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Chuck Freilich
Syrian Kurds gather around a US armored vehicle during a demonstration against Turkish threats, next to a US-led international coalition base on the outskirts of Ras al-Ain town in Syria's Hasakeh province near the Turkish border, on October 6, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP)
October 11, 2019, 2:24 am
Ex-top security official: US Syria pullout bad news, but we can defend ourselves
While many are fretting about Trump’s isolationism and abandonment of allies, Yaakov Amidror insists: ‘I don’t think Israel needs to be worried’
By Raphael Ahren
A view of Haifa bay, April 24, 2018. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 20, 2018, 12:08 pm
Has Israel made a huge mistake letting a Chinese firm run part of Haifa port?
‘Why did we do it? I don’t know, but we needed someone to operate our ports quickly,’ says official, amid fears Beijing’s potential intelligence gathering could keep US navy away
By Raphael Ahren
PA President Mahmoud Abbas delivering a speech on August 15, 2018. (WAFA)
August 30, 2018, 2:57 pm
As Abbas appears to soften peace demands, PA officials say his views unchanged
After PA leader voices support for demilitarized Palestinian state, tempers tone on refugees, Palestinian sources say his stance has been consistent since the 1970s
By Raphael Ahren
Gonen Segev (L) speaks with then-prime minister Yitzhak Rabin during a conference in Jerusalem. (Government Press Office)
June 18, 2018, 10:42 pm
Ex-minister likely a spy who knew too little, but Iran still got an intel coup
Any info Gonen Segev may have given Iran would have been outdated, but recruitment of a former cabinet member is major win for Israel’s arch-foe, ex-national security adviser says
By Judah Ari Gross
Benjamin Netanyahu sits in the cockpit of a F-15 fighter jet at Hatzerim Air Base in southern Israel in August 2009. (Israel Defense Forces /Flash90)
May 21, 2018, 10:48 pm
Even hawks are wary of new law that lets PM, defense minister declare war
A reform allowing 2 people — or even just 1 — to send Israel into full-scale conflict was approved with little fuss, and nobody has yet appealed it. What’s going on?
By Raphael Ahren
Former deputy national security adviser Chuck Freilich. (Courtesy)
March 13, 2018, 4:01 am
Israel’s as secure as it’s ever been but that can change quickly, new book warns
Former deputy national security adviser Chuck Freilich talks about his new work, ‘Israeli National Security,’ and his grim but hopeful vision of the future
By Judah Ari Gross
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