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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

BESA Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

From left to right: David Weinberg, Greg Rosshandler, Efraim Inbar, Zeev Elkin, Yoram Halevy at the launching conference of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, November 6, 2017 (courtesy)
November 7, 2017, 1:58 am
New hawkish security think tank launched in Jerusalem
Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies, which recruited heavily from the Begin-Sadat Center, wants to promote a ‘conservative strategic worldview’
By Raphael Ahren
Avi Yacoby, left, poses for a photograph with his son Gilad, who later fell in the 2014 Gaza war. (Courtesy)
May 1, 2017, 1:57 pm
Israel’s bereaved are holy, but they don’t all want to be sacred cows
Politicians crossed a line when they yelled at the parents of fallen soldiers in the Knesset, but as those who lost loved ones demand answers, they know their beyond-reproach status is changing
By Judah Ari Gross
Fighters from the Islamic State group marching in Raqqa, Syria, January 14, 2014. (Militant photo via AP, File)
August 25, 2016, 10:34 pm
Smashing IS a ‘strategic mistake,’ says Israeli think tank chief
‘Keep the bad guys busy fighting each other,’ says Efraim Inbar of Begin-Sadat Center, slamming US for ‘helping’ Russia, Iran strengthen Mideast foothold
By Sue Surkes
Pro-Erdogan supporters hold an effigy of US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen hanged by a noose during a rally at Taksim square in Istanbul on July 18, 2016, following the failed coup attempt of July 15. (AFP/ OZAN KOSE)
July 19, 2016, 4:28 pm
Despite detente, Erdogan may find Israel too good a scapegoat to resist
Turkish leader can be expected to cite main suspect Fethullah Gülen’s past links to Israeli dignitaries, Bar-Ilan scholar Efrat Aviv says
By Raphael Ahren
Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir (center right) welcomes his Bahraini counterpart Khalid Bin Ahmad al-Khalifa (center left) and Gulf Cooperation Council Secretary General Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani of Bahrain (far right) upon their arrival for a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) extraordinary meeting in the Saudi capital Riyadh, January 9, 2016. (AFP/Ahmed Farwan)
July 19, 2016, 11:25 am
‘Arab world won’t go for Israeli diplomatic blitz, and Netanyahu knows it’
Gregory Gause, an expert on Saudi Arabia, says Jerusalem’s vision of Arab states normalizing ties with Israel first and then pressuring Ramallah is doomed to fail, and little more than a bid to buy time
By Raphael Ahren
Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in Knesset on June 1, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2016, 10:43 pm
Netanyahu tries to turn Arab Peace Initiative on its head
The Arab world has long conditioned normalized ties with Israel on a solution to the Palestinian conflict. The PM appears to be trying to reverse the process
By Raphael Ahren
US President Barack Obama listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during their visit to the Children's Memorial at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, Israel, March 22, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
March 8, 2016, 3:30 pm
Netanyahu’s unprecedented snub of Obama meeting defies explanation
The PM’s reasons for not going to DC don’t add up, experts say. And the way the saga played out has again injected unnecessary friction into the perennially fraught relationship with a key ally
By Raphael Ahren
A Jewish settler argues with a female soldier during the disengagement from the Gaza Strip on August 17, 2005. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/ Flash90)
July 20, 2015, 5:27 pm
Poll: Most Israelis opposed Gaza pullout, support a return
Population splits almost evenly on the question of evacuating West Bank settlements under certain conditions
By Jonathan Beck and Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini (L) in Jerusalem on November 7, 2014 (Kobi Gideon/GPO)
March 18, 2015, 10:46 pm
International pressure to grow after election, but sky won’t fall
A hawkish new Netanyahu government will face an angry White House and frustrated EU, yet things might not be as bad as they seem
By Raphael Ahren
Moshe Ya'alon, left, and Amos Yadlin (photo composite: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 13, 2015, 10:09 am
In election contest, two dueling defense doctrines
Moshe Ya’alon and Amos Yadlin, two contenders for defense minister, agree on much — but an ideological chasm divides them
By Mitch Ginsburg
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the US Congress in Washington, May 24, 2011. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
March 1, 2015, 2:27 pm
With dozens bailing, will PM address empty seats at Congress?
In 2011, Netanyahu received 29 standing ovations. This time, applause will be less overwhelming, underlining rift in bilateral ties, expert says
By Raphael Ahren
In this May 24, 2011, photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington. (photo credit: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
February 5, 2015, 10:30 pm
Should Netanyahu cancel his speech to Congress?
PM’s options amid crisis with the White House include calling his visit off, postponing it, remaking it, or taking a friend. For now, he’s set to proceed as planned
By Raphael Ahren
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the US Congress in Washington, May 24, 2011. (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90)
January 26, 2015, 8:19 pm
Netanyahu’s White House-defying speech could backfire
A polished address alone won’t lead lawmakers to back Iran sanctions bill. Pushed to a loyalty contest, even Republicans will side with Obama
By Raphael Ahren
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar, Monday, February 6, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Osama Faisal)
January 13, 2015, 8:42 pm
Despite his claims, unlikely Liberman convinced Qatar to boot Hamas head
Israel has almost no clout with Doha, and the FM saying he prodded the emirate’s crackdown on Islamists could actually sabotage the whole thing
By Raphael Ahren
US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro speaks at Bar Ilan University’s Besa Center on December 10, 2014 (Besa screenshot)
December 10, 2014, 4:54 pm
Obama will keep pushing for peace in final years of term, says US envoy
Dan Shapiro: White House will act with and without Congress to advance national security interests, in Middle East and elsewhere
By ToI Staff
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