Arab-Israel conflict & diplomacy
A Joint Podcast Series by the Middle East Forum and the American Jewish University
October 7 Changed Everything in Israel, They Said. But Did It?
In Shock, We Read the News About Terrorists Infiltrating Sderot, Struggling to Understand If We Were Still Asleep or Living Through a Nightmare
Navigating Complex Threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and Beyond in a Shifting Middle East Landscape
The Array of Threats Facing Israel Make It Unlike Any Other Contemporary State
This War on the ‘Villa in the Jungle’ Was Launched to Test a Thesis; It Has Been Disproven at a Very High Cost
With a Terse Announcement, Israel Signalled That Its 18-Year Policy of Restraint and Reaction on Its Northern Border Was Definitively Over
Iran Consolidates Its Influence in Iraq Through Shi’Ite Militias, Using the Country as a Hub for Regional Power Projection
An Israeli airstrike on a Hezbollah bunker reportedly has killed Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah.
The Immensely Fragile Remaining Edifice of Mutual Deterrence Is Now Teetering on the Brink
The Decision on the Next Stage of the Fight Remains in Nasrallah’s Hands
It Would Change the Prevailing Belief It Is Necessary to Talk to Terrorists Rather than Craft Strategies for Their Defeat
Israel Believed Hamas Had Already Revealed Most of Its Own Potential Threats, and That These Were Largely Under Control
The Stances of the Dual Leaderships in Beirut and Tehran Suggest That the Recent Events Will Not Propel Hezbollah and Iran Into a Full-Scale Conflict
Israel Will Dismantle Hezbollah’s Deadly Arsenal if the United Nations and Lebanon Will Not Do So
The IDF and the Home Front Are Weary, and a Military Offensive Against Hezbollah Won’t Defeat the Terror Organization
The episode does not alter the essential elements of the picture regarding Israel’s ongoing confrontation with Hezbollah on its northern border.
As a professor of art history wrote, ‘if history is a battleground, then art is a weapon.’
The Visibility of Ties with Bahrain, Morocco, and the UAE Has Changed Since Hamas’s Attacks on October 7, but Israel’s Newest Arab Partners Remain Committed to Strategic Choice
A reckoning between Israel and the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah appears to be only a matter of time.