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Israel’s Gaza Dilemma in the Aftermath of the War with Hizbullah

July 3, 2007 | Dr. Yuval Steinitz

If one sees one’s adversaries storing rockets and conducting a massive buildup of forces, the first thing one should expect is for them to use those forces. What we see in Gaza is similar to what we saw in Lebanon. Israel withdrew from Gaza over a year go, uprooting all the Israeli settlements, and since then Hamas and other terrorist organizations have been rapidly building up their forces.

Why Israel Must Now Move from Concessions-Based Diplomacy to Rights-Based Diplomacy

July 1, 2007 | Dr. Dan Diker

Once Israel dropped its past reliance on a diplomacy based on its own rights and adopted a new concession-based diplomacy instead, its spokesmen essentially acquiesced to the Palestinian historical narrative.

Advice for Mr. Blair: Stop Patronizing the Palestinians

June 28, 2007 | Prof. Gerald M. Steinberg

In taking the position of “international peace envoy” for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Mr. Blair will need to change the basic political parameters in order to avoid another catastrophic failure. Most importantly, this will require abandoning the widely held images of Palestinian victimization and demonization of Israel.

The Risks to Regional Security from International Forces in Gaza

June 24, 2007 | Pinhas Inbari

Maintaining a Thriving Economy in the Shadow of Terror

June 18, 2007 | Prof. Zvi Eckstein

The Erosion of Al-Qaeda’s Power in Saudi Arabia

June 13, 2007 | Mordechai Abir

Components of Domestic Security in the Age of Global Jihadism

May 31, 2007 | Avi Dichter

The Growing Hamas-Al Qaeda Connection

May 17, 2007 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

Strategic Lessons of the Winograd Commission Report

May 7, 2007 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

The Growing al-Qaeda Presence in the Hamas-Controlled Gaza Strip

May 1, 2007 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

The Strategic Challenge of Gaza

April 19, 2007 | Yoav Galant

Holocaust Inversion: The Portraying of Israel and Jews as Nazis

April 1, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

The Implications of a Nuclear Iran

March 25, 2007 | Dr. Ephraim Sneh

Russia’s New Middle Eastern Policy: Back to Bismarck?

March 20, 2007 | Ariel Cohen

Russia’s New Middle Eastern Policy: Back to Bismarck?

March 20, 2007 | Ariel Cohen