INSS

Iran unlikely to ever willingly surrender control over Strait of Hormuz, INSS expert claims

“The Iranians see Hormuz as their most significant strategic achievement," he added, saying it was clear that the Americans would apparently be prepared to recognize a change in the status quo.

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 14, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.

INSS: Israelis as concerned about violence between social groups as Iran acquiring nuclear weapons

A man holds a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, while the flags of the US and Israel are burnt, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Nearly 40% of Israelis feel Iran won war with US, INSS survey finds


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

Former IDF intelligence chief Tamir Hayman appointed INSS director

Hayman's military experience, specifically in research and intelligence, will help increase the INSS' influence in shaping future Israeli security policy, the institute said.

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

Could Iran do a nuke test with existing 60% enriched uranium? - analysis

“A common fallacy is Iran would require 90% HEU, more commonly called weapon-grade uranium, to build nuclear explosives," said the president of the Institute for Science and International Security .

Iranian technicians work at a uranium processing site in Isfahan.

Meir Ben Shabbat to ‘Post’: Moderate Sunni Arabs see nuke deal as US bowing to Iran

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has increased Iran's desire for nuclear weapons.

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL head Meir Ben-Shabbat attends a state audit committee meeting at the Knesset in 2018

Israel offered Lebanese army assistance four times last year - Gantz

Ex-IDF intel chief Amos Yadlin: Iran nuclear deal should lead to an Israeli-Arab defense deal.

 Army soldiers are deployed after gunfire erupted in Beirut, Lebanon October 14, 2021.

US can deal with Ukraine and block Iran nuke at same time - Nides

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides spoke at the INSS annual conference in Tel Aviv.

 US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides on December 2, 2021

INSS report on Israeli security threats misses mark, offers no real help - opinion

It fails to recognize the enemy and to offer Zionist security solutions that draw upon wellsprings of faith and which rally the country for long-overdue, renewed struggle.

 A COUPLE observes fire damage caused to a home during rioting last May in Lod.

Iran talks: Will a deal be reached? Doubtful - INSS report

The report shows how Iran has taken an emboldened stance, and that Israel is not properly preparing for the worst.

Deputy Secretary General of the European External Action Service (EEAS) Enrique Mora and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani wait for the start of a meeting of the JCPOA Joint Commission in Vienna, Austria, December 3, 2021.

Public doesn’t think Israel won May Gaza war, but was justified - INSS

An INSS fellow also said that nuclear treaty moves should be coordinated with US, and that adding jobs for Gazans won't pacify Hamas.

Explosion at market in Gaza City, July 22, 2021