BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 622, October 21, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Theย recent terror attackย that killed three Israelis in Har Adar is a reminder of the fragile security situation across Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza.ย Most of the …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 615, October 15, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: A quadcopter from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel earlier this month, and the IDF released a short message saying a unit had arrived to take it away …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 612, October 13, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Time may be running out for one of Hamas’s main weapons against Israel: its cross-border terror tunnels. As Hamas loses its potency against Israel in Gaza, it is turning …
Executive Summary:
In defiance of UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon war, Hezbollah and its Iranian patron, with the assistance of the Bashar Assad regime, are filling Lebanon with surface-to-surface projectiles, and aiming them at …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 570, August 26, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Creating deterrence was Israel’s goal in the last three conflicts it fought against Hamas, but that objective has been cast aside. Any future armed clash with Gaza’s Islamist rulers …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 542, July 27, 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Truces with Hezbollah and Hamas are enabling the IDF to focus on combat training and force build-up programs as part of Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Gadi Eizenkotโs push towards …
BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 221
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The IDF and the Iran-Hizballah axis are each in the midst of a long-term military build-up, preparing for the possibility of a full-scale eruption of the ongoing covert struggle between them. With …
