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Eran Lerman

Col. (ret.) Dr. Eran Lerman, former deputy director of the National Security Council, is the vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies.

Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Nov. 16, 2023. Credit: IDF.

An Israeli perspective on the Gaza war

The Oct. 7 war has implications that stretch far beyond the Middle East.

November 23, 2023

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in August 2022. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The future of Israel’s policy in the Eastern Mediterranean

Turkey, at least as long as the AKP is in power, cannot be considered a reliable partner for major national projects such as energy exports.

November 20, 2023

Family and friends attend the funeral of Israeli soldier Uri Mordechai at Mount Herzl cemetery in Jerusalem, Oct. 10, 2023. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

How could this happen?

Fifty years and a day from the Egyptian and Syrian surprise invasion on Yom Kippur of 1973, the Israel Defense Forces were again caught unprepared.

October 10, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas during the funeral of late Israeli President Shimon Peres, held at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Sept. 30, 2016. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

The split in Israel’s government over Palestinian policy

What does it mean for Israeli-Saudi normalization?

October 3, 2023

Republican and Democratic Party logos. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The Democratic Party: Not yet a lost cause for Israel

But warning signs require that Jerusalem pay close attention.

September 19, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, March 9, 2022. Source: Isaac Herzog/Twitter.

Israel’s tango with Turkey has limits

While new avenues of dialogue are opening between Jerusalem and Ankara, including a planned visit by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s priorities should remain firm.

July 31, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) talks to China's Premier Li Keqiang (right) during a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 8, 2013. Photo: Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash90.

Israel’s agenda with China

What is not on Israel’s agenda is any attempt to play with the notion of a Chinese alternative to America.

July 30, 2023

The flags of Israel and Morocco. Source: Gabi Ashkenazi/Twitter.

Israel-Morocco relations and the future of the Abraham Accords

The time is ripe for Israel to take the initiative and remove the critical remaining obstacle to full and formal diplomatic relations with the kingdom.

June 6, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a discussion and a vote in the Knesset assembly hall, on May 15, 2023. Photo by Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90.

Israel’s divided united government

While Israel's coalition has good reason to stick together, it remains deeply split on several core issues.

May 22, 2023