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Amir Bar Shalom

Amir Bar Shalom

Robert Malley, the Biden's administration special envoy for Iran, waits to testify about the Iran nuclear deal during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations on Capitol Hill in Washington, on May 25, 2022. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/File)
September 3, 2023, 6:04 pm
Iranian claims about suspension of ex-US envoy Rob Malley shake up Washington
Tehran Times publishes ostensible letter informing diplomat that his security clearance is ‘suspended pending an ongoing investigation’ amid ‘serious security concerns’
By Amir Bar Shalom
File: A picture taken from the Israeli side of the Blue Line that separates Israel and Lebanon shows smoke billowing above Mount Dov on the Israeli-Lebanese border, after reports of clashes between the IDF and Hezbollah in the area, on July 27, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
July 9, 2023, 3:30 am
Why Hezbollah is obsessed with Mount Dov, and how Israel has shifted its approach
Defense Minister Gallant equating Lebanon with Hezbollah marked a subtle threat to the country after the terror group set up tents in Israeli territory
By Amir Bar Shalom
Hamas terrorists in Gaza City on December 10, 2022. (Atia Mohammed/Flash90)
May 13, 2023, 2:58 am
Israel needs a new policy to push Hamas out of its comfort zone
The Gaza-ruling terror group is enjoying the economic benefits of detente with Israel and building its forces, while allowing Palestinian Islamic Jihad to keep up the fighting
By Amir Bar Shalom
File: Maj. Gen. Tamir Hayman, chief of Military Intelligence, speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv on June 5, 2019. (Flash90)
April 10, 2023, 5:58 am
Ex-IDF intel chief: Overhaul damage to Israel’s national security may be irreversible
In interview with Zman Yisrael, Maj. Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman says he no longer trusts Netanyahu on matters of security, cautions premier may no longer be thinking rationally
By Amir Bar Shalom and ToI Staff
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, at right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban, at left, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, at center, for a photo during a closed meeting held in Beijing, March 11, 2023. (Luo Xiaoguang/Xinhua via AP)
April 9, 2023, 3:06 pm
Iran is constructing a new Middle East
Tehran’s Beijing-sponsored pivot towards detente and strategic alliance with Sunni Muslim states presents significant new security challenges for Israel and the US
By Amir Bar Shalom
A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard after a settler riot, in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 6, 2023, 12:48 pm
Huwara rampage, more than judicial overhaul, prompted pilots’ insubordination threat
Military brass see last week’s incident as a severe moral failure indicative of deeper trends in Israel, prompting fears of widespread refusal to show up for duty among reservists
By Amir Bar Shalom
The Syrian nuclear reactor site before it was destroyed by the IDF in 2007, as seen by satellite (Photo: Google Earth)
October 9, 2022, 3:06 pm
How Israel nearly failed to spot Syria’s nuclear reactor, from the man who found it
Amnon Sofrin, ex-head of Mossad intelligence, recalls a misguided search, an eventual realization, and the moment he told the PM that Israel faced an immediate existential threat
By Amir Bar Shalom
Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal waves during a visit to the Islamic University in Gaza City, Dec. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)
August 24, 2022, 3:18 pm
Begging royal mercy: How Israel recovered from the botched Mashaal hit, 25 years ago
Efraim Halevy, who handled the crisis with Jordan after the failed Mossad attempt to kill Hamas leader, recalls tense negotiations with King Hussein, with agents’ lives on the line
By Amir Bar Shalom
Energean working in the Karish oil field, offshore Israel, in 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
July 3, 2022, 9:15 am
Hezbollah’s drones carried a message to Israeli gas rig, not weapons
Terror group is seeing political instability in Jerusalem and trying to set a precedent, while scoring valuable publicity points at home
By Amir Bar Shalom
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