Dr. Raphael BenLevi: This is just a ceasefire – it is not peace. The terms are not set yet … not on the Strait of Hormuz, not on the nuclear …
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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As Israel and the United States undertake operations of unprecedented scale against Iran, with a regional war now underway and global implications mounting, many critics are asking why this is …
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Dr. Raphael BenLevi: Having now openly called for an end to the nuclear and ballistic programmes and the support for proxies, it would be very difficult for him to accept …
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Dr. Raphael BenLevi: I believe Israel should end its dependence on US aid, moving from a relationship based on patronage to a true partnership. It is eminently possible to move …
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Dr. Raphael BenLevi argues for transitioning the Israel-U.S. relationship from “patronage to partnership” by phasing out the military grant model that has existed since the 1970s. He contends that this …
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Dr. Raphael Ben-Levy argues that Israel is making a fatal mistake in calling for peace with undefeated enemies and must return to its earlier, successful realist security doctrine, which was …