Forecast 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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