- 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.
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. 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.
- Prof. Hillel Frisch
- Paper No. 253
It is time for a full-scale offensive against Hamas and the other Islamist-Jihadist groups in Gaza.
- Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham
- Paper No. 252
June 30 marks the due date for the complete disarmament of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal. Although Assad may have relinquished the majority of his chemical weapons stockpile, the regime most probably possesses additional ‘undeclared’ facilities.
- Prof. Hillel Frisch
- Paper No. 251
The Hamas-Fatah agreement is just another example of false unity in the Arab world and is already unraveling.
- Prof. Efraim Inbar
- Paper No. 250
As long as the military branch of Hamas remains independent, there is no Palestinian ‘unity’ and certainly no possibility of peace with Israel.
- Prof. Louis René Beres
- Paper No. 249
Iran must never be allowed to believe that Israel's strategic forces are somehow too vulnerable to first-strike attack, or too destructive for operational military use.
- David P. Goldman
- Paper No. 248
After decades of negotiations between Moscow and Beijing for a long term natural gas mega-contract, it seems that Russia has finally relented to China’s terms.