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    <title>Yaakov Amidror</title>
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    <description>Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.</description>
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      <title>Iran’s ‘Ring of Fire’</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The assassination of a senior IRGC officer in Damascus dealt a blow to Iran's strategy of maintaining distance from the actions of its proxies in the region.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 09:01:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Israel-Lebanon maritime border agreement: Pros and cons</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While there are several positive aspects to the agreement from Israel’s perspective, it may have a serious strategic downside.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2022 08:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>A new Middle East</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unlike the Oslo vision, the new reality taking shape in the region is genuine and devoid of fantasies. It must be protected and nurtured.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2022 12:13:52 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Why is Iran returning to the negotiating table?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The answer is simple: The 2015 nuclear deal is good for Iran. But negotiations or no, Israel must prepare for the possibility it will have to defend itself.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2021 07:06:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan: What’s next?</title>
      <link>https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-amidror/the-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-whats-next</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Middle East is doomed to remain brutal, repressive and culturally Islamist. Regional powers, including Israel, must come together to guarantee stability.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2021 08:22:32 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>No agreement is better than another bad agreement with Iran</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Israel-U.S. dialogue on Iran’s nuclear program is necessary, as a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option, as a last resort.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:56:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Iran keeps up its malign behavior, pandemic notwithstanding</title>
      <link>https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-amidror/iran-keeps-up-its-malign-behavior-pandemic-notwithstanding</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[In the meantime, it doesn’t seem as though Iran—the driving force behind most of the friction in the Middle East—is changing its plans or abandoning its dreams, whether in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq or even Yemen.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2020 13:44:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Prevent Iran from creating more Hezbollahs across the Middle East</title>
      <link>https://www.jns.org/opinion/yaakov-amidror/the-time-to-counter-iran-and-its-proxies-was-yesterday</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[Escalating tensions with Iran should be a warning that Tehran’s strategy of training and arming proxy terror groups throughout the Middle East is not being countered aggressively enough.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2019 17:56:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How far will the IDF go?</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[“Operation Northern Shield,” raises complicated questions about Israel’s initiative and willingness to enter a war to prevent the threat it sees growing.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2018 16:47:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Israel should maintain the Africa momentum</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Jewish state has three main interests in this regard: diplomatic, economic and ethical.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 20:48:48 GMT</pubDate>
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