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Scholarship

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

Commentary

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 |

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 |

"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 |

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.

Israel Hayom | 28.12.2017 |

Question of IDF Readiness For Next War Is Unanswerable. .Amidror, Lerman and Golan at JISS conference

Breaking Israel News | 28.12.2017 | , Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman , Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror

Ex-IDF Deputy Chief at JISS: Gaza-West Bank Split Good for Israeli Security.

The Jerusalem Post | 27.12.2017 |

Nearly three-quarters (72%) of Jewish Israelis think Israel should maintain its sovereignty over the Temple Mount

The Jerusalem Post | 3.11.2017 |

On the launch of JISS. “Grapevine,” by Greer Fay Cashman, The Jerusalem Post, November 15, 2017

The Jerusalem Post | November 15, 2017 |

New poll from new conservative think thank

Breaking Israel News | 7.11.2017 |

New conservative think tank hosts 'Challenges of United Jerusalem' conference

Israel Hayom | 7.11.2017 |

New institute promotes a 'conservative strategic worldview'

The Times of Israel | 7.11.2017 |

Zeev Elkin vs. Nir Barkat at the inaugural conference of JISS. Should Kafr Akab and Shuafat be cut out of the Jerusalem municipality or not?

The Jerusalem Post | 8.11.2017 |

Article about the launch of JISS

Makor Rishon | 20.10.2017 |