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Hillel Frisch

Hillel Frisch

Hillel Frisch is a professor of political studies and Middle East studies at Bar-Ilan University and an expert on the Arab world at The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

Moving on to the final stage of the hostage agreement will validate the path of jihad among Palestinians and the wider Muslim world, replenish Hamas’s leadership structure and impose significant long-term military and economic costs on Israel.
The benefits of offensive action as opposed to the massive costs of containment have been illustrated once again in the ongoing war that began with the Oct. 7 massacre.
An Israeli defeat and a Hamas victory will drive Saudi Arabia and Egypt to ally with Iran, undermining the Biden administration’s entire Middle East strategy.
U.S. failure to support Israel in dealing with Iran and its proxies might mean the difference between a stable Middle East led by U.S. allies or an Iran-controlled region.
Israeli officials and the media continuously warn about the dangers of the upcoming Islamic holy month—but is this a self-fulfilling prophecy?
Qatar seems hell-bent on promoting hatred against Israel. So why does Jerusalem allow Al Jazeera complete freedom of operation?
Arab publics are occupied with the challenges that they face in their own countries.
Israeli forces, again, entered Palestinian towns and villages almost daily to make arrests, leading to a 90% decrease in terrorism.
An analysis of Google Trends demonstrates the hazards of overemphasizing events easily and effectively manipulated by Palestinian propaganda.
Israel is faced with the dilemma of how to deal with ideologically motivated terrorists unaffiliated with any organization.
It took the head of the Southern Branch of the Islamic Movement’s United Arab List party (Ra’am) to show that P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas has no intention of making genuine peace with the Jewish state.
U.S. pressure against the Atarot housing project north of Jerusalem was likely meant to keep the two-state option alive.