The Israeli strike’s main achievements lie in the messages it conveyed.
Major (res.) BenLevi served for seven years in the IDF Intelligence Branch and in the IAF. Directs the Churchill Program for Strategy, Statecraft and Security at the Argaman Institute. Previously a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Haifa and a lecturer at the IDF Military Command Academy. Authored Cultures of Counterproliferation: The Making of American and Israeli Policy on the Iranian Nuclear Program (Routledge, 2023).
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Middle East
Time to Abandon the Two State Paradigm and Move to Localized Self-Rule under Israeli Sovereignty
Contrary to the claims of the current wave of states who seek to recognize the existence of a fictitious “State of Palestine,” the Palestinians are in fact both undeserving and incapable of sovereign independence. The current political circus is however a sign that it is time to rethink the status quo and consider alternative arrangements for localized political self-rule.
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Part of the Israeli public thinks Israel should advance full sovereignty over Judea and Samaria in response to Western recognition of a Palestinian state.
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The Hebron Emirate initiative, led by local tribal leaders, offers a compelling departure from the Palestinian Authority model and offers several advantages.
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According to Iran researcher Dr. Raphael BenLevi, the blow that Israel dealt to Tehran not only thwarted a serious strategic threat, but heralds a profound change in the status and …
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Why Israel Had to Act Against Iran – and Why It Must Complete the Job.