- 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.
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. 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.
- Prof. Efraim Inbar
- Paper No. 247
Following the failure of Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, ‘doing nothing’ and managing the conflict is Israel’s most sensible approach to the situation
- Prof. Efraim Karsh
- Paper No. 246
The Palestinian Authorities' decision to strike an agreement with Hamas is proof of the Palestinian leadership's continual rejection of both peace and independent statehood.
- Maj. Gen. (res.) Yaakov Amidror
- Paper No. 245
An agreement that would allow Iran to maintain a full nuclear fuel cycle would be far worse than no agreement, and could force Israel to respond independently