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Unveiling the Muslim Brotherhood’s Business and Funding Networks

The Muslim Brotherhood’s intricate economic and financial networks are integral to its transnational operations and the propagation of its ideology. Addressing the threat posed by these covert networks requires international cooperation: better regulation and monitoring of financial streams in the public and private sectors of countries involved.

Scholarship 05.07.2021

The Muslim Brotherhood

Coronavirus in the Middle East: A Review and Assessment

This paper reviews the responses of Middle Eastern countries to the spread of the coronavirus and highlights diplomatic and defense implications stemming from the situation. The assessment of JISS fellows is that the coronavirus crisis will not fundamentally change power dynamics in the region or alter the prevailing ambitions and policies of key countries.

Scholarship 05.05.2020

Coronavirus Middle East

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Forecast 2020: Challenges and Opportunities for Israel

Trends and likely developments over the coming year in Israel’s strategic environment.
By fellows of JISS, December 2019

Scholarship 15.12.2019

Forecast 2020

Might at a Critical Moment

A National Security Policy Plan for Israel.
by the fellows of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
September 2019

25.08.2019

National Security Plan 2019

Policy Papers

February 20, 2023, Jerusalem, Israel: Protestors wave Israeli flags during a demonstration Mass demonstrations against the judicial reform

Israel should prepare for war – and politicians need to come to their senses
A wake-up call from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security

The struggle over legal reform has caused enormous damage to the State of Israel. On the political level, the image of American backing has been undermined (even if, in practice, the defense cooperation continues as usual). On the economic level, the country’s credit rating has eroded. The public discourse in Israel reached new heights of […]

Policy Papers 17.04.2023

Israel Defence Policy

National Security Policy Recommendations for Israel’s 36th Government

Eleven policy prescriptions for Israel’s new government, reflecting the insights of JISS fellows who jointly surveyed the challenges Israel's leaders are facing and crafted these diplomatic and defense policy emphases.

Policy Papers 02.08.2021

National security security

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15 reasons to embrace the Trump Plan

Israel should act to implement the Trump Plan and reap its early rewards, because it transforms the Mideast peace paradigm. Most importantly, the plan reflects, and can serve as a platform for, Israeli consensus on the Palestinian issue.

Policy Papers 31.01.2020

Israeli Palestinian Conflict US Middle East Policy

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Forecasting the Mideast in 2020

Israel must be ready to tackle Iran militarily on its own and fight a pre-emptive war with Hizballah.

Policy Papers 22.12.2019

Forecast 2020

Truth-telling to advance peace

By changing the discourse about settlements, the Trump administration is laying the groundwork for realistic negotiation. Even if you think that Israeli settlement should be rolled-back in the context of a sensible peace arrangement, applying the demonizing epithet “illegal” makes for a destructive narrative that distances, not advances, peace.

Policy Papers 24.11.2019

US Middle East Policy

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Prepare for war, the right way

The IDF must return to the fundamentals: ground maneuver to achieve “hachra’a” – decisive outcomes.

Policy Papers 24.10.2019

IDF National security

Political instability equals strategic danger

Israel’s strategic situation doesn’t brook inertia.

Policy Papers 07.10.2019

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Beware Precipitous Talks with Iran

Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign must not be curtailed before Iran’s leaders truly have no choice but to capitulate to Western demands.

Policy Papers 07.08.2019

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Make Jerusalem a priority

Even an interim Israeli government can build in Jerusalem, counter the intrusions of foreign agents, and invest in all sectors of Israel’s national capital.

Policy Papers 20.06.2019

Jerusalem

No Illusions, No Despair

The new JISS national security plan says avoid risky diplomatic escapades and prepare for war.

Policy Papers 24.05.2019

IDF Israel Defence Policy

Abbas’s Waterloo

He has cornered himself into a situation where he has zero credibility and zero leverage on Israel, the US, the international community, and even the Sunni Arab world.

Policy Papers 03.05.2019

Palestinian Authority

A view of the nature on the Golan Heights and mountain Hermon in Israel.

Trump’s law of diminishing returns

Trump’s landmark Golan decision asserts the law of diminishing returns: Arabs who refuse to make peace with Israel lose rights and assets as time goes forward. Mahmoud Abbas: Take notice.

Policy Papers 01.04.2019

Golan Heights US Middle East Policy

Protect and preserve Area C

Israel must administer Area C effectively and with much more authority, whether it wishes to either hold the territory as an effective card for future bargaining or it intends to annex the lands to Israel.

Policy Papers 11.03.2019

Israeli Palestinian Conflict

Fear not the Trump plan

It is inconceivable that the Trump plan will parrot the stale Clinton/Obama parameters of yesteryear or force any “peace paradigm” on Israel.

Policy Papers 01.03.2019

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Fight foreign subversion in eastern Jerusalem

Assaults on Israeli sovereignty must be met by an Israeli counter-assault.

Policy Papers 15.02.2019

East Jerusalem

Still pro-Israel?

Some hard-left Jews are out to sabotage the Birthright program. They are cutting away the limb – love for, and identification with, Israel – upon which all pro-Israel Jewish community activity must be based.

Policy Papers 20.12.2018

Israel-Diaspora relations

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Don’t throw MBS under the bus

The Saudi Crown Prince isn’t a democrat or a strategic savior, but don’t give the evil leaders of Turkey and Iran a victory by weakening US-Saudi ties.

Policy Papers 26.10.2018

Saudi Arabia

A draw with Hamas is strategically unsatisfactory

Reducing enemy capabilities and ambitions in Gaza requires Israeli military readiness and government willingness to use force intermittingly, while maintaining a healthy and resilient Israeli home front.

Policy Papers 19.10.2018

Gaza Hamas

Warmed-over withdrawal syndrome

The INSS unilateral disengagement plan is neither new nor logical.

Policy Papers 12.10.2018

Foreign Policy Israeli Grand Strategy

Nowhere, No-Time Supervision of Iran

Israel must continue to take the offensive against Iran’s nuclear program, without reliance on international inspectors.

Policy Papers 05.10.2018

Iran

Bypass Abbas and axe UNRWA

In pursuit of peace, it’s high-time that the PLO be showered with the “tough love” once reserved uniquely for Israel. And Israel’s defense establishment should get behind the ditch UNRWA discourse.

Policy Papers 26.08.2018

Palestinian Authority

Thwart Turkey’s Jerusalem incursion

Israel should be defending itself against Erdogan by blocking his Jerusalem incursion, and taking the offensive against Erdogan by impeding his military build-up.

Policy Papers 10.07.2018

Turkey

Moving the markers

The Clinton-Obama parameters haven’t worked – not for 25 years of peacemaking efforts since Oslo. They have lead to deadlock and much suffering. Let’s give the Trump team credit for taking a fresh look at what is safe, wise, fair and realistic in today’s Israeli-Palestinian reality.

Policy Papers 08.07.2018

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Winning hasbara strategies

The deep “psychological asymmetry” employed by Hamas and Fatah as a strategic weapon against Israel is working. How to handle this? Here are five strategies, including this: Don’t be embarrassed by Israel’s strength. Admit to it. Flaunt it. Better shock-and-awe than shrink-and-whimper.

Policy Papers 17.06.2018

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The diplomatic day after Abbas

Israel should be preparing for a paradigm change with regard to administration of the territories; a move beyond rotten reliance on Fatah leadership and the creaky two-state construct.

Policy Papers 25.05.2018

Palestinian Authority

Gaza prejudice and perfidy

What is Western support for “Israel’s right to exist within secure and recognized borders” worth if those borders cannot be defended?

Policy Papers 21.05.2018

Gaza

Trump changes the discourse

The broader context to US President Trump’s recent decisions to nix the nuclear deal with Iran and to move the US embassy to Jerusalem is restoration of America’s credibility as a world power after eight years of diffident presidential leadership.

Policy Papers 11.05.2018

US Middle East Policy

סדרת הפרסומים "ניירות עמדה" מטעם המכון מתפרסמת הודות לנדיבותה של משפחת גרג רוסהנדלר.

70 years of strategic success

Despite military threats and other challenges, the State of Israel is winning on all fronts. Israel is stronger and healthier than all its enemies combined.

Policy Papers 30.04.2018

70 years of strategic success

On the State of Israel’s role in combating anti-Semitism

The Global Forum for Combating Anti-Semitism, which met last week in Jerusalem, needs focus.

Policy Papers 27.03.2018

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Hoping for regime change in Iran

Might more be done to advance an Iranian counter-revolution? Uri Lubrani certainly thought so, and he was not naive.

Policy Papers 14.03.2018

Gaza Iran

Waking up to the Iranian threat

With the weakening of ISIS, the growing strength of Russia in Syria, and the continuing retraction of American involvement in the region – Iran apparently feels emboldened enough to escalate its confrontation with Israel.

Policy Papers 23.02.2018

Iran

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Israel must rule generously in Jerusalem

Investment in eastern Jerusalem is the core of sovereign political action that will keep Jerusalem whole and make it prosperous for all.

Policy Papers 11.02.2018

Jerusalem

A tale of two speeches

Harper and Pence have offered moral and spiritual leadership for the world. Their momentous Knesset speeches were epoch-making events.

Policy Papers 27.01.2018

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Israel is worthy and winning

There are competing narratives about Israel: that it is flying-high, or that it is heading towards disaster. Wise and important actors around the world are coming to the conclusion that the first assertion is true. Israel is an anchor of sanity and a source of ingenuity in an unruly world. Israel’s strategy of vigilance, patience, and looking over the horizon for new partnerships is working.

Policy Papers 25.01.2018

Foreign Policy Israeli Grand Strategy

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Is the IDF ready for our next war?

The IDF is building an impressive capacity to crush Hezbollah, Hamas and Iranian assets in future fighting. But it must not neglect defense of the periphery or go soft on its ethos and fighting spirit.

Policy Papers 02.01.2018

IDF

Trump identifies the enemy

Trump’s new US national security document is a robust statement of American strategic realism; a necessary corrective to Obama-era enfeeblement and self-flagellation. There are enemies out there and the US has to lead in confronting them.

Policy Papers 29.12.2017

US national security

Greeting Vice President Pence

After recognizing Jerusalem, America’s next move should be banishing the EU from regional diplomacy.

Policy Papers 24.12.2017

US Israel Relations

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Skeptical of the Saudis

Israel should not bear-hug the problematic Saudis, nor fall prey to over-enthusiastic fantasies. Don’t assume that MBS is the answer to Israel’s prayers in facing-down Iran.

Policy Papers 12.12.2017

Saudi Arabia

Trump’s commendable defiance on Jerusalem

Pushing-back against Palestinian denialism and global defamation of Israel.

Policy Papers 08.12.2017

Jerusalem US Middle East Policy

Confronting the con artists of Iran

No duplicitous decrees by supreme or smiling ayatollahs should deflect our attention from Tehran’s dangerous moves.

Policy Papers 27.11.2017

Iran

Cleaning-up and sewing-up eastern Jerusalem

The application of de facto sovereignty and governance on the ground is the core of political action that can keep Jerusalem whole. The struggle for sovereignty in Jerusalem has transitioned from ‘Jerusalem on High’ – high-powered political summits, to ‘Jerusalem of Below’ – the conduct of decent daily life in the city for Arab and Jewish residents alike.

Policy Papers 19.11.2017

East Jerusalem

Israel Must Rule All of Jerusalem

Cutting Arab neighborhoods in the east and north out of Jerusalem’s municipal jurisdiction is a bad idea; a slippery slope towards a full-scale political division of the city.

Policy Papers 17.11.2017

Jerusalem

Mind-blowing European Union chutzpa

Israel shouldn’t pay the EU one red cent of “compensation” for dismantling illegally-built EU settlements in Area C.

Policy Papers 28.10.2017

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How Trump and Netanyahu can transform peace diplomacy

By tabling creative coexistence proposals, pushing core issues to the top of the agenda, suggesting innovative alternatives to the problematic two-state paradigm, and articulating red lines that are clear and broad.

Policy Papers 28.10.2017

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Western Wall unity

More than one million Jewish pilgrims flocked to Jerusalem’s Western Wall during the High Holiday period. So let’s keep Kotel “crises” in perspective.

Policy Papers 14.10.2017

Jerusalem

Netanyahu’s strategic achievements

Netanyahu has driven Israel forward on the basis of a coherent strategic worldview and improved Israel’s fortunes.

Policy Papers 14.10.2017

Israeli Grand Strategy Netanyahu

Fund the Temple Mount Sifting Project Now

The sifting project has turned the Wakf’s criminal dump of the most sensitive and valuable archaeological dirt on the globe – a national disgrace for Israel – into a national treasure.

Policy Papers 14.10.2017

Jerusalem Temple Mount

Commentary

Conservative Israeli Think Tank: Changes in the Legal System Could Lead to War – Israel Must Adopt New Paradigm

Haaretz | 16.4.2023 |

Conservative think tank warns judicial overhaul is causing ‘enormous damage’ to Israel

The Times of Israel | 16.4.2023 |

Top defense officials debate if IDF reserves are ready or in chaos

The Jerusalem Post | 19.01.2023 |

Houthi/Iranian attacks on the UAE are a response to losses in Yemen

JNS | 01.02.2022 |

Israel responds to 400 rockets fired from Gaza
Interview with Dr. David Koren

ILTV | 11.05.2021 |

Game of sovereignty: Experts imagine the 'day after'
A special simulation game on sovereignty was played by experts of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, in cooperation with Israel Hayom. The exercise resulted in partial annexation.

Israel Hayom | 2.7.2020 |

JISS Poll: Israelis favor sovereignty in Jordan Valley, Judea and Samaria
A Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security poll shows that 60% of Israelis who have an opinion want Israeli law applied to the Jordan Valley, while 57% think it should apply also to settlements in Judea and Samaria. A JISS position paper recommends that Israel move ahead with Trump peace plan, in stages.

Israel Hayom | 22.05.2020 |

US envoy urges Germany not to celebrate Iran’s Holocaust-denying regime.
Dr. Yossi Mansharof: The German government’s planned participation in the 41st anniversary of the establishment of the Iranian Regime is a disgrace for Germany.

The Jerusalem Post | 09.02.2020 |

Unity missing ingredient for success.
JISS national security document says: The most important challenge facing any government in Israel is nurturing cohesion in Israeli society.

The Jerusalem Post | 1.1.2020 |

Israel's military says it must be ready to tackle Iran on its own.
Yoav Limor sits down with the former head of Israel's Security Council for an exclusive i24NEWS interview.

I24 News | 30.12.2019 |

Is Netanyahu planning a preemptive attack against Hezbollah?
The JISS forecast for 2020 lit a fire under the Israeli defense establishment and also set in motion a tsunami of speculation about the possibility of a conflagration on Israel's northern front.

Al Monitor | 21.12.2019 |

A thunderous quiet.
JISS: Prepare to take independent military action against Iran; and conversely, prepare for the opposite scenario: that there will be a rapprochement between Iran and the US and the nuclear talks will resume.

Israel Hayom | 20.12.2019 |

What Israel needs is strategic patience, there are no more existential threats.
On the new book by Dr. Uzi Rubin of JISS on missile defense, and Dr. Chuck Freilich's book on decision making.

Haaretz | 20.12.2019 |

How Israel's Conflict With Iran Will Be Different in 2020.
As Netanyahu's associates talk about an Iranian effort to deploy a ring of fire around Israel, a think tank is skeptical about the chances for a truce with Hamas

Haaretz | 19.12.2019 |

Israel needs 360 degrees of air defense to stop Iran: defense expert.
Uzi Rubin, ‘father’ of the Arrow, gives Israel mixed grade at confronting existential challenges.

THE JERUSALEM POST | 19.12.2019 |

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Experts at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS), a foreign affairs and defense think tank, gave The Jerusalem Post a first look at its forecast for the coming year. Israel, they say, must be ready to tackle Iran militarily on its own and fight a pre-emptive warfare with Hizballah.

The Jerusalem Post | 16.12.2019 |

Israeli, Moroccan Host Kushner for Peace Breakfast.
The breakfast was hosted by VP of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security Col. (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman and JISS global board member Ahmed Charai, a Moroccan businessman and writer.

The Jerusalem Post | 26.09.2019 |

"There is no good or bad terrorism. Iran cannot threaten Israel's destruction"
Sujan R. Chinoy, Director-General of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, visited Israel under the auspices of JISS. He says he is optimistic about India’s relationship with Israel: "It is greater than any temporary political climate."

Israel Hayom | 15.09.2019 |

Think tank urges ‘national unity’ in face of Iran and other threats.
To meet the challenges ahead, Israel must focus on social cohesion, cultivate political allies and “manage” the conflict with the Palestinians, according to a new Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security report.

JNS | 8.9.2019 |

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Defense and Security experts from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security sit down with Israel Hayom and outline their new national security plan for Israel. They explain that while Hamas isn't worth a ground offensive, Israel must contain Hezbollah. And Iran? Iran is the biggest threat.

Israel Hayom | 26.05.2019 |

National Cohesion must be Top Priority for Next Government.
New JISS national security plan emphasizes preparedness for war and social solidarity.

THE JERUSALEM POST | 24.5.2019 |

Iran: Back in Focus.
A report on the JISS conference about confronting Iran.

Mishpacha Magazine | December 2018 |

Official: Israel must be careful in its relations with Gulf states.

Middle East Monitor | 13.12.2018 |

Former IDF Deputy Chief: Israel Should Be Wary Of Gulf States.
Israeli, Turkish, and other leaders discuss regional cooperation in Eastern Mediterranean, warn of Iranian ambitions.

The Media Line | 11.12.2018 |

EX-IDF DEPUTY CHIEF: BEWARE OF GULF STATES, THEIR VALUES ARE DIFFERENT THAN OURS .
Yair Golan says Israel should solidify control of Golan Heights, deal more closely with Kurds.

THE JERUSALEM POST | 11.12.2018 |

INSS vs. JISS: Worthy Intellectual Battles.
Two rival think tanks with deep differences in approach to security matters.

The Jerusalem Report | 12.11.2018 |

Iran is now manufacturing, upgrading missiles in Iraq, sources say.
Speaking at JISS, strategic affairs minister warns of scenario in which Iran is fighting Israel on multiple fronts, including in Judea and Samaria.

Israel Hayom | 23.10.2018 |

Defense minister accidentally reveals sensitive ‎information.
Speaking at event hosted by Jerusalem ‎Institute for Strategic Studies, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman details IDF ‎deployment in exact ‎numbers, which are classified • As minister outranks military censor, it is unclear if he violated guidelines.

Israel Hayom | 22.10.2018 |

Liberman at JISS: US Sanctions Will Reduce Iran’s Terror Financing Former NSC Chief Yaakov Amidror says Russia will be embarrassed when IDF overcomes S-300 in Syria.

The Jerusalem Post | 22.10.2018 |

Poll: 91% of Israelis favor strikes on Iranian ‎assets in Syria.
Some 77% of respondents believe ‎Israel must pursue hard-line policies to thwart Iran's nuclear ‎ambitions, Jerusalem Institute for ‎Strategic Studies poll finds. It also finds 57% are ‎pleased with how PM Netanyahu ‎is handling the Iranian threat. ‎

Israel Hayom | 18.10.2018 |

Winning hasbara strategies.
Emphasize shared values and Israel’s desire for peace, and don’t be embarrassed by Israel’s strength.

Columbus Jewish News | 21.09.18 |

Forcing Iran out of Syria.
It may take a full-scale war, but it’s worth it, says General Amidror.

The Jerusalem Post and Israel Hayom | 21.09.2018 |

PM Netanyahu: Israeli Air Force is now at peak capability. General Golan at JISS: Israel must do everything within its power to curb Iran's ambitions to cement regional hegemony.