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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.

Iranians participating in a demonstration in front of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran as Iranians celebrate the 45th anniversary of the start of 1979 hostage-taking on Nov. 3, 2024. Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images.

An Israeli view of the Middle East following its attack on Iran

Israel should empower minority groups in Iran to overthrow the mullahs, replacing Iran with homogenous, ethnic countries that enjoy friendly relations with the rest of the world.

Mordechai Kedar

Nov. 6, 2024

Supporters cheer as newly elected Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrives at the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. Credit: Atta Kenare / AFP via Getty Images.

What has changed with Iran’s new reformist Azerbaijani president?

Tehran is still a repressive system, and no reformist is permitted to implement true reform.

Mordechai Kedar

Jul. 24, 2024

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan at Villa Borsig on the first day of peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan in Berlin on Feb. 28, 2024. Credit: Sean Gallup/Getty Images.

Why did Armenia recognize a potential Palestinian terror state?

It is not a coincidence that Armenia is the most antisemitic country in the post-Soviet space.

Mordechai Kedar

Jul. 8, 2024

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani after a meeting in Tehran in 2019. Credi: Press Office of the Government of Armenia.

The Armenian front in Iran’s war on Israel and the West

The Islamic Republic is using the Armenian Church and the Armenian lobby in the United States to further its regional ambitions.

Mordechai Kedar

May. 21, 2024

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

Jun. 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

Jun. 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

Apr. 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

Jan. 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

Aug. 4, 2021