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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
Indian Ambassador to Israel Pavan Kapoor in his Tel Aviv office (Courtesy Indian Embassy Tel Aviv)
July 2, 2017, 9:26 pm
India has ‘matured,’ so ties with Israel are flowering, envoy says
Ahead of first-ever visit by an Indian PM, Ambassador Kapoor says New Delhi no longer ‘hyphenates’ its relationships with Jerusalem and Ramallah
By Raphael Ahren
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
Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, July 31, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Dan Balilty, pool)
August 11, 2014, 9:11 pm
What does Israel really expect to get out of the Cairo talks?
The goal is sustained quiet and demilitarization of Gaza. But amid reports of a return to the 2012 understandings, there’s a lot of confusion about how to get there
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with IDF chief Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz (standing directly behind him) and then-defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (seated right), monitoring IDF ground operations in Gaza during a meeting at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on July 18, 2014. (Haim Zach/GPO/Flash90)
July 28, 2014, 8:54 pm
IDF at Gaza crossroads as cabinet pulls in different directions
The tunnels are being neutralized. The question now is whether Israel will order troops into the heart of the Strip, where the Hamas military wing is holed up
By Mitch Ginsburg
Ron Pundak (left), and Abu Ala (photo credit: Courtesy Ron Pundak)
April 11, 2014, 1:54 pm
Ron Pundak, architect of Oslo Accords, dies at 59
Academic who initiated the secret channel that led to the Rabin-Arafat handshake 20 years ago succumbs to cancer
By Raphael Ahren and Lazar Berman
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)
October 3, 2013, 4:32 am
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
Bill Clinton looks on as Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat shake hands during the signing of the Oslo Accords, September 13, 1993. (photo credit: courtesy GPO)
September 15, 2013, 5:49 am
No regrets, many laments, from the architect of Oslo
Ron Pundak, who initiated the secret channel that led to the Rabin-Arafat handshake 20 years ago, argues that without the process he birthed, things today would be even worse
By Raphael Ahren
Illustrative photo of a Tomahawk cruise missile fired from aboard a US destroyer. (Wikimedia Commons)
August 25, 2013, 7:07 pm
Israel’s interest: That Assad not be victorious
On the eve of what seems to be imminent US action in Syria, two local experts have similar conclusions about Jerusalem’s preferred scenario
By Mitch Ginsburg
From left, Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Peres, Moshe Ya'alon and Benny Gantz at a ceremony in May. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2013, 4:44 pm
Strongman’s handcuffs: The futility of red lines
Pledging to take action if your enemy oversteps the mark has not always been the smartest strategy. As tension with Syria escalates, a look at Israel’s red lines, past and present
By Mitch Ginsburg
The bombed Israeli tour bus in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (photo credit: Dano Monkotovic/Flash90)
February 6, 2013, 7:34 am
Israel unlikely to retaliate after Bulgaria report
Netanyahu signals he will step up efforts to press EU to designate Hezbollah a terrorist group rather than take military action
By Tia Goldenberg
January 31, 2013, 6:56 pm
Why Israel might have felt the imperative to strike in Syria
A peek through the fog in the wake of Wednesday’s unconfirmed attack, and an assessment of the likely fallout
By Mitch Ginsburg
An infantry soldier on the Israel-Gaza border at the height of Operation Cast Lead, Jan 6 2009. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 12, 2012, 5:22 pm
Time to clear out Gaza terror once and for all, say some on right
But opposition warns against escalation and government rules out ground offensive, for now
By Raphael Ahren
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