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Strange Bedfellows? LSE Twins with a Hamas affiliated institution

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , 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.

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Legal Aid: Hamas’ Role in Livni Arrest Warrant and Beyond

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on December 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In analyzing the encroaching threat posed by efforts to delegitimize Israel globally, Reut’s political-security team is examining dynamics connected to what we are loosely referring to as an “unholy alliance.”
This unholy alliance comprises elements of the extreme political Left which work in various levels of coordination with Islamist organizations. The concern is that their combined [...]

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Hamas’ Political War Against Israel

Posted in National Security, tagged , , , on August 7, 2009 | 1 Comment »

More than half a year after Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, Hamas has stopped the “rocket war” and seems to be focusing on a “political war” against Israel in an intriguing battle for world opinion.

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The Resistance Network’s Military Strategy: Stopping Israel Winning

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , , on May 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An interesting analysis of Iran’s missile capability reflects the Resistance Network’s military strategy of the Muqawama Doctrine – the “slow destruction” used to undermine Israel’s staying power and ultimately wipe it off the map (what the Reut Institute calls the ‘Logic of Implosion’).

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Reut Document: Reassessment of the Israeli Palestinian Political Process: Build a Palestinian State in the West Bank

Posted in About Reut, National Security, tagged , , , , , on May 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Reut Institute recently published a document which seeks to support the reassessment process of the Government regarding the Israeli-Palestinian political process . The document presents the main dilemmas facing Israel and ultimately argues that the country’s political strategy should be based on the logic of upgrading the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank [...]

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Who is Responsible for Israel’s National Security?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

An article by Barak Ravid (Hebrew) discusses PM Netanyahu’s plan to rotate Likud ministers (in order to prevent bitterness) and argues that it sets the stage for a political and security mess.

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Israel’s National Security Doctrine: Political and Military Threats

Posted in Basic Delegitimacy, National Security, tagged , , , , on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The Defense Ministry’s new proposed security doctrine as described by Ron Ben Yishai (Hebrew) focuses on many relevant security dangers yet seemingly ignores the political threats to the future of the state.

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Speaking to Hamas? The Erosion of the Quartet’s Conditions

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Several former peace negotiators recently published a letter in the London Times arguing that the Quartet’s 3 Demands set an unworkable threshold for commencing negotiations, and calling for a rethink in the strategy for achieving peace in the Middle East (‘grounded in realism, not ideology’) which would move Hamas into the political process.

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The Arab Peace Initiative: Chances for Success?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on December 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »

The Oxford Research Group recently published a paper supporting the Arab Peace Initiative in an attempt to raise its profile and arguing that it strengthens Israel’s security interests. In fact, some of the recommendations discuss issues that the Reut Institute has dealt with:

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West Bank and Gaza: Permanently Split?

Posted in National Security, tagged , , on November 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

An announcement that Hamas plans to draft penal codes based on Shari’a law may demonstrate that the movement has reconciled itself to the split between Gaza and the West Bank and might present a major challenge to PA President Abbas.
 

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