ ostensible backing of nuclear accord loathed by Netanyahu; but the picture is far more nuanced

By Judah Ari Gross

July 24, 2015
11:11 pm

Amos Yadlin speaks to Channel 10, July 24, 2015 (Channel 10 screenshot)

Yadlin: Israel now has five years to ensure we can stop Iran

Deal is flawed, says ex-IDF intel chief, but initially it improves Israel’s security situation because Tehran’s program will be reduced and subject to more inspection

By Times of Israel staff

July 24, 2015
9:29 pm

Ex-intel chief briefly held up at London airport

Heading think tank delegation, Amos Yadlin says he was stopped for 10 minutes by border control before allowing to proceed

By Times of Israel staff

June 28, 2015
10:00 am

Members of Israel's Druze minority shout slogans and wave their flags during a march in the Druze village of Yarka, Israel, Sunday, June 14, 2015 (AP/Ariel Schalit)

For Israel, a Druze dilemma

Ex-intelligence chief says Jerusalem may be forced to strike Syrian Islamists over the border to protect minority communities

By Elhanan Miller

May 12, 2015
9:16 am

Infantry soldiers operating on the ground during Operation Protective Edge, July 20, 2014. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flickr)

Breaking the Silence bids to place IDF, Hamas on level field

At the heart of the NGO’s headline-making report is an effort to compel Israel to treat enemy civilians the way it would its own. And that, say those who set the IDF’s ethical guidelines, is both impracticable and immoral

By Mitch Ginsburg

April 5, 2015
11:49 am

Ex-intel chief: Deal could set back Iran’s nuclear program by years

Amos Yadlin says framework can’t be called a ‘bad deal’; ex-Mossad chief Halevy says military strikes could only delay, not stop Iranian program

By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff

April 3, 2015
3:32 pm

US President Barack Obama speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, April 2, 2015, about the Iranian nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Defeatist Obama’s deal with the devil

What was needed, and what was possible, was a better deal, but the US president lacked the resolve to insist upon it

By David Horovitz

Topic: Amos Yadlin

Ungrateful Israel owes the US a simple thank you

Op-ed: Nobody put a (US-funded) gun to our heads. We chose to sign the $38 billion military aid deal. We should stop moaning about it

Ex-defense official: US military aid is actually $100m less than past deal

Amos Yadlin says new package sees Israel ‘paying for’ Netanyahu’s 2015 speech to Congress; claims Washington ‘stung’ PM, Congress and AIPAC

Former Israeli general: Assad’s actions resemble ‘genocide’

Amos Yadlin says Syrian regime has caused far more deaths than Islamic State, but receives far less media attention

Ex-military intel chief urges PM to hedge bets, accept US aid package

As senators push for more funding, White House official says talks with Israeli officials aim for ‘largest single pledge’ ever of military assistance

Ex-defense official says Syrian threat to Israel greatly reduced

Amos Yadlin says 90% of missiles previously targeting Israel are gone; still, volatility north of border constitutes a major danger

Why is Israel sitting around waiting for the next war with Hamas?

The terror group’s cross-border tunnels represent a grave threat to Gaza-adjacent communities, but for now Israel’s military planners prefer uneasy quiet to war

A year after Gaza war, Israel’s military experts wonder: Was it worth it?

Then-IDF chief Benny Gantz blandly defends operation against Hamas as ‘the right thing to do,’ but joins chorus concluding it achieved little

Ex-defense official gives US, Israel 5-year window to unite against Iran

Speaking in DC, Amos Yadlin warns nuke deal only temporarily rolls back Tehran’s capabilities, urges Jerusalem to keep trying to improve it

Despite White House claims, Israel’s security chiefs are split on Iran deal

Obama administration keeps hailing defense officials’ ostensible backing of nuclear accord loathed by Netanyahu; but the picture is far more nuanced

Yadlin: Israel now has five years to ensure we can stop Iran

Deal is flawed, says ex-IDF intel chief, but initially it improves Israel’s security situation because Tehran’s program will be reduced and subject to more inspection

Ex-intel chief briefly held up at London airport

Heading think tank delegation, Amos Yadlin says he was stopped for 10 minutes by border control before allowing to proceed

For Israel, a Druze dilemma

Ex-intelligence chief says Jerusalem may be forced to strike Syrian Islamists over the border to protect minority communities

Breaking the Silence bids to place IDF, Hamas on level field

At the heart of the NGO’s headline-making report is an effort to compel Israel to treat enemy civilians the way it would its own. And that, say those who set the IDF’s ethical guidelines, is both impracticable and immoral

Ex-intel chief: Deal could set back Iran’s nuclear program by years

Amos Yadlin says framework can’t be called a ‘bad deal’; ex-Mossad chief Halevy says military strikes could only delay, not stop Iranian program

Defeatist Obama’s deal with the devil

What was needed, and what was possible, was a better deal, but the US president lacked the resolve to insist upon it

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