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About jonathanspyer

Jonathan Spyer is a Middle East analyst, author and journalist specializing in the areas of Israel, Syria and broader issues of regional strategy. He is the director of the Middle East Center for Reporting and analysis (MECRA), a research fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for strategy and Security (JISS) and a Fellow at the Middle East Forum.

Review: The Transforming Fire The Rise Of The Israel-Islamist Conflict

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

By Steve McDonald The Transforming Fire The Rise Of The Israel-Islamist Conflict By Jonathan Spyer Continuum 2010, 240 pp. NBC correspondent Martin Fletcher was bang on when he recently wrote that “Israel has to be the most analyzed yet least … Continue reading →

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Review: New Cold War in Middle East

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Seth Mandel, February 2, 2011 THE TRANSFORMING FIRE: THE RISE OF THE ISRAEL- ISLAMIST CONFLICT By Jonathan Spyer Continuum, $29.95, 240 pages How can a society remain perpetually ready for war yet uncorrupted by the readiness? It is a question … Continue reading →

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Review:Under Fire

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

January 5, 2011 BY Sol Stern The second Lebanon war in the summer of 2006 forced Israelis to come to grips with the definitive end of the Oslo era and the shattering of two fundamental assumptions about the nature of … Continue reading →

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Review: Israel’s Stand Against Islamism Holds

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

January 5, 2011 – by P. David Hornik In his new book, The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict, Jonathan Spyer maintains that what was once called the Arab-Israeli conflict has evolved into something with a different coloration, … Continue reading →

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Review: How Islamism—With Iran at its Center and Flanked by the Global Left–Can Be Defeated

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Posted By Seth Mandel On December 22, 2010 @ 3:00 pm In Feature,News | 2 Comments One night in August 2006, Jonathan Spyer’s unit in the Israel Defense Forces prepared to head into South Lebanon to reinforce their fellow soldiers … Continue reading →

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Review: Conflict transforms both Israel and Foes

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Review: The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict, by Jonathan Spyer. Continuum International Publishing Group, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4411-6663-0. By Vic Rosenthal I read a lot of books and articles about the Middle East and the Arab-Israeli conflict, but … Continue reading →

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Fortress Gaza

Posted on March 27, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post- 02/07/2008 Since the agreement on the tahadiyeh (lull) was reached between Hamas and Israel on June 19, the border crossings between Israel and Gaza have already been closed six times in response to Palestinian rocket fire. Israeli officials … Continue reading →

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The End of Lebanese factional Fighting?

Posted on March 27, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post- 25/06/2008 A month ago, a deal was signed between the Lebanese government and opposition in the Qatari capital of Doha. The deal ended two weeks of fighting that saw the Shi’ite Hizbullah and its allies occupying West Beirut. … Continue reading →

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Hizbullah won’t stop at Shaba

Posted on March 27, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post-18/06/2008 Israel’s announcement of a willingness for peace talks with Lebanon is one of the early fruits of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s recent visit to the region and her unexpected visit to Lebanon. French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s … Continue reading →

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Salafism – the worrying Process of self-Radicalization

Posted on March 27, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post- 24/07/2008 Over the last two months, Israeli security forces have arrested six young Arab men suspected of seeking to form an extreme Islamist cell for the purpose of carrying out high-profile terror attacks in the capital. Two of … Continue reading →

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