BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,122, March 25, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: At this strategic watershed moment, one can discern the logic of the policy that has guided the Netanyahu government’s approach to Gaza over the past decade – that it …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,121, March 25, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The State of Israel is at a fateful crossroads. The unending necessity to safeguard the state’s secure existence ensures that its leaders will face complex and painful decisions. But …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,095, February 24, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In the public debate on Israel’s national security in general and a desirable Israeli-Palestinian settlement in particular, the dividing line between “political” and “professional” has been drawn by old …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,090, February 18, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Unilateral disengagement from the West Bank, which Israeli PM candidate Benny Gantz seems to support, would have far-reaching adverse implications for Israel in the security, economic, social, infrastructural, and …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,074, January 27, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Moscow’s public demand that Israel stop its attacks in Syria places Israel’s longstanding air campaign at a critical juncture despite PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s avowed determination to sustain it for …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,066, January 17, 2019
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Given the inherent professional tension between heads of state and their ministers of defense, most critically manifested in moments of grave national crisis, it might be preferable for the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,051, December 30, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: However misconceived, President Trump’s decision to withdraw US forces from Syria might have a silver lining for Israel. It forces Jerusalem to reevaluate the basic assumptions of the “peace …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,046, December 25, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Last summer’s events in the Gaza Strip cast serious doubt on the feasibility of a complete Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank, as the proximity of that area to …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,032, December 10, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A new strategic symbiosis has evolved over the past decade between Hezbollah and the Lebanese state, enabling the Islamist group to pursue its massive military buildup with impunity. This …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,013, November 23, 2018
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), led by Maj. Gen. (res.) Amos Yadlin, recently issued “A Political-Security Framework Strategic Action Plan for the Israeli-Palestinian Arena.” The gap between …
