Dr. Raphael BenLevi: U.S. governments have tried to leverage weapons supply before. However, it’s been acute and extreme in the past year.We’ve dug ourselves into this dependency. It’s like welfare. …
Major (res.) BenLevi served for seven years in the IDF Intelligence Branch and in the IAF. Directs the Churchill Program for Strategy, Statecraft and Security at the Argaman Institute. Previously a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Haifa and a lecturer at the IDF Military Command Academy. Authored Cultures of Counterproliferation: The Making of American and Israeli Policy on the Iranian Nuclear Program (Routledge, 2023).
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Key Points:The incoming Trump Administration seeks allies who are willing to invest the resources necessary to meet their own security needs and defend themselves. This is particularly true as America …
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The desire to see US allies do more for their own security aligns well Israel’s ambition to see the current war result in a significant change in the regional balance power.
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High-profile assassinations are only useful as an opening blow. Israel needs a solution for the continued devastation across the north.
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In the Media
Israel, Lebanon bracing for military escalation after Hezbollah attack kills 12 children
Dr. Yossi Mansharof : In Israeli society, there is an almost total consensus that a war against Hezbollah is an unavoidable necessity. The Israeli public expects a more significant response …
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Dr. Raphael BenLevi: “Israel’s previous actions in Lebanon included attempts to directly influence Lebanese politics, either by supporting Christian factions in the First Lebanon War, or in the 1990s using …