Eyal Zisser Archives

Eyal Zisser

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

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Twitter.

Turkish voters prefer Erdoğan’s faults

Turkey’s leader has managed to strike a delicate balancing act between East and West.

Eyal Zisser

May 21, 2023

Israel's Iron Dome defense system fires interceptor missiles as Palestinian terrorists launch rockets from the Gaza Strip, May 2, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel’s containment problem

Fear of escalation and refusal to act inevitably leads to a greater crisis, as Israel’s learned in Lebanon.

Eyal Zisser

May 7, 2023

Israeli Air Force F-15s escort an American B-52 bomber through Israeli skies on Feb. 14, 2022. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.

It’s time for Israel to shift gears on Iran

If Israel has the capability to deal with the Iranian threat, it must place the gun on the table or use it.

Eyal Zisser

February 26, 2023

Flags with FIFA and Qatar 2022 World Cup logos wave in the wind. Credit: rarrarorro/Shutterstock.

How Qatar already won the geopolitical World Cup

The Qataris have succeeded on at least one score—many regional leaders came specially to take part and get a closer look at the event.

Eyal Zisser

November 23, 2022

Palestinian gunmen attend the funeral in Jenin of Muhammad Saban, who was killed during clashes with Israeli forces, Sept. 6, 2022. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

Another intifada is just around the corner

Judea and Samaria is on fire, and Israel should not be caught off guard if another full-fledged uprising takes place.

Eyal Zisser

September 11, 2022

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a discussion with officials from Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s office, on Sept. 23, 2019. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Hezbollah’s September deadline could lead to war

Nasrallah is not the adventurous or gambling type, but it appears he is no longer bound by the lessons of 2006.

Eyal Zisser

August 28, 2022

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

Iran is already nuclearized, so why do we need a deal?

It's no longer a question of keeping the ayatollahs from developing a nuclear bomb, but of buying time to prepare for a nuclear Iran.

Eyal Zisser

August 21, 2022

The Nile River, Red Sea and Mediterranean Sea, contrasted by the desert nations of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Israel and Jordan, as seen from the International Space Station, June 19, 2019. Credit: NASA.

Climate change could be an opportunity for Israel

As the fallout shakes the Middle East, Israel can help its regional allies and become an oasis in the desert.

Eyal Zisser

August 14, 2022

Israel Police officers at the scene of mother-of-three Rabab Abu Siam's murder in Lod, July 26, 2022. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Violence as a way of life

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.

Eyal Zisser

July 31, 2022

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