Israel

The Gaza-Ankara-Jerusalem Triangle: How Israel and Turkey Made Up on Gaza Above the Heads of Palestinians and Egyptians

Fri, 15/07/2016 - 07:37
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By Nathan Shachar

Whatever dividends the fresh Turkish-Israeli rapprochement will bring, it reveals something fundamental about the new Middle East: the number of unknown variables in this ever less predictable environment is steadily growing, and even the most arrogant and unrepentant leaders will have to eat crow from time to time in order to salvage their national interests. Leaders who stand by their words and their principles will be severely handicapped

Reflections on the Second Lebanon War, 10 Years On

Fri, 15/07/2016 - 07:31
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Fri, 15/07/2016


by Jonathan Spyer, The Jerusalem Post
Israeli soldiers returning from the front with captured Lebanese and Hezbollah flags, July 25, 2006.
For those of us who took part in it, the war remains quiet and always just in view, like a suitcase filled with items of memory in the corner of a room.

Egypt's diplomatic games

Fri, 15/07/2016 - 07:24
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Fri, 15/07/2016


Alex Fishman

Analysis: By sending his foreign minister to Israel, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was showing the world that Egypt means business, that it truly is the strongest player in the region, and that no one, especially not the US, should ignore it.

The covert dimension of Israeli-Egyptian ties

Mon, 11/07/2016 - 06:36
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Mon, 11/07/2016


DEBKAfile Exclusive Report 

The Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry's visit to Israel Sunday, July 10 and the two conversations he held with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that day underscored the intensified ties between the two governments and their leaders, President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi and the prime minister.

How Israel Is Losing America

Fri, 08/07/2016 - 07:48
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Fri, 08/07/2016


Israel Can Only Manage, Not End, the Threat from Gaza

Wed, 06/07/2016 - 06:57
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Wed, 06/07/2016


by Efraim Inbar
BESA Center Perspectives

Hamas is deeply rooted in Palestinian society.
A senior Defense Ministry source in Israel said recently that a confrontation with Hamas is inevitable, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) must be prepared for it. The source added, significantly, that "the next round must be the last one for the Hamas government."

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