Ruth Wasserman Lande: Iran, in fact, not Iran, the Islamic regime of Iran has made very very clear over years that it wants to destroy the state of Israel. That it has an antagonistic and a very challenging view about what should become of the state of Israel. And that is because it wants hegemony over the Islamic world.

In terms of capability, it’s been building its nuclear arsenal for years. We’ve been warning this the AEI, in other words, the roof organization or the body that has been supervising in inverted commas the capabilities of Iran in the nuclear sphere has only recently come out and unprecedentedly said that Iran has been hiding. We’ve been saying this for years.

The interview took place on Fox News, on June 13, 2025.

Ruth Wasserman Lande: There is at least one pleasant aspect about the current speech by the leader of the Iranian regime — and it’s not the content. The only appealing part is the language he uses. Persian is undeniably a beautiful language. As for the substance of what he’s saying — it’s utterly absurd.

Interestingly, in this round of talks, Iran has made things unusually easy, which is surprising. They outright rejected the offer made by President Trump — something he certainly didn’t appreciate. In fact, their response almost embarrassed him on the international stage.

The interview took place on Channel I24 on June 9, 2025.

Ruth Pines-Feldman: The Trump and Biden administrations both viewed China as the main threat. U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent visit to the Middle East was meant to push back against China’s growing ties with American allies in the region, and as such, we may see the Trump administration pressure Israel to stop cooperation with China.

They clearly don’t like cooperation between Israel and China, but Israel, as a small and threatened country, did the right thing to keep up relations not only with the U.S. but with the other rising power in the world. The U.S. was right not to pressure Israel to cancel its contract with CRRC.

Israel needs to continue with its system of extra oversight for foreign companies working in major infrastructure projects in order to ensure that Israeli interests, including relations with the U.S., aren’t harmed. She also pointed to concerns about China’s close relations with Russia and Iran as a reason to be cautious.

We need to be careful about this and continue our special supervision mechanism, but it would not be good to cut off ties. We need to find a balance. Israel has to know how to handle both powers and use the competition between them for our own good. That’s the political game.

Published in Jewish Insider, June  6, 2025.

Professor Kobi Michael: Hamas is definitely in real strategic distress. Its entire command and control mechanism has been destroyed. Other than the Gaza Brigade commander, Ezzidin al-Haddad, there is no senior figure left capable of managing the organization as an organized military framework.

Published in JNS, June  04, 2025.

Prof. Kobi Michael: Sinwar was a key figure in Hamas’s military wing and took over his brother’s role in negotiations. Even when his brother was leading the talks, Mohammed was the harder-line, more rejectionist and more rigid figure.

Killing Hamas’s Gaza-based leaders strengthens its leadership overseas, which tends to be more open to negotiating with Israel. While not yet accepting Israel’s terms, it is more flexible than the leadership in Gaza.

Published in The Washington Post, May 31, 2025.

Asher Fredman: Israel deeply values its times with its Abraham Accords partners. If and when Hamas is truly removed as the dominant force on the ground in Gaza both officially and de facto, these countries can play an important role in shaping the day after.

The interview took place on Al Arabiya on May 29, 2025.

Dr. Yossi Mansharof: Israel is thinking long term, Trump thinks short term. Following the trauma of October 7 Israelis are more aware of the existential threat Iran represents. Meanwhile, I don’t remember any time that Iran has been as vulnerable as it is now. I don’t think Trump is using it well.

Published in The New York Sun, May 29, 2025.

Ruth Wasserman Lande: The situation in Gaza as well as in Israel is very dire. It is very tragic and very dire and it can be stopped. The way in which it can be stopped is international pressure.
it’s much easier to pressure Israel because Israel actually listens. It has some kind of a mechanism that responds and so on. What we’re terrible in is explaining what on earth we’re doing. And I absolutely recognize that and it’s very unfortunate.

What happens is that the Hames send the bullies literally bullies they come and they break the legs and shoot the legs and feet not of Jews not of Israelis of their own people so that they are [afraid to take aid]… It’s all over the internet everywhere and it’s in Arabic.

The interview took place on LBC on May 22, 2025.

Joseph Rozen: The relationship between Israel and India is anchored in a robust and resilient strategic partnership. India supported Israel’s war against terrorism following the October 7 attacks and supplied arms despite international criticism. Therefore, it was natural for Israel to stand in support of India’s right to self-defense in its fight against terrorism.

This alignment is far from new, citing Israeli assistance to India during India-Pakistan conflicts in 1965, 1971, and most notably during the 1999 Kargil War.

Published in JNS, May 18, 2025.

Prof. Kobi Michael: A significant military dynamic has been created. The killing of many Hamas operatives had brought the group back to the negotiating table.

Published in The New York Times, May 18, 2025.