Israel Archives - Page 2 of 4 - Robert Lansing Institute

The Foreign Policy of Abdelmadjid Tebboune: Analyzing the Second Term of Algeria’s Presidency

Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, 78, swept back into office for a second term after winning last week’s election, with the a landslide 84.3 percent of the vote last week’s election, the…

September 18, 2024Algeria, Israel, Morocco, Palestine, Western Sahara

Conflict Geopolitics National Security Warfare

Kremlin’s Efforts to Incite a Larger War in the Middle East Involving Iran and Israel

Following an unsuccessful attempt to provoke a full-scale conflict in the Middle East through an attack on Israel from Palestinian territories in 2023, the Kremlin is now striving to incite…

August 5, 2024Iran, Israel, Russia

Conflict Geopolitics National Security

Israel wants to drag the US into a wider conflict in the Middle East

The assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran on 31 July, which came one day after the killing of Hezbollah’s commander Fuad Shukr in Beirut, leaves Iran’s leadership dishonored. That the Israeli assassination…

August 1, 2024Iran, Israel, USA

Conflict

It seems quite unlikely Hezbollah is going to cede any territory over to the Israelis for a new buffer zone

The risk of escalation between Hezbollah and Israel after more than eight months of border clashes has shown no sign of stopping. Hezbollah has upped the ante, seeking to demonstrate…

June 26, 2024Hezbollah, Israel

Conflict Geopolitics

Russia to further encourage Iran-Israel conflict

Iran's attack on Israel reveals a choreographed plan, involving Russia. The Kremlin has two simultaneous goals: first, it is an effort to eliminate the U.S. external support capacity by drawing them into…

April 15, 2024GRU, Iran, Israel, Russia

Estimates National Security Terrorism

Intelligence failure: HAMAS had prepared for war and was waiting for the right opportunity, which came on October 7.

Since October 7, 2024, when Israel was caught off guard by a sudden and highly damaging attack from Hamas, more information has surfaced regarding why there was no prior warning…

March 15, 2024HAMAS, Israel, Yahya Sinwar

National Security

Israel intelligence analysis failure underestimating Hamas capabilities

The october 7 attack on Israel was a total surprise. There were very few signs of a possible attack. Israeli intelligence evaluated these signs as elements of a routine military exercise by…

January 10, 2024HAMAS, Israel

Conflict Estimates National Security

Iran will react or not after the killing of its general in Syria

When Imad Mughniyeh was killed in Damascus in February 2008, the reverberations of that execution extended beyond the region. It was not about a minor figure. Wherever he went, in…

December 28, 2023HAMAS, Iran, Israel, Palestine

National Security Situation Reports

Why intelligence failed to assess HAMAS attack on Israel

Examining the root causes of the failure by Israeli intelligence on October 7, 2023 with clear eyes and an open mind is essential to avoid the same mistakes in the…

November 15, 2023HAMAS, Israel

National Security Nonproliferation Terrorism

Hamas attack on Israel reveals shady arms shipments to terrorists

Although we have not found direct evidence proving Moscow’s involvement in supplying the Hamas movement with North Korean weapons, there is a very high probability of such copartnership. Particularly, collaboration of the…

October 20, 2023DPRK, HAMAS, Hezbollah, Iran, Israel, Palestine, Russia

Israel