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Military and security

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On Viruses and Missiles

The lesson learned from the current crisis is that restrictions imposed to protect the public are futile unless the public is convinced that it is at risk. To this end, government must communicate to the public with clear-cut data and logical arguments.

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Policy Papers 21.06.2020
Coronavirus Israel Defence Policy
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Excluded from Netanyahu’s annexation plans, military must somehow prepare anyway

Excluded from Netanyahu’s annexation plans, military must somehow prepare anyway
Prof. Inbar and Dr. Lerman of JISS: While Israeli security forces must prepare for a potential outbreak of violence, the response by Palestinians may not be as bad as others expect and would give Israel a clear upper hand in future negotiations.

Professor Efraim Inbar , Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Commentary 07.06.2020
Annexation Defence

Coronavirus won’t turn the Middle East all warm and fuzzy

Coronavirus won’t turn the Middle East all warm and fuzzy.
Inbar and Lerman of JISS: Regardless of whether or not there is a pandemic, Israel still has extremely significant defense and strategic challenges.

Professor Efraim Inbar , Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman
Commentary 22.03.2020
Coronavirus

Plain Talk by Israel’s Top Soldier Seen as Filling Political Vacuum

Plain Talk by Israel’s Top Soldier Seen as Filling Political Vacuum.
Prof. Efraim Inbar: The main significance of Kochavi’s speech lay in the chief of staff’s willingness to candidly discuss policies previously left opaque.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Commentary 01.01.2020
Military and security

What Israel needs is strategic patience, there are no more existential threats

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.

Commentary 26.12.2019
Israel's Grand Strategy Military and security

Israel needs 360 degrees of air defense to stop Iran: defense expert

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.

Commentary 22.12.2019
Defence National security
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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.

Mr. David M. Weinberg
Policy Papers 24.10.2019
IDF National security

The generals got it right

The generals got it right.
General Yair Golan: The IDF is battle ready but the political echelons and the general staff fear deploying the IDF’s ground forces, even when necessary and justified.

Major General (res.) Yair Golan
Commentary 24.05.2019
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What’s in a “Wall”? In Israel, a mix of structures, technology, policy, and cross-border cooperation

What’s in a “Wall”? In Israel, a mix of structures, technology, policy, and cross-border cooperation.
Prof. Inbar: What’s important are actions beyond the fence, combined with intelligence gathering.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Commentary 31.01.2019
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Challenges of the new IDF chief of staff

Clear understandings between the political and military echelons are essential in employment of military force and readiness for the next war.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Policy Papers 17.01.2019
IDF

The Buildup of Forces for IDF Underground Warfare

Israel’s successful response to the underground threat has significantly limited the strategic abilities of its enemies, just as Israel has severely hampered the efficiency and purposefulness of rocket launches by terrorist organizations. This affords Israel room to maneuver if and when it decides to launch a wide-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip or Lebanon.

Mr. Omer Dostri
Scholarship 15.01.2019
IDF

The IDF’s Anti-Tunnel Operation is Not about Tunnels

The IDF’s Anti-Tunnel Operation is Not about Tunnels.
General Amidror: It is important to build a legitimacy case against Hezbollah as a criminal terror organization hiding behind and under civilians, exploiting its citizens as human shields.

Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror
Commentary 15.01.2019
idf Military and security

Bricks In The ‘Wall’: Israel as a Test-Case for President Trump’s Proposed Border Measures

Bricks In The 'Wall': Israel as a Test-Case for President Trump's Proposed Border Measures.
Prof. Efraim Inbar: The West Bank security fence is not a fool-proof system, but what's important are Israeli actions beyond the fence combined with intelligence gathering to thwart terrorism and other threats.

Professor Efraim Inbar
Commentary 18.12.2018
Military and security

Uzi Rubin: The Father of Israel’s Missile Defense Programs

Uzi Rubin: The Father of Israel’s Missile Defense Programs.
Can any amount of multi-tiered missile defense could be enough to stop a Hezbollah rocket onslaught?

Dr. Uzi Rubin
Commentary 19.10.2018
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