Tag Archives: Israel

A most discreet intervention

Posted on May 30, 2014 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 30/5 Israel offering limited assistance to rebels in southern Syria Since the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, Israeli officials have observed events to the north with caution and concern.  The concern has derived from … Continue reading →

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Sisi wages ‘war by other means.’

Posted on May 10, 2014 by jonathanspyer

  Since the coup of July 3, 2013, Egypt’s de facto ruler General Abd al Fattah al-Sisi has pursued a clear and uncompromising policy toward the Muslim Brotherhood and Egypt’s Islamists.  Sisi has blocked any return to politics for the … Continue reading →

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Israel-Syria Border Escalation

Posted on March 22, 2014 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 21/3   This week’s events on the Israel-Syrian border are testimony to the extent to  which the effective disintegration of the Syrian state is producing a new  security reality in the North. Once, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s  regime … Continue reading →

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Not Quiet on the Northern Front

Posted on March 14, 2014 by jonathanspyer

New York Daily News, 11/3.  (Co-authored with Benjamin Weinthal)   The disintegration of the Syrian state into warring enclaves is bringing with  it new challenges and threats for Israel. Alarm bells have now been sounded on  Israel’’ shared northern border … Continue reading →

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Israel and Saudi Arabia – alliance of interests

Posted on October 25, 2013 by jonathanspyer

PJMedia, 24/10 Recent remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have fuelled renewed speculation of behind the scenes links between Israel and the Gulf monarchies. Netanyahu, speaking at the UN, said that “The dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran and the … Continue reading →

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Bloomberg interview on prospects for Iran negotiations

Posted on October 1, 2013 by jonathanspyer

http://www.bloomberg.com/video/gauging-global-concerns-over-a-nuclear-iran-6KU9l4HPTOy_OoWwxcwBxg.html

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Israel’s Summer is not quite over

Posted on August 30, 2013 by jonathanspyer

Tablet, 29/8 The late summer quiet in Israel is no longer reassuring. The apparently imminent US attack on Syria has people on edge. There is a late rush to renew gas masks. The comments by a junior Syrian minister threatening … Continue reading →

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The Israeli Debate over Syria

Posted on May 16, 2013 by jonathanspyer

Tablet Magazine, 14/5: The civil war in Syria has led to a keen debate among the professional echelon tasked with advising policymakers in Israel. This debate has been reflected in a more subdued public conversation and occasionally in spectacular events—like … Continue reading →

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Some thoughts on the elections in Israel

Posted on January 23, 2013 by jonathanspyer

With the vote-counting nearly completed, it is already possible to draw a number of conclusions regarding the 2013 Knesset elections in Israel Firstly, the long-standing division of Israeli parties into ‘left’ and right’ wing blocs does not fully capture the … Continue reading →

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Hamas’s Mis-Calculation

Posted on November 18, 2012 by jonathanspyer

Weekly Standard Blog, 18/11. The crisis now under way in Gaza represents the moment in which the wave of Sunni Islamism that has been achieving triumph after triumph in the region since early 2011 finally crashes up against the Jewish … Continue reading →

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