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The Growing Hamas-Al Qaeda Connection

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

Al-Qaeda generally thrives wherever central authority of governments is collapsing and therefore its current success in the war-torn Gaza Strip should not come as a surprise. Just after Israel’s unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there were reports that al-Qaeda had exploited the new security vacuum that had been created and begun to dispatch its operatives to this territory.

Strategic Lessons of the Winograd Commission Report

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

In general terms, the Winograd Commission Report dealt mostly with the flaws in the decision-making process in Israel. However, the report contains important insights into the strategic thinking that was predominant in the Israeli political-military leadership from the time of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from Lebanon until the outbreak of hostilities in July 2006, with the advent of the Second Lebanon War.

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

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

Al-Qaeda generally thrives wherever central authority of governments is collapsing and therefore its current success in the war-torn Gaza Strip should not come as a surprise. Just after Israel’s unilateral disengagement from the Gaza Strip in August 2005, there were reports that al-Qaeda had exploited the new security vacuum that had been created and begun to dispatch its operatives to this territory.

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

What Israel Can Learn from the International Court of Justice Ruling on Genocide in Srebrenica

March 15, 2007 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld

Iran Is Building “Hamastan” in Gaza

March 11, 2007 | Brig. Gen. (res.) Shalom Harari

Brothers in Arms: Fatah and Palestinian Islamic Jihad

March 1, 2007 | Pinhas Inbari

Rivkah Duker Fishman on The Oslo Years: A Mother’s Journey

March 1, 2007 | Rivkah Fishman-Duker

Michelle Mazel on Les penchants criminels de l’Europe démocratique

March 1, 2007 | Michelle Mazel

The International Implications of the Hamas-Fatah Mecca Agreement

February 15, 2007 | Lt. Col. (ret.) Jonathan D. Halevi

Israel’s Deterrence after the Second Lebanon War

February 13, 2007 | Maj. Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan

Is Gaza Becoming Another Lebanon?

January 21, 2007 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad

Can a Conventional Army Vanquish a Terrorist Insurgency?

January 1, 2007 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror