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Israel’s National Security Staff at Twenty
In 1999, some fifty years after Prime Minister Ben-Gurion first proposed the idea, Israel’s national security council was finally established. Much like the American NSC, on which it was modelled, Israel’s NSC (renamed the Israel National Security Staff-INSS) was the...
Stuxnet
Stuxnet: The US-Israeli Cyber Campaign Against the Iranian Nuclear Program Ever since the early 1990s, a shared perception of the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program has been the basis for a variety of joint US-Israeli efforts, spanning the diplomatic, economic and...
All about Israel Speakers
Challenges Facing Israel Speakers Israeli speakers face unique joys and challenges. Unlike many other countries and conflicts, Israel is constantly in the global media, especially in the US. It sometimes seems almost as if the NY Times and Washington Post would go out...
On Being an Israel Expert and IDF Expert
I have spent nearly four decades honing my expertise in Israeli national security, US-Israeli relations, American policy in the Middle East and Middle Eastern affairs generally. I served in Israel’s defense establishment for over two decades, as an analyst...