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Should Israel have a sequestering too…?

Ehud Eilam — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 16:38:25 +0000

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 which too often focus on subjects that are not really the most important ones to put it mildly. A sequestering could also be implemented outside the [...]

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

Ehud Eilam — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 00:27:41 +0000

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 problem, rarely with reports about a downfall of rain and snow. Snow hardly visits the parched areas in Israel, and lasts for a short time when [...]

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Falling off the cliff – The Middle East version

Ehud Eilam — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:39:50 +0000

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 kinds of cliffs in the Middle East, possibly more ominous than the fiscal one. In the Middle East the depth of the abyss is greater, the [...]

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What will happen to the Gaza Strip? Ask Egypt

Ehud Eilam — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:51:00 +0000

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 the Hamas and vice versa too. They are stuck with each other, and Israel, being aware of that before the operation in the Gaza Strip, had [...]

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

Ehud Eilam — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:58:51 +0000

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 Israel and Egypt, known as the Sinai war. It is seemingly a forgotten war but it has a linkage to the ongoing tension and [...]

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Containment of Netanyahu, or containment of Obama?

Ehud Eilam — Sun, 16 Sep 2012 22:33:00 +0000

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 the table as to Iran. According to a poll by the Israeli daily Maariv, 40 % of the Israelis think Israel should attack Iran alone, while [...]

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Could Israel rely on other nations with regard to Iran?

Ehud Eilam — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 14:08:27 +0000

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. As to the world soccer tournament and Iran’s nuclear project Israel depends to a large extent on other nations. Yet, while in sport the latter would [...]

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

Ehud Eilam — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 12:54:43 +0000

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, they broadcasted the scene “when you have to shoot, shoot don’t talk!” from the classic Western “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. It could be [...]

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Reaching a deal with Iran?

Ehud Eilam — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 15:03:50 +0000

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 continuing to seek the bomb. The United States wishes to postpone any Israeli attack, and not launch an American one as well, at least until the [...]

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The Challenge facing Israel from Iran and Syria

Ehud Eilam — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:28:23 +0000

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 produce a nuclear bomb, which presents a clear and present danger, at least for Israel. According to non Israeli sources, Israel holds nuclear weapons which [...]

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The Iranian nuclear challenge

Ehud Eilam — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:32:06 +0000

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 to get the bomb. If Iran acquires the bomb, there would be a balance of deterrence between Israel and Iran, and both states would be cognizant [...]

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