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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
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
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
Secular activists hold up placards as they stage a counterprotest against ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters in support of Cafe Basimta, which is open on Shabbat, in central Jerusalem, on August 15.PremiumPremium

What the new INSS poll teaches us about how Israelis see Iran, Trump, and the threats within

Latest INSS surveys show Israelis reassessing Iran, US support, and the growing security threat posed by divisions at home

|ByABIR GITLIN

Yadlin warns of major changes in alliances in year ahead

"The US has always been an ally, but that could change." - Amos Yadlin, director of the Institute for National Security Studies and former IDF general.

JANUARY 16, 2019ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Amos Yadlin

Know Comment: Warmed-over withdrawal syndrome

Gen. Yadlin’s unilateral disengagement plans are neither new nor logical.

OCTOBER 11, 2018ByDAVID M. WEINBERG
Amos Yadlin

Top expert: State must speed up, overhaul cyber regulation

Currently, there is not even a comprehensive cyber law – and initial efforts to propose one this summer stalled on a variety of privacy and other concerns.

AUGUST 30, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Cyber hacking (illustrative)

Former IDF Intel Chief urges grounding of Assad's helicopter fleet

“Even without poison gas, these vehicles are used to launch inaccurate explosives that inflict terror and death on Syrian civilians,” said Amos Yadlin.

APRIL 8, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JPOST.COM STAFF
Amos Yadlin

Ex-IDF intel chief rejects critics, says Syrian reactor never turned ‘hot’

Amos Yadlin pushes back against claims by the former Mossad chief who characterized the delay in identifying the threat as an intelligence failure.

MARCH 29, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Former IDF chier Amos Yadlin (Left) and former mossad head Tamor Pardo argue over Israel's intelligence on the Syrian nuclear reactor

The Lounge

FEBRUARY 5, 2018ByMICHAL GALANTI
Chelsea FC players Charly Musonda, Eden Hazard, and Ross Barkley participate in the team's initiative against antisemitism, January 2018

U.S. defends role of Lebanon army as Israel threatens to attack it

Such a public difference of opinion between two close allies is remarkable.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByREUTERS
A poster of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in southern Lebanon

LIVE: Key gov., military leaders on Israel's critical future challenges

Yair Lapid, Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Liberman will discuss Israel's security challenges on the second day of the 2018 INSS conference.

JANUARY 31, 2018ByDAVID BRUMMER
Gilad Erdan speaks at the INSS Conference, 31 January 2018

Jordanian scholar: Shared concern over Iran not enough for Israel-Sunni alliance

“The Palestinian narrative runs deep in [Arab] cultures.”

JANUARY 31, 2018ByBEN LYNFIELD
File: Jordan's King Abdullah II greets Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House in Washington

Ex-CIA Director Petraeus: Everything can be hijacked, weaponized

Petraeus also highlighted the growing threat of Hezbollah and other non-state actors.

JANUARY 30, 2018ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
CIA Director David Petraeus speaks to members of a Senate (Select) Intelligence hearing on "World Wide Threats" on Capitol Hill in Washington in this January 31, 2012 file photo.