By Yaakov Lappin* August 9, 2019 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,250, August 9, 2019 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s shadow war in Syria is based on the strategic objective of convincing the Islamic Republic that its investment in a war machine…
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By Dr. George N. Tzogopoulos December 28, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,049, December 28, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel, Greece, and Cyprus are building a democratic bloc in the eastern Mediterranean. The Beersheba trilateral summit highlighted the strong momentum…
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December 13, 2018 By Col (Res.) Dr. Raphael G. Bouchnik-Chen* BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,035, December 13, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s decisions a) to contain Hamas’s continuous provocations rather than use them as a casus belli and b) to…
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5/8/2018 του Σμούελ Ρεβέλ Κατά την τριμερή σύνοδο κορυφής μεταξύ Κύπρου, Ελλάδας και Ισραήλ τον Μάιο του 2018, οι ηγέτες των τριών χωρών εξέφρασαν τη δέσμευσή τους να ενισχύσουν περαιτέρω τις σχέσεις τους. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της συνεργασίας, καταβάλλονται συνεχείς προσπάθειες…
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By John M. Nomikos* July 17, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 897, July 17, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Eastern Mediterranean Alliance (Israel, Greece, and Cyprus) is emerging at a time of increasing global instability. All three states are firm…
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1/5/18 Ισραήλ και Σαουδική Αραβία σημαδεύουν Ιράν רה”מ נתניהו בהצהרה על התפתחות משמעותית בעניין הסכם הגרעין עם איראן Ο Ισραηλινός πρωθυπουργός Μπέντζαμιν Νετανιάχου, σε τηλεοπτικό του διάγγελμα δήλωσε πως η Ιερουσαλήμ κατέχει αποδείξεις πως η Τεχεράνη χρησιμοποιεί την συμφωνία του…
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23 Μαρτίου 2018 του Δούκα Γαϊτατζή Το Ισραήλ αντιλήφθηκε την προσπάθεια της Δαμασκού να αποκτήσει πυρηνικά αφότου διαπίστωσε ότι ο Kαντάφι είχε καταφέρει να λειτουργήσει εν κρυπτώ ένα παρόμοιο πρόγραμμα. Λαμβάνοντας υπόψιν τα δεδομένα, ο Ολμερτ έπρεπε να αποφασίσει πότε…
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21.3.2018 by Amos Yadlin INSS Insight No. 1037 What is known as “the Begin Doctrine” instructs that countries that are hostile to Israel and that call for its destruction must not be allowed to develop a nuclear military capability that…
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By Dr. Doron Itzchakov* February 20, 2018 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 747, February 20, 2018 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The recent infiltration of the Israeli airspace by an Iranian drone, and the chain of events that followed, occurred in the context…
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by Oded Eran* INSS Insight No. 1022, February 14, 2018 Speaking about border issues between Israel and Lebanon at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) annual conference (January 31, 2018), Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman said that the Lebanese government…
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By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Mordechai Kedar* December 4, 2017 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 670, December 4, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In view of Saudi Arabia’s deep concern over Iran’s ascendancy, Israel is presented with a unique opportunity to dictate…
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By Yaakov Lappin* November 30, 2017 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 664, November 30, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The need to engage enemies embedded in urban combat zones, megacities (metropolitan areas with more than 10 million inhabitants), and other populated regions…
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24.11.2017 by erpic-manager Professor Asher Susser Tel Aviv University, Israel Speaking about Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean really requires first to have a look at Israel and its place with reference to the Arab Middle East. Because I would argue…
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By JUDAH ARI GROSS 26 October 2017, 4:06 pm Cyprus National Guard chief visits two-week joint exercise; IDF brigadier general declares drill ‘a success’ The head of the Cypriot military visited Israel on Wednesday to oversee a joint exercise between…
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By George N. Tzogopoulos* October 24, 2017 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 625, October 24, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel’s image in the Greek media has been negative for decades. However, the rapprochement between Athens and Jerusalem and improvement in their…
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24.10.2017 by William Mallinson ‘A truly independent Greece is an absurdity. Greece can either be English or Russian, and since it cannot be Russian, it is necessary that she be English.’ Introduction The above quote, well-known and well-worn though it…
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By Rauf Baker* October 14, 2017 BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 614, October 14, 2017 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: In Syria, where chaos reigns and there are no moderates among the Sunni Arab opposition, the “enemy of my enemy” principle may apply…
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Israel Should Avoid Turkey, Include Cyprus in Gas Export Projects by Ariel Ben Solomon* BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 370, October 7, 2016 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Israel should rule out building a natural gas pipeline to Islamist Turkey because of the…
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