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An Inevitable Conflict: The Six-Day War

Six days that changed the Middle East… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • History • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • The Six-Day War 
Posted on Sat, June 4, 2016 at 16:13 pm CEST
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Intelligence and Decision Making: the IDF Leaving Lebanon – a Case Study

The role of Israeli Military Intelligence in decision-making… Read more

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Hezbollah • Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • Palestine Liberation Organization • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, May 19, 2015 at 18:21 pm CEST
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Concerns over the UN Board of Inquiry Report on the Treatment of UNRWA Facilities in the 2014 Gaza War

Why the UN ‘Board of Inquiry’ report on UNRWA facilities during the 2014 Gaza war is prejudiced, contradicted and problematic… Read more

Topics: Hamas • Human Rights • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Rob Harris • United Nations 
Posted on Sun, October 6, 2013 at 19:43 pm CEST
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Remembering the 1973 “Yom Kippur” War

The “Yom Kippur” war: forty years Later… Continue reading

Topics: 1973 Yom Kippur War • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • History • Israel • Israel Defense Forces 
Posted on Thu, January 31, 2013 at 00:25 am CET
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Why Israel Attacked A Syrian Base

Israel forces carried out a strike overnight on a convoy coming from Syria in the Lebanon-Syria border area… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Lebanon • Security and Defense • Syria 
Posted on Tue, November 20, 2012 at 20:47 pm CET
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Operation Pillar of Defense: In Support of a Ground Offensive

For nearly a week, Israel has been under attack from terrorist elements in Gaza, primarily Hamas… Continue reading

Topics: Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Wed, November 14, 2012 at 19:09 pm CET
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Operation Amud Anan: Israel Launches Major Offensive into the Gaza Strip

Responding to a major upsurge of Hamas cross-border attacks from the Gaza Strip, Israel has launched its biggest military offensive since the 2008-2009 Gaza war… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Operation Amud Anan • Security and Defense 
Posted on Sat, May 5, 2012 at 16:57 pm CEST
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Palestinians Renege on Security Ties with Israel

For the first time since 2006, the Palestinian Authority’s security services on the West Bank have stopped cooperating with the IDF in operations and intelligence-sharing for countering terrorism… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Authority • Palestinian Terrorism • Security and Defense 
Posted on Tue, January 17, 2012 at 22:45 pm CET
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Israel-US Relations: Netanyahu Called Off Joint US-Israel Drill

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, not the Obama administration, decided to call off the biggest ever joint US-Israeli military exercise… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Politics • Security and Defense • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Wed, January 4, 2012 at 20:42 pm CET
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Military tensions building up on Syria’s borders

Military tensions are building up on Syria’s borders… Continue reading

Topics: Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey 
Posted on Mon, November 28, 2011 at 00:55 am CET
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Countdown to Conflict: Military Build-Up around Syria

The armies of Syria’s seven neighbors were already scrambling into position on standby on its borders for acts of… Continue reading

Topics: Hezbollah • Israel Defense Forces • Jordan • Russian Federation • Security and Defense • Syria • Turkey • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Tue, November 15, 2011 at 20:22 pm CET
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WikiLeaks: U.S. Discusses Operation Cast Lead Investigations with IDF

The meetings reviewed legal and operational issues related to IDF activities during Operation Cast Lead… Continue reading

Topics: Goldstone Report • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • U.S. Middle East Policy • WikiLeaks 
Posted on Sun, October 30, 2011 at 19:48 pm CET
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Whither the IDF?

It was a normal Shabbat afternoon in Jerusalem’s Ramot neighborhood… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, August 19, 2011 at 21:14 pm CEST
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Israel: Blood in the Streets

Israeli military preparedness follows a depressing pattern… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Fri, August 19, 2011 at 00:40 am CEST
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IDF Taken by Surprise: Al Qaeda-style Coordinated Deadly Multiple Terror Attack

Israel had its first taste of a sophisticated al Qaeda-style coordinated terrorist operation modeled on the atrocities common in Afghanistan and Iraq… Continue reading

Topics: Al-Qaeda • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Jihadism • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Thu, August 18, 2011 at 20:06 pm CEST
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Quadruple Terror Attack Near Eilat; IDF Strikes Gaza in Response

Terrorists opened fire on innocent Israeli civilians near Eilat and IDF soldiers… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Egypt • Islamic Terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Jihadism • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Wed, August 3, 2011 at 20:29 pm CEST
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Israel’s Grand Strategy: Deterring Iran’s Ballistic Missile Threat

Israel’s concept of national security has always been based on two interrelated factors… Continue reading

Topics: Alon Sheinberg • Iran • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Security and Defense 
Posted on Fri, July 8, 2011 at 23:45 pm CEST
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Israel’s Strategic Doctrine: the Iron Wall

Since its independence, changing threats from Israel’s enemies has forced the country to adhere to the basic components of Israel’s Strategic Doctrine… Continue reading

Topics: Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Jared Feldschreiber • Zionism 
Posted on Sun, June 5, 2011 at 23:17 pm CEST
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Naksa Day Clashes: U.S. says “Israel has right to defend itself”

The United States said Sunday Israel has the right to defend itself, just as every sovereign nation although it is “deeply troubled” over clashes… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Syria • U.S. Middle East Policy 
Posted on Sun, June 5, 2011 at 16:03 pm CEST
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Naksa Day: Clashes Erupt on Israel-Syria Border

Syrian television on Sunday said at least six protesters were killed and dozens were wounded along the Syria-Israel border in the Golan Heights… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Jihadism • Syria 
Posted on Sun, May 15, 2011 at 21:19 pm CEST
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PM Netanyahu on Nakba Day: ‘We’re determined to defend our borders’

In face of attempts to cross Israel’s northern and southern borders, Netanyahu says he instructed the IDF to stop all attempts to infiltrate… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Arab-Israeli Conflict • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict 
Posted on Sat, May 14, 2011 at 19:33 pm CEST
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Israeli Police ‘Hand-Cuffed’ In Face of Riots on “Nakba Day”

Middle East expert Dr. David Bukai expressed concern Thursday over the expected ‘show of force’ by Israeli Arabs on “Nakba Day”… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Gaza and Westbank • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Pro-Palestinianism 
Posted on Sun, April 17, 2011 at 15:28 pm CEST
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Two PFLP Terrorists Arrested in Fogel Family Massacre

Two Palestinian terrorists from Awarta affiliated with PFLP were arrested in recent days for… Continue reading

Topics: Counter-terrorism • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Mon, April 11, 2011 at 10:21 am CEST
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Israeli Leaders Succumbed to a “Ceasefire” Deal, but Hamas will Press On with its Terrorist Campaign

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak were expected at long last to instruct… Continue reading

Topics: Gaza and Westbank • Hamas • Israel • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Terrorism 
Posted on Sat, April 9, 2011 at 21:56 pm CEST
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Hamas Fires More Grads and Mortars at Southern Israeli Towns Saturday

Saturday, April 9, Hamas and its allies, acting now on Hizballah guidelines from Lebanon, fired 24 heavy Grad missiles and more than… Continue reading

Topics: Anti-Israelism • Hamas • Hezbollah • Israel Defense Forces • Israeli–Palestinian Conflict • Palestinian Terrorism