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Mordechai Kedar

Dr. Mordechai Kedar is a senior research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and is an expert on the Muslim Brotherhood and other Islamist groups.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku, May 30, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Azerbaijani-Iranian rapprochement is unlikely

In the wake of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Azerbaijan, Iranian rhetoric against Baku has only worsened.

Mordechai Kedar

June 15, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog meets with his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev in Baku, May 30, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Is Azerbaijani-Iranian rapprochement realistic?

In the wake of Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Azerbaijan, Iranian rhetoric against Baku has only worsened.

Mordechai Kedar

June 14, 2023

Iran says its air-launched Asef cruise missiles, unveiled in February 2023, can hit targets at a range of 1,.025 miles. Source: Twitter.

‘Death to Israel’: The Iranian plan to attack Israel

If the Israeli public wants to survive, it must prepare—mentally and physically—for war with the Iranian octopus.

Mordechai Kedar

April 13, 2023

Bedouin riot over tree-planting by the Jewish National Fund outside the village of al-Atrash in the Negev Desert on Jan. 13, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

The aim of the riots against tree-planting in the Negev? The dissolution of Israel

Israel must continue its tree-planting program exactly as planned. Otherwise, it will not be sovereign in the Negev or anywhere else.

Mordechai Kedar

January 19, 2022

A bridge over a parched river in Ahwaz, Iran. Credit: European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization.

Dismantle Iran now

The disintegration of the country into ethnic states is not only feasible but steadily becoming more likely—and should be vigorously supported by the international community.

Mordechai Kedar

August 4, 2021

A Palestinian jihadist in Hebron, May 12, 2021. Photo by Wissam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

The jihad within Israel

The explosion of mass violence by Israeli Arabs against their fellow Jewish citizens is nothing short of a religious war.

Mordechai Kedar

May 13, 2021

Anti-coup protesters in Nasr City, Cairo, on Oct. 11, 2013. The wave of "Arab Spring" protests started in April 2011, but caught on in other parts of the Arab and Muslim world. Credit: Hamada Elrasam via Wikimedia Commons.

The ‘Arab Spring’ a decade on

The 10 years of the uprisings sparked in 2010 have brought many Arab countries to the edge of the abyss. The worst may be yet to come if the Biden administration takes expected steps in the interests of of Iran.

Mordechai Kedar

December 17, 2020

U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and outgoing Vice President Joe Biden, during the 58th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2017. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cristian L. Ricardo via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel between two presidents

Israel must begin preparing itself for the incoming U.S. administration, rather than exploiting the remaining months of Trump’s presidency to work towards goals that will alienate it.

Mordechai Kedar

November 10, 2020

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Turkey’s relationship with ISIS proves it is deserting its European allies

Any distance Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has placed between himself and ISIS is attributable to pressure from Russia, the United States and Europe, not to his rejection of the group’s Islamist ideology.

Mordechai Kedar

October 11, 2020