Dr. Yossi Mansharof: The Iranians aren’t attacking Israel or ordering their Hezbollah allies to attack us because they know that Israel has the tools to hit back at them. Lebanon isn’t working out for them, so the Iranians are turning to the Houthis.

For Iran there is no substitute to Hezbollah. It’s more aligned religiously than the Houthis. They won’t leave Hezbollah alone.

Published in The Sun, September 14, 2026.

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Prof. Kobi Michael: I doubted Dahlan had been involved in the Haaretz report, reasoning that Dahlan would not do anything to jeopardize the trust he has built with MBZ.

If Dahlan was involved and did it on behalf of the request of Hamas, then he strengthened his position vis-a-vis Hamas and MBZ together. If he did it behind the back of Hamas, he put his position vis-a-vis Hamas in danger.

Far more likely, is that Netanyahu’s accusations against Dahlan are part of a broader campaign intended to distract attention and focus and to elaborate on the idea of external involvement in the election.

Published in The Jerusalem Post, September 10,  2026.

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Col. (res.) Dr. Hanan Shai: Israel cannot assume that the Mecca pact will also remain an empty declaration.” He proposed not a rival military alliance but an economic-security organization built around the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor, with India, Israel, Greece, Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates at its core, Jordan providing land continuity and Saudi Arabia welcomed even while Riyadh remains in the Mecca pact.

Published in The Media Line & The Jerusalem Post, September 8,  2026.

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Prof. Kobi Michael argues that the government must have the final authority on wartime publications to ensure national security, protect public morale, and prevent panic.

He also defends the restrictions on international journalists entering Gaza without a military escort, explaining that it protects their safety and prevents Hamas from controlling and biasing their reports.

The full interview took place on Channel I24, on September 6, 2026.

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Prof. Kobi Michael: It may do this by forming a new party, not under the name of Hamas, or by allying with Dahlan.

To participate in the elections, a party needs to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinian people and be a Palestinian citizen with permanent residency in the Palestinian territories. Hamas does not recognize the PLO’s authority, partially because it rejects recognition of the Israeli state, and Dahlan is a resident of the United Arab Emirates, not the Palestinian territories, making the issue of their running all the more complicated.

Published in The Jerusalem Post, September  05, 2026.

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Prof. Kobi Michael: Abbas had “a good reason” to want to postpone, given the recent developments with Dahlan and Hamas. Fatah is very unpopular among the Palestinian constituency, and Hamas is too, but a third political force might be much more popular.

Abu Mazen [Abbas] understands that losing the general election means losing the presidential election and he will prefer not to take the risk.

I have good reason to believe that if the national party is established and decides to participate in the election, Israel will find a way to help Abu Mazen postpone the election because it poses a real and substantial threat and risk of legitimizing Hamas as a political actor.

It would weaken the PA and enable Hamas to hold both ends of the rope: to continue to lead the armed resistance against Israel and at the very same time to become a legitimate influential political actor.

Published in The Jerusalem Post, September 03,  2026.

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Yossi Amrusi: In recent months, the IDF and Shin Bet have been operating very intensively in the Gaza Strip. The public is not always aware of these activities because sometimes Iran takes all the attention, but every day and every night, the IDF and Shin Bet operate inside Palestinian territory in Gaza, arresting people, interrogating terrorists and eliminating terrorists, and this has an impact. After all, they could have eliminated him, but they decided to bring him in for interrogation, apparently because of the information he possesses.

His position is relatively senior, as the head of Hamas’ internal security. His job is to uncover spies and collaborators, arrest and imprison them or kill them. He is involved in almost everything, which is why it was important to bring him in alive, interrogate him, and through that interrogation obtain strategic information about the direction Hamas is heading, their position regarding disarmament, as well as tactical information about the locations of weapons depots, operatives, launch pits, tunnel shafts and more. This man has all of that information.

The full interview was published on Channel 7, on September 2, 2026.

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Dr. Raphael Ben-Levi argues that Iran is currently at its weakest point since the 1979 revolution due to intense US economic pressure and coordinated US-Israeli military actions.

He asserts that despite Iran’s potential desperate attempts to escalate the conflict, the US and Israel have clearly gained the upper hand, demonstrating the power of their unprecedented military partnership.

The full interview took place on Fox News’ Livenow on September 2, 2026.

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Ruth Wasserman Lande discusses the internal instability and financial decline of the Iranian regime due to sanctions and intelligence pressure, warning that a pressured Iran remains a highly dangerous threat.

She also highlights shifting geopolitical dynamics, urging Israel to remain alert to the combined threats from Turkey and its proxy control over Syria.

The full interview took place on Channel I24 on August 31, 2026.

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Prof. Kobi Michael argues that Judea and Samaria currently poses a more acute security threat to Israel than the Gaza Strip due to its high population, proximity to Israeli communities, and rising tensions.

He also warns that the violent and provocative actions of certain Israeli youngsters in Palestinian villages play into biased international media narratives and damage the long-term legitimacy of the entire settlement project.

The full interview took place on ILTV on August 30, 2026.

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