INTO THE FRAY: Cracks in the Dome?
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Cracks in the Dome? (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) The huge investments made in defensive systems are slowly emerging as an exorbitant and costly failure—or at best a very partial and temporary success. The time has come to rethink Israel’s strategic paradigm. It […]
Let their people go
WHY GAZA MUST GO www.jpost.com/Opinion/Columnists/Into-the-fray-Why-Gaza-must-go-368862 The only durable solution requires dismantling Gaza, humanitarian relocation of the non-belligerent Arab population, and extension of Israeli sovereignty over the region. LET THEIR PEOPLE GO! www.jpost.com/Opinion/Into-the-Fray-Let-their-people-go-379687 The Palestinian Arabs, as a national collective, have failed the test of history. It is high time we drop the charade of […]
Haaretz: Gazans’ only way out is through Egypt – if they can afford it
A two-track system offers wealthier Gazans to pay for expedited exit permits to Egypt through middlemen while all the others are left waiting https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/egypt/.premium-gazans-only-way-out-is-through-egypt-but-only-if-they-can-afford-it-1.7172812 Zvi Bar’el | Apr. 29, 2019 | 2:55 PM | 1 The honor accorded to Youssef al-Najjar, in whose memory the departure hall at Gaza’s Khan Yunis border processing station is named, has become a […]
Haaretz: 35,000 Palestinians left Gaza in 2018; Hamas blocking doctors from leaving
35,000 Palestinians left Gaza in 2018; Hamas blocking doctors from leaving Most of those departing were young, educated and relatively well-off, and mainly reach Europe via Turkey and then Greece https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/palestinians/.premium-35-000-palestinians-left-gaza-in-2018-hamas-blocking-doctors-from-leaving-1.7254747 Yaniv Kubovich | May 19, 2019 | 2:59 PM | 2 Some 35,000 Palestinians who left the Gaza Strip via Egypt last year haven’t returned, according to Israeli […]
הרהורים בעקבות סירוב הרשות הפלסטינית לקבל מישראל את כספי המיסים בעקבות הפעלת חוק הקיזוז
מאת תת-אלוף (מיל.) יוסי קופרווסר התועלת הביטחונית לטווח הקצר שישראל מפיקה משיתוף הפעולה הביטחוני נמוכה מהתועלת הביטחונית שמפיקים הפלסטינים, ונמוכה אף יותר מהנזק האסטרטגי ארוך הטווח שנוצר כתוצאה מההשלמה המתמשכת של ישראל עם ההסתה, עידוד הטרור והמאבק המדיני נגד ישראל שמנהלת הרשות התעקשותו של אבו מאזן שלא לקבל מישראל את […]
Reflections on the PA’s refusal to accept tax funds from Israel as a result of the anti-“Pay for Slay” Law
By Brig. Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser The short term benefits Israel gains from security cooperation with PA are of less value than those enjoyed by the Palestinians, and worth even less when measured against the long term strategic damage resulting from Israel’s resigning itself to the constant incitement, promotion of terror and the political struggle […]
זהירות מהפוליטיקה המזרח תיכונית
ד”ר מרדכי קידר אם וכאשר תיעלם או תצטמצם הסכנה האיראנית בדרך זו או אחרת, עלולה להיעלם גם הסיבה העיקרית של סעודיה והאמירויות להתקרב לישראל בשנים האחרונות מסתמן שיפור ביחסים בין ישראל ומדינות סוניות חשובות, דוגמת סעודיה ואיחוד האמירויות, ויחסים חדשים אלו מצטרפים להסכמי השלום שיש לישראל עם מצרים החל מ-1979 ועם […]
Beware of Middle Eastern Politics
By Mordechai Kedar If and when the Iranian threat weakens or disappears , we may witness a weakening or the complete disappearance of the main reason Saudi Arabia and the Emirates developed relations with Israel For the past few years, there seems to be a gradual improvement in the relations between […]
INTO THE FRAY: Let the PA collapse
For your perusal, my latest INTO THE FRAY column Let the PA collapse (Kindly consider “liking”, sharing, tweeting – please use hash-tag #IntoFray) Despite possible short term difficulties, Israel should seize on the impending collapse of the Palestinian Authority as an opportunity to extricate itself from the deadly cul-de-sac, into which the Oslo process has lured it […]
TV appearances for MEF 2018
ILTV discussion—May 6, 2019 With Ben-Dror Yemini, an Israeli Journalist & Author, Yedioth Aharonot; David Bedein, The Director Of The Center For Near East Policy; Gen. (ret.) Dr. Meir Elran, Senior Researcher at ; )n the aftermath of the fighting in Gaza https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqKgK3h8iqE&feature=youtu.be ILTV discussion—May 5, 2019. With Gen. (ret.) Ram Shmueli […]
Gazans flee Gaza
Young Palestinians are leaving Gaza in droves https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2019/08/01/young-palestinians-are-leaving-gaza-in-droves With few jobs and no hope, there is little reason for them to stay Escape of the Gaza elites https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5494690,00.html The Gaza Strip is facing a future without its strongest members. Under Hamas, life is just too hard. 40% of youth say they would like to leave […]
