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Eyal Zisser

Eyal Zisser is a lecturer in the Middle East History Department at Tel Aviv University.

It’s easier for Arab politicians to blame the police or the government for the violence in their sector than it is to look at the deeply entrenched values that perpetuate it.
Hezbollah’s leader has nothing to lose, so Israel cannot take his threats of waging all-out war lightly.
The U.S. president may not only have failed to advance a regional defense alliance against Iran, but brought Russia and Tehran closer together.
The only way for Israel to ensure and expand its qualitative edge over its enemies is to invest in education.
U.S. concerns over Iran are neither understandable nor justified. It is inappropriate for officials in Washington to try to hide behind Israel’s apron strings.
Will internal battles among Mahmoud Abbas’s potential successors lead to anarchy in the Palestinian Authority?
The Six-Day War essentially created the Palestinians. Before the war, Jordan and Egypt never contemplated creating an independent entity in Judea, Samaria and Gaza.
The Russians aided the Arabs in their war against Israel; today, it has open dialogue and even friendly relations with us.
Despite the lack of faith in Hezbollah, the terrorist group will continue doing as it pleases in Lebanon, which will remain a helpless, failing state.
It would make sense that after 150 years of conflict, the Palestinians would choose a different path instead of continuing to encourage and celebrate hatred and incitement.
The terror group’s threats betrays its fear that integration into Israeli society is gaining popularity among Arab Israelis.
In the space around us, Israel doesn’t have a more reliable security partner than Jordan.