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Economic and Diplomatic Strategies for Isolating Ahmadinejad and the Iranian Regime

July 1, 2007 | Benjamin Netanyahu

In many ways, people are still fixated on a model of the Middle East that has now become obsolete. For the last quarter of a century we have been in the midst of a conflict with militant Islam, which seeks to assume power and deliver a corrective to the historical decline of Islam and the rise of the West. The first major victory was when the Iranian Ayatollah regime displaced the Shah in 1979.

The Risks to Regional Security from International Forces in Gaza

June 24, 2007 | Pinhas Inbari

With the total collapse of Fatah in Gaza and the territory’s takeover by Hamas, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has been giving serious consideration to the deployment of international forces in the Gaza Strip generally, and more specifically in the sensitive Philadelphi Corridor separating Gaza from Egyptian Sinai. A deeper look reveals that the international-forces idea is very dangerous with potentially grave results for Israel.

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

The Strategic Challenge of Gaza

April 19, 2007 | Yoav Galant

Iran Is Building “Hamastan” in Gaza

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

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

Misreading the Second Lebanon War

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

The Strategic Logic of Israel’s Security Barrier

March 8, 2006 | Col. (Res.) Danny Tirza

After the Hamas Victory: The Increasing Importance of Israel’s Strategic Barrier in the Jordan Valley

February 7, 2006 | Amb. Dore Gold

Sharon’s Strategic Legacy for Israel: Competing Perspectives

January 12, 2006 | Dr. Dan Diker

Democracy as a Component of Security

June 21, 2005 | Silvan Shalom

Israel and Europe: The Positive and the Negative

January 1, 2005 | Hildegard Müller

Europe: Choosing Between Israel and The Arabs

January 1, 2005 | Dr. Manfred Gerstenfeld