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Ehud Eilam

Ehud Eilam (PhD) His expertise: Israel's national strategy and military doctrine… [More]

June 8, 2013
4:52 pm

Could Libya and Syria be models for Iran?

Israel might attack Iran’s nuclear sites.Yet maybe the Iranians would take down their regime? And by that they might prevent a war with Israel. In the war in......

March 2, 2013
6:38 pm

Should Israel have a sequestering too…?

The intimidating sequestering is all over the news particularly in the United States, obviously. There should be also a sequestering in the news of the American broadcast television networks......

January 13, 2013
2:27 am

“Let it snow!” When Israeli news broadcast started with the weather report.

A storm bashed Israel in recent days, but it was rather welcome, strangely enough, since the media in Israel usually begins with some kind of national security or economic......

December 10, 2012
6:39 pm

Falling off the cliff – The Middle East version

The United States is facing a fiscal cliff. The Middle East has been doing cliff jumping so many times that it seems like a regional sport. There are all......

November 26, 2012
4:51 pm

What will happen to the Gaza Strip? Ask Egypt

The current round between Israel and the Hamas is over, until the next one. Nothing has really changed. From a strategic point of view Israel cannot get rid of......

November 4, 2012
5:58 pm

The war in Sinai 56 years ago and future war with Iran

Reminiscing the war in Sinai 56 years ago. Will there be a future war with Iran? 56 years ago, from October 29 to November 5 1956 there was a collision between......

September 17, 2012
1:33 am

Containment of Netanyahu, or containment of Obama?

Israel is worried Iran might produce a nuclear bomb. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta declared in Israel on August 2 that all options, including the military one, are on......

September 9, 2012
5:08 pm

Could Israel rely on other nations with regard to Iran?

Israel hopes that one day her national soccer team makes the world cup. Iran strives for nuclear weapons. Right now it seems that Iran might get her wish first.......

September 8, 2012
3:54 pm

What is the right saying about the Iranian – Israeli conflict?

What are the Israelis going to do with the Iranians? Some prefer to quote from movies. Lately, during a televised debate about Iran on Channel 1, Israel’s public channel,......

September 1, 2012
6:03 pm

Reaching a deal with Iran?

The negotiation between the international community (the P5+1) and Iran, is for the latter a way to delay military action by Israel or the United States against her, while......

July 20, 2012
5:28 pm

The Challenge facing Israel from Iran and Syria

Israel, from a national security perspective, is currently focused on Iran and Syria. Israel and other states, including some in the Arab world, are gravely concerned about Iran’s determination to......

May 20, 2012
5:32 pm

The Iranian nuclear challenge

Israel, according to non Israeli sources, has a nuclear arsenal. Iran is eager to possess this unconventional weapon too. Israel’s position is that it cannot afford to allow Iran......