Daniel J Levy

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Apr 3, 2019, 8:09 AM

Israeli military history and strategy book digest

Combined Arms Warfare in Israeli Military History, by David Rodman, is an excellent new book assessing Israeli military strategy from 1948 through to Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Attempting to test the thesis that the Israeli military is at...

Dec 25, 2018, 4:57 AM

December book digest

With Hamas again making recent headlines in the Israeli press, it does little harm to conduct some more substantial background reading on them, and three particularly useful books on this subject are Rules for Rebels: The Science of Victory in Militant...

May 30, 2018, 2:37 PM

Hamas’s secret weakness

The past year, and more specifically past month have amply demonstrated how Hamas is now a weak and vulnerable group, and most likely doomed to ultimate failure. While historically Hamas has sought to project an image of strength and...

May 22, 2018, 3:55 PM

The points we’ve been missing in Gaza

Last week marked seventy years since the State of Israel was declared. For many, particularly Israelis and Jews living in diaspora, it marked a time for celebration. For Palestinians, though, it served as a painful reminder of the Nakba,...

May 18, 2018, 9:51 AM

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad book digest

Having spent the past year undertaking postgraduate research on a number of Iranian-backed non-state actors and proxies in the Israeli-Arab Conflict at the University of Oxford's St Antony's College, I would like to present a brief digest of books...

Jan 13, 2018, 10:30 PM

Visiting Istanbul

Easily accessible from England, mainland Europe, and Israel, Istanbul is an attractive and beautiful city. Straddling Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait, it’s a particularly interesting and exciting “east meets west” type of city. With so much to...

Oct 19, 2017, 12:25 PM

Book review: Sweet

The wait is over! Yotam Ottolenghi - together with Helen Goh - has finally released his much awaited dessert recipe book: Sweet. Having made his name for bringing the Levantine kitchen to London (zaatar, techina, and preserved lemons), a...

Aug 30, 2017, 11:00 PM

London Kosher restaurant review: Delicatessen

Delicatessen is one of North West London's newest and most popular Kosher restaurants. Supervised by the Federation and centrally located at 51 Fairfax Avenue in Hampstead (just off Finchley Road), it occupies a rarely filled niche in the local...

Aug 16, 2017, 11:41 PM

Kosher meat dining in New York and Washington DC

Talia’s Steakhouse Located on 668 Amsterdam Avenue, Talia’s Steakhouse combines a phenomenally wide offering of meat entrees with warm, home-style Israeli dining. Owner Effie Nagar works at the house front most evening, and personally welcomes guests as they arrive. As...

Jun 3, 2017, 12:28 AM

Corbyn the (seemingly) competent

Less than a week away from its second general election since 2015, England may yet be in for another June surprise a year on from Brexit. What many predicted would be a cakewalk to a hugely increased Conservative majority...

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About Me

Daniel J. Levy is a graduate of the University of Leeds and Oxford, where his academic research primarily focused on Iranian proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine. He is the Founding Director and Lead Consultant of the Ortakoy Security Group, and has contributed editorial pieces to The Times of Israel, Jerusalem Post, Haaretz, and Israel Policy Exchange. In his free time, he enjoys reading, running, and cooking. He can be followed on Twitter @danielhalevy.