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Jacques Neriah

Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, was formerly a foreign-policy adviser to Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the deputy head for assessment of Israeli Military Intelligence.

Yitzhak Rabin (March 1, 1922-Nov. 4, 1995) served as an Israeli politician and general, as was the fifth prime minister of Israel from 1974 until 1977, and again from 1992 until his assassination in 1995 by Yigal Amir, a right-wing activist who opposed the Oslo Accords. Photo by Flash90.

Was Rabin fooled by Arafat?

Yitzhak Rabin mistakenly believed that Yasser Arafat had come to terms with the existence of Israel.

September 5, 2023

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei greets Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Iran, October 2019. Credit: Iran News Agency.

What is Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah thinking?

One possible answer is that Hezbollah believes a war with Israel would allow it to break the political deadlock in Lebanon, to the advantage of itself and its patron, Iran.

August 20, 2023

Ebrahim Raisi. Credit: Mohammad Hossein Taaghi via Wikimedia Commons.

Is Iran ‘retuning’ its relations with the African continent?

Despite Ayatollah Khamenei's New Year declarations, Iran’s efforts to strengthen its position in Africa have seen no significant breakthrough.

July 23, 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi addresses the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Sept. 21, 2021. Source: YouTube.

Iran’s Africa offensive

The Islamic republic hopes to spread Shi’ism and counter Israel's diplomatic progress in Africa.

July 20, 2023

A young Syrian refugee takes a rest at a firewood distribution point at Idomeni refugee camp on May 3, 2016. Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90

The tragic case of Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Lebanon wants the refugees out, but Syria does not want them back in.

June 20, 2023

A Palestinian protester from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) holds a picture of Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon’s militant Shi’ite Muslim movement Hezbollah, with a slogan that reads in Arabic “Regards from Gaza to the leader of Lebanese resistance” during a demonstration in Rafah, in the Southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 3, 2014, against U.S. and French military intervention in Syria. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Is Hezbollah preparing for total war with Israel?

Hezbollah wants a united front led by Iranian proxies.

May 29, 2023

A cedar forest in El-Arz, Bsharri, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2006. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The illusion of a Lebanese state

Political gridlock, rampant corruption, a plunging currency, galloping inflation and deepening poverty have left the Lebanese people in despair.

March 15, 2023

Iranian military missiles, long-range, short-range and satellite missiles on display at a military museum in Tehran. Credit: saeediex/Shutterstock.

Arabism, Islamism and Iranian hegemony

Iran’s drive to dominate the region is facing a strong pushback from Sunni Arab states.

August 23, 2022

A terrorist carries the Islamic State's flag overlooking Dabiq in Syria, in 2013. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Radical Islam is conquering Africa

In countries plagued by instability, economic crisis and internal conflict, the Islamists are taking over.

July 14, 2022