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Components of Domestic Security in the Age of Global Jihadism

May 31, 2007 | Avi Dichter

During the last ten years we have had to deal with a new player in the Middle East, Iran – the biggest terror state in the world today. Khaled Mashaal, the external leader of Hamas, started to increase the level of coordination and cooperation with Iran in 2001 and is trying to implement the Iranian strategy toward Israel in Gaza, in the same way as Hassan Nasrallah is implementing the Iranian strategy in Lebanon.

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 Strategic Challenge of Gaza

April 19, 2007 | Yoav Galant

Disengagement caused the terror organizations to turn to new terror methods such as Kassam rockets, tunnels, and crossing over from Gaza to Sinai and then into the Negev, as happened in January 2007 with a Palestinian suicide bomber in Eilat. It is now possible for terrorists to move freely between Gaza and Egypt, and from there to Syria, Lebanon, and Iran for training.

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

Next Steps in Arab-Israeli Peacemaking

June 1, 2006 | Zalman Shoval

The Palestinian Authority and the Challenge of Palestinian Elections

February 1, 2006 | Maj.-Gen. (res.) Giora Eiland

The Murder of Musa Arafat and the Battle for the Spoils of Gaza

October 10, 2005 | Pinhas Inbari, Dr. Dan Diker

What is the True Demographic Picture in the West Bank and Gaza? – A Presentation and a Critique

March 10, 2005 | Bennett Zimmerman, Prof. Sergio DellaPergola

What is the True Demographic Picture in the West Bank and Gaza? – A Presentation and a Critique

March 10, 2005 | Prof. Sergio DellaPergola, Bennett Zimmerman

After the Palestinian Elections

January 20, 2005 | Ehud Yaari

Lessons of the Gaza Security Fence for the West Bank

December 23, 2004 | Maj. Gen. (res.) Doron Almog

Evaluating International Approaches to Security and Aid Following Disengagement in Gaza

December 1, 2004 | William Berger

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

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