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Ushering in a New Era in the IDF: Dependence on Air Force Capability
The retirement of Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Moshe Ya'alon ushers an Israeli doctrine that plays down the Palestinian insurgency and envisions air power as the leading element against ground threats
Israeli defense sources as...
Minister Sharansky’s Letter of Resignation
May 2, 2005
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon Office of the Prime Minister Jerusalem
Dear Mr. Prime Minister,
I am writing to inform you of my decision to resign as Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Jerusalem.
As you know,...
Retreat from Gaza?
Since December 2003, Ariel Sharon has astonished friend and foe alike, embracing the very idea he opposed in the elections that confirmed him in power in January 2003.
The idea is "unilateral disengagement," whereby Israel,...
Russian Supply of Missiles to Syria
Russian Sale of Missiles to Syria
TEL AVIV -- Russia said the sale of its anti-aircraft missiles to Syria would reduce Israeli air force missions over that Arab country.
The Russian assessment has been shared...
When World Leaders Forget that the US Congress Must Foot the Bill
While the Bush-Sharon Summit focused on mutual threats (e.g. Iran and Islamic terrorism), it has highlighted a few basic misunderstandings - in Israel - concerning the US political system, US-Israel relations and Disengagement.
For example,...
A Strategic Assessment
This piece assesses the implications of the Sharon government's success last week in pushing through its Gaza withdrawal plan, in terms of historically unprecedented nature of this step and its legally dubious nature, then...
Sharon’s 10 premises for his withdrawal plan should be questioned
1. "The successful withdrawal from Southern Lebanon is a precedent for everything that will take place in Gaza and Northern Samaria after the withdrawal from these areas".
Deputy prime minister, Minister Ehud Olmert, said in...
A Security Error of Historical Magnitude
Strategic Assessment
Volume 7, No. 3, December 2004
Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, Tel Aviv University
The Aims of the Disengagement Plan
On April 18, 2004, the Israeli government issued a general outline of its proposed unilateral disengagement...
Beneath the Moderate Veneer
"If anyone deserves to be given a chance, this is the guy."
So declared Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, referring to PA Chair Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen), in an address just this past...
Olmert Distorts Reality of Israel’s Northern Border For Visiting Jewish Organizations
On February 18th, 2005, during a public presentation for the annual Jerusalem meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations from North America, Israel's Deputy Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pointed to Israel's...
