Served for over 30 years in a series of positions in IDF intelligence, the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria, the National Security Council, and the Prime Minister’s Office.
Israel’s policymakers and security agencies must finally undertake the serious strategic review they have long avoided, weighing the dangers of ties with Doha against any perceived benefits
While the US has designated a number of Hamas financiers and taken other economic sanctions against the organization since the start of the Gaza war, its measures appear to be no more that going through the motiions and messaging that it is continuing to take action against terrorism.” In practice, however, the American measures are an yet another indication of the growing decline in recent years in the power and ability of the United States to wage economic campaigns against terrorist organizations, rogue states, and China. We are witnessing a significant erosion in the effectiveness of one of the most significant tools in the American toolbox against terrorism and rogue states since September 11, 2011.
The US and the West should immediately rethink their policy vis-à-vis Iran, with its campaign to take over the cultural, economic, and social spheres of countries such as Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon while linking up with Russia and China.
The Trump administration has realized that in order to wound Hezbollah on a profound level the organization must be disjoined from the Lebanese economy, with an emphasis on the country’s banking system.
There may be a change in Iranian policy towards the US due to Iran’s economic and coronavirus difficulties.
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A critical point has been reached where sanctions and military conflict connect. Tehran needs and seeks a limited military confrontation with the West in order to shore-up its legitimacy at home.
The US should focus on closing sanctions-bypassing channels (especially through Turkey and Qatar), and on eroding Iranian currency reserves. Use the massive legal judgments against Iran for its role in terrorism to hit the country’s currency reserves.
