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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

Democracy Governance ideology

Russia’s information policy has added to anti-Semitism, with more risk of anti-Jewish riots

Israel 's invasion by HAMAS has triggered growing anti-Semitism in some European nations. Russia, in particular, has seen a sharp increase in anti-Semitic sentiment, which means that Russian people are ready…

October 10, 2023anti-semitism, Israel, Russia

Conflict Propaganda and Disinformation Warfare

Russian PsyOp proves the Kremlin’s involvement in the operation agaist Israel

The forecasting about Russia’s misinformation campaign aimed at diverting attention to another 'unsuitable' target in matters of supplying weapons to Hamas militants for attacking Israel was confirmed. On October 7,…

October 9, 2023HAMAS, Israel, Palestine, Russia, Wagner Group

Energy Geoeconomics

Lebanon Israel maritime agreement: neither peace nor war

Agreement reached Tuesday 11, October In Israel, the premier announced a "historic" agreement between Lebanon and Israel, but without revealing its content. The agreement "will strengthen Israel's security, inject billions…

October 14, 2022Hezbollah, Israel, Lebanon

Energy Governance

Lebanon and Israel – dispute in progress

"There is still work to be done," said the American envoy Amos Hochstein, who is responsible for indirect negotiations between Lebanon and Israel on their common maritime border, after a…

September 12, 2022Israel, Lebanon

Governance ideology

Anti-Semitism to grow in Russia

Anti-Semitism is mounting in Russia. The government seeks to use the ethnic component to get the people off social and economic woes, triggered by the Putin regime in the military…

August 4, 2022Israel, Russia

Governance

Will Israel be able to have a stable government?

The Israeli government led by Naftali Bennett, which took office exactly one year ago, in June 2021, has collapsed once again. With the process of dissolving the parliament, or Knesset,…

July 1, 2022Israel

Israel