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The Palestinian prison break illuminates fissures in the Arab society in Israel
By: Brigadier General (IDF Reserves) Erez David Maisel The Israeli security force’s success in apprehending four of the six

The “PR Tanker” Fueling Hezbollah’s Information Warfare
Nasrallah is scheduled to give a speech today at 8:30 PM Lebanon time, in which he will address “recent

New Government in Lebanon
The new government in Lebanon, headed by PM Najib Mikati, consists of 24 ministers. Five of them are Shiite,

Iran’s Military Nuclear Program – Situation Report
Iran’s effort to develop a nuclear bomb and reach military capability to use its missiles requires maturity in several

Did the first fuel tanker from Iran for Lebanon arrive in Syria?
This morning (September 2), several reports were published that the Iranian tanker had entered Syrian territorial waters to the

What is Hezbollah Trying to Tell Us? Information Warfare on the Social Media
Hezbollah’s main narratives on social media portray real and fake news using graphics, visuals, camera effects, symbols, and more.

Iran’s Naval Shadow War
By: Yaakov Lappin As Iran’s confidence rises, its hostile activity at sea, and use of shipping to smuggle weapons

Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah: Did New Dynamics Lead to August’s Security Escalation?
Written by Yaakov Lappin Israel’s border with Lebanon is deceptively quiet on most days, but the month of August

Hezbollah Senior Hajj Abbas al-Yatama (Abu Maytham), Dies After Struggling From COVID-19
One of Hezbollah’s senior figures Hajj Abbas al-Yatama (Abu Maytham), died last week after struggling from COVID-19. He took

The New Deterrence Equation – Nasrallah’s Fuel Tank Threat
“Do not try us in any kind of war – military or economic.” Nasrallah threatened in his speech this

AFGANISTAN IS DOOMED – WHAT’S NEXT?
The main headlines this week were the events in Afghanistan. Here in Israel, we watch them with concern. On

The Explosion in Akkar: Hezbollah Cynically Reinforcing the Narrative “Hezbollah the Economic Defender”
The explosion in Akkar: a trigger for Hezbollah to cynically reinforce the narrative of not only being Lebanon’s “military