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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.

Israeli security forces at the scene of a Hezbollah drone attack in the Druze town of Hurfeish near the border with Lebanon, June 5, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Israel and Hezbollah: Where to now?

Analyzing the positions of the U.S. administration, Iran, Hezbollah and Israel, none of the parties is interested in a regional war.

Jacques Neriah

July 16, 2024

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani.

From ‘Lebanese Resistance’ to ‘Islamic Resistance’

Hezbollah's rebranding indicates its status as a full-fledged Iranian proxy.

Jacques Neriah

April 9, 2024

An exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Hezbollah terrorists on the border between Israel and Lebanon, Dec. 27, 2023. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Slim chances for a diplomatic settlement on the Lebanese front

The two sides have entrenched themselves in opposing positions which seem almost impossible to bridge.

Jacques Neriah

Jan. 17, 2024

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.

Jacques Neriah

Sept. 5, 2023

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left) greets Hezbollah Secretary-General 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.

Jacques Neriah

Aug. 20, 2023

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi. Photo by 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.

Jacques Neriah

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.

Jacques Neriah

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.

Jacques Neriah

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.

Jacques Neriah

May 29, 2023