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Amir Avivi

Thousands of Israelis rally against the Israeli government's planned judicial reforms, in Tel Aviv on Jan. 21, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari /Flash90.

The national security implications of the revolt against judicial reform

Some of my fellow generals have crossed the red line.

February 16, 2023

A view of Efrat's Dagan (foreground) and Tamar (background) neighborhoods, near Bethlehem in Judea and Samaria, Nov. 10, 2020. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

A new Judea and Samaria policy will promote security

Opponents in the security establishment should hold their doomsday forecasts.

December 12, 2022

Illustrative: An oil tanker on the open sea. Credit: Igor Karasi/Shutterstock.

Iran is seeking to expand its power over global trade

The Islamic republic’s imperial ambitions could threaten the entire world.

October 6, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Yerevan, Armenia, to take part in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Gevorg Ghazaryan/Shutterstock.

The emerging unholy alliance between Russia, Turkey and Iran

Vladmir Putin’s summit in Tehran is a bad sign for the United States, Israel and the West in general.

July 25, 2022

Israeli security establishment agrees: Iran deal is a strategic calamity

The attempt to politicize basic facts about the fatally flawed agreement with Iran will compromise Israel’s security and its founding principle to reserve the right for self-defense.

April 12, 2022

IDF forces during a training exercise near Katzrin in the Golan Heights, Aug. 31, 2021. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

Israel must put down the pen and pick up the sword

It is time to shed the failed concept of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.

March 10, 2022

Negotiators meet in Vienna to discuss the Iran nuclear deal, May 2021. Source: Enrique Mora/European External Action Service/Twitter.

Is the US headed towards a bad deal with Iran?

What is needed is a totally different agreement from the JCPOA—one that meaningfully guarantees that Tehran will never have the capability to produce nuclear weapons.

Amir Avivi and Yossi Kuperwasser

December 30, 2021

Israelis participate in a march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day, near Havat Gilad, in Judea and Samaria, on May 9, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.

New ideas for achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace are long overdue

It’s tragic how little conversation there has been on the various models of autonomy and self-governance for the Palestinian Arabs that can be employed to achieve peace and prosperity.

Amir Avivi and Elie Kirshenbaum

November 9, 2021

The former U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem, July 19, 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Dividing Jerusalem 101

The U.S. administration is putting immense pressure on the Israeli government to allow the reopening of the consulate in the heart of the Jewish state’s capital.

Amir Avivi and Or Yissachar

October 31, 2021