Content Type: Special Report / Publishing Institution: The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA) / Political Geography: Israel / Publication Year: within 5 Years / Topic: Military Strategy

Author:: Uzi Rubin
Publication Date:: 02-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)
Abstract:: Operation Shahid Soleimani, the Iranian revenge attack for the killing of Qassem Soleimani, was less spectacular than the Iranian attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities last September and was apparently controversial even within Iran’s top leadership. Still, Israel can learn lessons from it: that Iran’s regime is willing to take extraordinary risks when it feels humiliated; that in certain scenarios precision missiles can be as effective as combat aircraft; that even a few precision missiles can disrupt the operation of modern air bases; and that good public diplomacy is crucial for crisis management.
Topic:: Military Strategy, Weapons, Crisis Management, Risk, and Qassem Soleimani
Political Geography:: Iraq, Iran, Middle East, and Israel

Author:: Gershon Hacohen
Publication Date:: 04-2019
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: The Begin-Sadat Centre for Strategic Studies (BESA)
Abstract:: This study explores the strategic-military implications of the establishment of a Palestinian state along the pre-June 1967 lines. Its central thesis is that the creation of such a state, on the heels of the IDF’s total withdrawal from the West Bank, will not only deprive Israel of defensible borders but will almost certainly lead to the advent of a terrorist entity like the one created in the Gaza Strip – at a stone’s throw from the Israeli heartland.
Topic:: Security, Terrorism, Military Strategy, Self Determination, and Occupation
Political Geography:: Israel, Palestine, Gaza, and West Bank

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