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Global Jewish life profoundly reshaped by impact of Israeli-Palestinian conflict, INSS report shows

A recent Institute for National Security Studies report claims that global fallout from Israel’s conflict has profoundly reshaped everyday Jewish life across diaspora communities.

|ByALEX CARSON
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York, US, September 24, 2026.
Turkish security forces line up in the buffer zone as Turkish police use water cannon to disperse Syrian supporters who gather at the border, across from the northern Syrian town of Qamishli, January 20, 2026

Israel must set red lines on Turkish presence in Syria to avoid confrontation, think tank argues

Israel's Syria policy could ultimately invite US pressure to abandon its buffer zone without significant security concessions if it fails to engage Damascus diplomatically, INSS warns.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Protesters in Switzerland hold a banner reading: ‘Sanction Israel, End Complicity,’ in June. Israel should confront actors who seek its elimination, expose factual distortions, and challenge the misuse of legal and historical terminology.PremiumPremium

When all criticism looks like hostility, both sides lose to their extremes - opinion

Israel must distinguish between legitimate criticism and campaigns aimed at denying its legitimacy – and its serious critics have a responsibility to make the same distinction

|ByPNINA SHARVIT BARUCH
Iranian-linked networks have emerged as a leading source of foreign influence operations targeting Israelis and seeking to exploit political divisions. PremiumPremium

AI-powered disinformation is outrunning Israel's defenses in its own language - analysis

Foreign influence operations are now fluent in Hebrew, powered by AI and spreading faster than the government can respond

|ByMARK GINSBERG

Meir Ben Shabbat to ‘Post’: Moderate Sunni Arabs see nuke deal as US bowing to Iran

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased Iran's desire for nuclear weapons.

MARCH 10, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, LAHAV HARKOV
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL head Meir Ben-Shabbat attends a state audit committee meeting at the Knesset in 2018

Israel offered Lebanese army assistance four times last year - Gantz

Ex-IDF intel chief Amos Yadlin: Iran nuclear deal should lead to an Israeli-Arab defense deal.

FEBRUARY 2, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Army soldiers are deployed after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021.

US can deal with Ukraine and block Iran nuke at same time - Nides

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides spoke at the INSS annual conference in Tel Aviv.

FEBRUARY 1, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on December 2, 2021

INSS report on Israeli security threats misses mark, offers no real help - opinion

It fails to recognize the enemy and to offer Zionist security solutions that draw upon wellsprings of faith and which rally the country for long-overdue, renewed struggle.

JANUARY 27, 2022ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
A COUPLE observes fire damage caused to a home during rioting last May in Lod.

Iran talks: Will a deal be reached? Doubtful - INSS report

The report shows how Iran has taken an emboldened stance, and that Israel is not properly preparing for the worst.

JANUARY 24, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2021.

Public doesn’t think Israel won May Gaza war, but was justified - INSS

An INSS fellow also said that nuclear treaty moves should be coordinated with US, and that adding jobs for Gazans won't pacify Hamas.

DECEMBER 26, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Explosion at market in Gaza City, July 22, 2021

Grapevine November 5, 2021: When understanding overrides emotion

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

NOVEMBER 4, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
IRISH FOREIGN MINISTER Simon Coveney.

Israelis give gov't a failing grade in public diplomacy - study

Facebook is considered the most influential platform for news regarding political and security matters.

OCTOBER 18, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
BRIG.-GEN. RAN KOCHAV, former commander of the air force’s Air Defense Command, takes over as the new chief IDF spokesperson and member of the General Staff.

Biden not as committed to Abraham Accords as Trump - Ben Shabbat

Former IDF chief of staff Lt.-Gen. (ret.) Gadi Eisenkot: Abraham Accords can help unite Israel and Sunni Arabs against Iran and terrorism.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Meir Ben Shabbat is seen at the Knesset on November 6, 2018.

Iran nuclear program poses very serious threat to Israel - INSS to Herzog

Iran has made significant progress in high levels of uranium enrichment, uranium metal production and in operating advanced centrifuges.

JULY 27, 2021ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.