INSS

‘Israel cannot put all its eggs in one basket’: A stable alliance faces growing scrutiny in America

The alliance remains secure at the executive level but is now openly debated in the arenas that shape political consensus, where narratives, values, and identity carry growing weight.

HADAS LORBER, Michael Herzog, Eyal Hulata, Pnina Sharvit Baruch, Akiva Tor, at INSS Annual International Conference, February 25, 2025
ISRAELIS LIGHT candles the day after after two gunmen shot and killed people gathered on Australia's Bondi beach for the start of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, in Jerusalem on December 15, 2025.

Jerusalem memorial ceremony for Bondi Beach terror victims in tandem with ceremony in Sydney

Palestinians hold flags and placards as they gather to support efforts of the Western countries that are recognising a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly, in Nablus, in the West Bank, September 23, 2025.

Over half of West Bank Palestinians in favor of two-state solution, survey shows

 What will happen to US, Iran relations?

Trump’s Iran talks could backfire, strengthen regime, INSS expert warns


Israel should seek existential defense pact with US - INSS

The INSS argues that while Saudi Arabia is requesting a defense pact from the US as part of recent talks, Israel should ask for one as well.

US SOLDIERS stand in the background next to Israeli and American flags during an exercise in Israel.

Can Iranians overthrow the Islamic Republic regime?

An estimated 70% of Iranians comprise this silent pragmatist traditionalist majority. who would need to be on board with any regime change in Iran.

 IRAN’S SUPREME Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves during a prayer marking the end of Ramadan, in Tehran, in April.

Israeli judicial reform will harm IDF spirit and function - INSS

In a 'strategic warning,' the INSS stressed the negative effects the judicial reform could have on a number of areas, first and foremost the country's security.

 New managing director of the INSS, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Tamir Hayman

Ex-Shin Bet chief: Security forces must listen to High Court over gov't

Cohen said that "if the directing minister or the Knesset does something and the court says it's illegal.

Former Shin Bet Chief Yoram Cohen

INSS: Israel must strike new balance in US-China CHIPS tech war

The current IDF intel official and the hi-tech deputy CEO discuss their next moves.

 The flags of the United States and China fly from a lamppost in the Chinatown neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, US, November 1, 2021.

Internal Israeli politics could harm US ties, security interests - INSS

There are multiple negative headwinds that Israel will need to cope with in its relations with Washington going forward that could alter bipartisan support.

 The flags of Israel and the US are seen at a table during a meeting between officials from the two countries.

Israel's readiness to attack Iran's nuclear sites improved - IDF chief

“The Iranian vision to establish a second Hezbollah in Syria has been disrupted,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi said.

 Aviv Kohavi delivers a speech at the INSS conference, December 27, 2022.

Iran to reach 90% enriched uranium, weighed World Cup terrorism - IDF intel chief

IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.-Gen. Aharon Haliva that Iran recently weighed initiating a terror attack at the current World Cup soccer tournament.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank

Ex-IDF intel. chief: It's getting harder and harder to stop Iran

Former Mossad official: How will we stop Iranian nukes if JCPOA talks fail?

 THEN-IDF intelligence chief Maj.-Gen. Tamir Hayman speaks at a conference in Tel Aviv, 2019. He has said he prefers a return to the JCPOA that ‘would push Iran back, far-off from 90% enrichment

Ex-IDF intel chief reveals more details on Israel's role in Soleimani killing

"The Americans’ view of him was radically altered after they saw the intelligence from us and the level of danger he [continued to] present to Americans," former IDF intel. chief Tamir Heyman said.

A poster of senior Iranian military commander General Qassem Soleimani is seen during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022