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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.

Interview: It’s Fight or Flight

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post- 29/12/2010 In the final days of the 2006 Second Lebanon War, Jonathan Spyer and his Armored Corps reserve unit were sent to capture ground north of el-Khiam, a village just a few kilometers away from the border. As … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Iranian Storm on the Horizon

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Pajamas Media-25/08/2010 Jonathan Spyer is not your typical Israeli journalist and political analyst. He has a PhD in International Relations, he fought in Lebanon during the summer war of 2006, then went back to Lebanon as a civilian on a … Continue reading →

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CiF Watch interview with Jonathan Spyer, author of “The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict”

Posted on March 28, 2011 by jonathanspyer

07/03/2011 CiF Watch interview with Jonathan Spyer, author of “The Transforming Fire: The Rise of the Israel-Islamist Conflict” AL: I was struck by your passage about how the “mythical Israel” has gained traction beyond Islamist circles. You describe this mythical … Continue reading →

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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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