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Israel must set red lines on Turkish presence in Syria to avoid confrontation, think tank argues

Israel's Syria policy could ultimately invite US pressure to abandon its buffer zone without significant security concessions if it fails to engage Damascus diplomatically, INSS warns.

Turkish security forces line up in the buffer zone as Turkish police use water cannon to disperse Syrian supporters who gather at the border, across from the northern Syrian town of Qamishli, January 20, 2026
Protesters in Switzerland hold a banner reading: ‘Sanction Israel, End Complicity,’ in June. Israel should confront actors who seek its elimination, expose factual distortions, and challenge the misuse of legal and historical terminology.PremiumPremium

When all criticism looks like hostility, both sides lose to their extremes - opinion

Iranian-linked networks have emerged as a leading source of foreign influence operations targeting Israelis and seeking to exploit political divisions. PremiumPremium

AI-powered disinformation is outrunning Israel's defenses in its own language - analysis

Secular activists hold up placards as they stage a counterprotest against ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters in support of Cafe Basimta, which is open on Shabbat, in central Jerusalem, on August 15.PremiumPremium

What the new INSS poll teaches us about how Israelis see Iran, Trump, and the threats within


China could save Israel from Iran - report

But no way Beijing will end Tehran ties.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a signing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China March 20, 2017.

INSS: Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg to replace Amos Yadlin as director

Trajtenberg is set to assume the position in May.

Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg.

Iran calls on UN to respond to alleged Israeli threats - report

In a letter addressed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Iran's representative to the UN noted a recent speech given by IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi.

Majid Takht Ravanchi (L) with Mohammad Javad Zarif (R), Iran's Foreign Minister, in 2015

Iran's view of Biden as restrained could lead to hitting Israel harder, INSS

INSS said that threats from Iranian proxies in the North, including Hezbollah and from proxies in Syria, “are the greatest military threat in 2021."

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden announces Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for secretary of transportation in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday.

Ex-CIA, MI6, Israeli officials doubt new Iran deal with Biden in 2021

Partial deal still possible • “It is easier to use force, to destroy, to kill; it is harder to build bridges, build trust and to create an environment where people live in peace with one another."

INSS DIRECTOR-GENERAL and former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin: ‘The assessment that the Iranians are leaving Syria is a wish.’

Former Health Ministry D-G Siman-Tov joins INSS as research fellow

Working alongside other senior INSS researchers, Siman-Tov will write policy papers that will be later presented to decision-makers.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Orgs to send emissaries, launch initiatives to connect with UAE Jews

The WZO will send its emissaries, who will be the first permanent Jewish emissaries to an Arab country, and the ADL will collaborate with Jewish Council of the Emirates.

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag waves alongside an Israeli flag

Ex-CENTCOM chief Joseph Votel talks to 'Post' about the post-Soleimani era

‘Israel should scale back Iraq strikes while US shores up Iraq alliance’

General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of United States CENTCOM.

The Lounge February 4, 2020: INSS

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)’s annual conference opened last Tuesday evening in Tel Aviv.

FROM LEFT, Stanley Fischer, Stanley Fischer, Rony Hizkiyahu and Pini Cohen.

Ex-IDF intel. chief: Trump peace plan not even basis for talks

Plan is ‘so much less’ than Palestinians have already been offered; Ex-US envoy, general ‘hyperventilated’ upon hearing the plan – will go nowhere.

Amos Yadlin