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Author: Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror is a former Israeli national security advisor. He formerly served as director of the Institute for Contemporary Affairs at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. He is former commander of the IDF's National Defense College and the IDF Staff and Command College and former head of the IDF's Research and Assessment Division, with special responsibility for preparing the National Intelligence Assessment. In addition, he served as the military secretary of the defense minister.

The Importance of Israel’s Operation in Rafah

February 15, 2024 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, Khaled Abu Toameh, Yoni Ben Menachem

JCPA Daily Wartime Briefing

The Risks of Foreign Peacekeeping Forces in the West Bank

June 1, 2014 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

UN peacekeeping forces from the Philippines after their abduction and release by Syrian rebels. The troops belonged to the UN Disengagement Force (UNDOF)that was stationed on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights. Israel’s Experience with International Peacekeepers During the 1967 Six-Day War, I was a soldier serving in Battalion 202 of the Paratroopers Brigade of […]

The Risks of Foreign Peacekeeping Forces in the West Bank

November 12, 2011 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Winning Counterinsurgency War: The Israeli Experience

August 23, 2010 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

International Law and Military Operations in Practice – I

June 18, 2009 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Israel’s Requirement for Defensible Borders

August 29, 2008 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

The U.S. National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and Its Aftermath: A Roundtable of Israeli Experts

March 9, 2008 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser

Strategic Lessons of the Winograd Commission Report

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

Misreading the Second Lebanon War

January 16, 2007 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Can a Conventional Army Vanquish a Terrorist Insurgency?

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

An International Force in Lebanon: Advantages and Disadvantages

July 25, 2006 | Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Yaalon, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

A Strategic Assessment of the Hizballah War: Defeating the Iranian-Syrian Axis in Lebanon

July 19, 2006 | Dr. Dan Diker, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Will a Gaza “Hamas-stan” Become a Future Al-Qaeda Sanctuary?

November 8, 2004 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, David Keyes

Will a Gaza “Hamas-stan” Become a Future Al-Qaeda Sanctuary?

November 1, 2004 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror, David Keyes

The Geneva Accord: A Strategic Assessment

December 4, 2003 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror