- Dr. Max Singer
- Paper No. 264
There is a middle way between more of the same and retaking Gaza. The proposed middle way would be an IDF attack with limited, achievable military objectives.
Perspectives Papers
Perspectives Papers provide analysis from BESA Center research associates and other outside experts on the most important issues pertaining to Israel and the Middle East.
- Prof. Efraim Inbar
- Paper No. 263
Operation Protective Edge has not weakened or threatened Hamas enough to encourage them to accept a ceasefire. Israel has no choice but to continue to attack Hamas.
- Prof. Shmuel Sandler
- Paper No. 262
The Obama administration seems not to understand the current power configuration in the Middle-East and the dangers of the growing Islamist movement.
- Prof. Jonathan Rynhold
- Paper No. 261
Last week’s failed ceasefire proposal by John Kerry highlights the clash between the Obama administration’s approach to the Middle East, and the strategy preferred by Israel and other American allies in the region.
- Prof. Efraim Inbar
- Paper No. 260
The developing international consensus to offer Gaza economic aid in exchange for a ceasefire is a moral and strategic mistake.
- Dr. Eado Hecht
- Paper No. 259
The IDF must develop the technology and the tactical skills to locate, map and destroy Gaza's tunnels.
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
- Paper No. 257
Israel must decide whether it is willing to tolerate a chronic Hamas threat or risk a long, difficult operation to get rid of it.
- Prof. Shmuel Sandler
- Paper No. 256
The current Israel-Hamas war will have broad strategic implications that go far beyond the immediate results on the battlefield.
- Prof. Efraim Inbar
- Paper No. 255
Against an implacable, well-entrenched, non-state enemy like the Hamas, Israel needs to “mow the grass” once in a while in order to degrade enemy capabilities
- David M. Weinberg
- Paper No. 254
Israel didn’t effect a significant change in the security balance versus Hamas in the Gaza Strip. A draw with the Hamas is strategically unsatisfactory.