Why would the IDF purposefully expose a wealth of valuable intelligence about Hezbollah military operations in Lebanon? The answer, it seems, lies in a growing recognition that, in the current reality, achieving military victory is insufficient in attaining Israel’s security.
Posts Tagged ‘Goldstone Report’
Synchronized victories: Political-diplomatic arena on the security agenda
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, Home Front, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Goldstone Report, Hezbollah, Home Front, IDF, Lawfare, National Security on July 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Strange Bedfellows? LSE Twins with a Hamas affiliated institution
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Goldstone Report, Hamas, National Security on January 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The London School of Economics (LSE) students union voted in November in favor of twinning with the Islamic university of Gaza. This recent decision provides more evidence of the increasing radicalization of the liberal mainstream in Britain, and the growing trend within its ranks of supporting elements that are directly affiliated with Hamas.
Israel’s Delegitimization Reaches the New York Times
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Boycotts Divestment & Sanctions, Goldstone Report, National Security on October 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The growing threat of Israel’s delegitimization continues to be increasingly evident on the radars of media and politicians in Israel, and has now surfaced in influential international media.
Israel’s Growing Isolation
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Boycotts Divestment & Sanctions, Goldstone Report, National Security, Pariah State on October 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In an article entitled “Israel’s growing isolation: Our global status is gradually being eroded as international pressure grows,” Ron Ben-Yishai describes the anti-Israel tide rising in Europe and South America and its relation to latent anti-Semitism.
Icebergs Threatening to Sink Israel’s Legitimacy
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Boycotts Divestment & Sanctions, Goldstone Report, Lawfare, National Security on October 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Writing in Ha’aretz, Ari Shavit explores the fundamental threat facing Israel based on challenges to its legitimacy. He illustrates a series of “icebergs” punctuating seemingly still waters: the Goldstone Report, the Turkish withdrawal from the joint NATO exercise, European attempts to try IDF officers for war crimes, boycotts of Israeli products and institutions, and the [...]
Goldstone Report Triggers Increase in Lawfare against Israel
Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Goldstone Report, Lawfare, National Security on September 29, 2009 | 4 Comments »
It seems that the Goldstone Report has facilitated and encouraged a greater use of ‘Lawfare’ against Israel. This forms part of a strategy aimed at delegitimizing Israel’s political legitimacy. Its ultimate aim is to see Israel become a pariah state in the international community.
The Diplomatic Fallout from the Goldstone Report
Posted in About Reut, tagged Basic Delegitimacy, Goldstone Report, National Security on September 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
With the fallout from the Goldstone Report still unclear, several articles bring interesting analysis on the potential significance to Israel’s international position and tie in with one of the Reut team’s work on Basic De-legitimization of Israel.

