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In-Depth Issues:
Israel: Too Soon to Write Off Announced Ceasefire in Lebanon - Itamar Eichner ( Ynet News)
An Israeli official said Saturday that it is too early to write off the announced ceasefire in Lebanon.
"During the negotiations, the Lebanese told us behind closed doors, 'We can get Hizbullah to stop firing,'" the official said.
"The ceasefire was based on that assumption, with the understanding that Hizbullah would halt its attacks and that 2,000 operatives - including members of the Radwan Force - who had moved south of the Litani River would return north."
"Hizbullah Secretary-General Naim Qassem publicly declared that he did not accept [the ceasefire], but in practice, there has been less fire directed at northern communities."
"Now Lebanon must deliver on what it said - that it has control over Hizbullah."
U.S. Rachets Up Financial Squeeze on Iran - Larry Kudlow ( RealClear Politics)
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told me in an interview on May 29 that America has seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian cryptocurrencies.
He estimates that "40-50%" of Iran's troops "aren't getting paid. Police aren't reporting to the station. Inflation is probably over 200%."
Israel Has Contained Hamas -
Ron Ben-Yishai ( Ynet News)
Hamas currently has 20,000 operatives in Gaza, including 8,000 experienced fighters.
The remainder are young men and teenagers recruited hastily and provided with basic training and light weapons, including RPGs.
But Hamas has been severely weakened and in recent days has initiated little beyond intelligence gathering.
The presence of armed clans whose members and families, numbering in the tens of thousands, live in IDF-controlled areas are continually challenge Hamas authority and undermining its rule.
Public support for Hamas appears to be declining, as seen at the funeral of Izz al-Din Haddad, the Gaza City commander who became Hamas's leader in Gaza. Only a few dozen Gazans attended, compared with tens of thousands who once attended funerals of less senior commanders.
Haddad was succeeded by Mohammed Oudeh, who has also since been killed.
Hamas has not been completely destroyed, but its military wing has been severely battered and, according to reliable information, is not rebuilding at the alarming pace sometimes claimed in the media.
Unlike in the past, civilians who are neither Hamas members nor relatives of Hamas members now have access to food, water and medicine in Gaza, due to the substantial humanitarian aid flowing into the territory.
However, Hamas still seizes a significant portion of that aid and sells it, primarily to finance the recruitment of new operatives.
Israel, U.S. Launch Talks on New Defense Framework to Transition from Aid to Reciprocal Partnership - Nava Freiberg ( Times of Israel)
The Israeli Defense Ministry and the Trump administration launched formal talks last week on a new security cooperation framework to replace the current ten-year memorandum of understanding signed under the Obama administration, which is set to expire in 2028.
The ministry said the new framework "is designed to strengthen the IDF's qualitative military edge through expanded joint investment in research, development and co-production, deepen the U.S.-Israel partnership demonstrated during [the 2026 U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran] and gradually transition from aid to a completely reciprocal partnership."
The U.S. Needs Its Mideast Bases - Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh ( Wall Street Journal)
The U.S. was always a reluctant hegemon in the Persian Gulf. After the departure of the British in 1971, a Vietnam-weary America enlisted its local allies to protect the waterway, meaning Iran.
After the Islamic Revolution in 1979, America was obliged to take charge.
In 1980, President Jimmy Carter announced: "An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force."
The Islamic Republic now has the armed forces and the ideology to extort its neighbors if no Western power is there to prevent it.
Washington may be tempted to move its bases from the Persian Gulf region since many of them sustained substantial damage, and our Arab allies can be fair-weather friends. Strategically, it would be a disaster.
Iran's rulers sense the end of American hegemony. Tehran's offensive capacity has proved more effective than the combined aerial defense of the Gulf kingdoms and the U.S.
The administration needs to think about how to keep the failure at Hormuz from turning into a regional, if not global, rout. The first step is to make clear that American bases aren't going anywhere.
The Islamic Republic has profound internal problems. We should commit to waiting them out.
Mr. Gerecht is a resident scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Mr. Takeyh is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Israel Is Developing Airborne Lasers - Tal Shahaf ( Ynet News)
The Israeli Air Force is steadily improving its ability to carry out missions that until recently would have been impossible.
Col. M., 45, an F-15 squadron commander, has headed the Air Force Weapons Systems department for the past three years. He said that during the past 2 1/2 years of war, "the ground-based detection network has improved dramatically."
"The interception systems, including Iron Dome, have adapted in extraordinary ways. We adapted our attack helicopters and improved the accuracy of target handoffs, and their interception rates increased significantly."
"Within a few years, fighter aircraft will carry lasers for both defensive and offensive missions. It will change the game, just as Iron Dome transformed air defense."
"Lasers on helicopters could arrive within two years, and lasers on fighter jets by the end of the decade."
Qatar Spent $400 Billion to Buy Influence in America - Jonathan Schanzer ( Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
Why has a country of just 330,000 citizens plowed $400 billion into the U.S.? According to Qatari government estimates or even the White House, the total number may exceed $1.2 trillion.
But there are more than a few reasons to question the largesse of the Qatari government, which is a longstanding patron of Hamas and the primary patron of the Muslim Brotherhood, a global network of Islamist groups that seek the downfall of the West.
See also Mapping Qatar's $400 Billion Footprint in the U.S. - Natalie Ecanow ( Foundation for Defense of Democracies)
Azerbaijan Becomes Israel's Gas Buffer - Jacob Wirtschafter ( Media Line-Jerusalem Post)
When Israel's gas exports to Egypt and Jordan were stopped and restarted three times since Oct. 2023, as it did for 32 days during the Hormuz war, Azerbaijan's state oil company, SOCAR, kept Israel linked to its regional customers, shipping three cargoes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Egypt each month.
Egyptian lawmaker Mohamed Fouad said SOCAR is meant to supplement Israeli pipeline gas, not replace it.
Egypt's December 2025 agreement with Israel for 130 billion cubic meters of pipeline gas over 15 years, worth $35 billion, remains "structurally irreplaceable."
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News Resources - North America, Europe, and Asia:
- Lebanese President Tells Iran: "It's Not Your Country, It's Our Country" - Mostafa Salem
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun told CNN in an interview on Friday, "We are fed up and we want to live in peace." Lebanese people "deserve not seeing their homes being destroyed every five to 10 years." Since its founding in the 1980s, Hizbullah has gone to war with Israel multiple times. The Lebanese state had pledged to tackle the daunting task of disarming Hizbullah.
"It's not your country, it's our country," Aoun said, addressing Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) - the main backers of Hizbullah. Iran is "using Lebanon as a bargaining chip in their negotiation with U.S." Addressing Iran, he said, "You are not trying to help us...the people of Lebanon are paying the price...for the sake of your own interest. Our interests...do not coincide with your interests." (CNN)
See also Diplomatic Sources: Lebanese Leadership Determined to Reach Agreement with Israel - Danny Zaken
Diplomatic sources familiar with the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon say an agreement between the two countries is much closer than it appears. One source told Israel Hayom: "The Lebanese leadership has already passed the point of no return and is determined to reach an agreement. This leadership understands that the way to rehabilitate the country is to end Hizbullah's harmful influence."
An international effort to strengthen the Lebanese Armed Forces and apply pressure on Hizbullah, combined with cutting off the organization's financial sources, could bring about the desired result. To address this, intelligence cooperation between the U.S., Israel and additional countries has expanded significantly.
(Israel Hayom)
- U.S. Eyes Iranian Assets for Gulf Allies' Reconstruction - David Lawder
The U.S. government will attempt to redirect Iranian assets to Gulf states for rebuilding and repair of damage caused by Iran, as Tehran followed up a wave of strikes against Kuwait and Bahrain with further drone launches.
U.S. forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran. (Reuters)
News Resources - Israel and the Mideast:
- Arab Terrorists Kill 1, Injure 5, in Israel
One person was killed and five others were wounded in a coordinated drive-by attack by two shooters at several locations in Israel's Sharon region on Sunday. The attacks began at a gas station near Kochav Yair, where two people were wounded. The assailants continued toward Tzur Yitzhak, wounding two more. Near Tzur Natan, the attackers killed a 30-year-old man and seriously wounded another.
Israeli police said one of the attackers, Omar Yassin, an Israeli Arab citizen, was shot and killed by security forces.
Israeli media reported that the second shooter had also been neutralized. Hamas issued a statement praising "the heroic" attack.
(i24News)
- IDF Soldier Killed in Combat in Southern Lebanon on Thursday
Capt. Eitan Shmuel Lemberg, 21, was killed north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon on Thursday by an anti-tank missile. He was the fourth Israeli soldier killed last week.
(Jerusalem Post)
- Two More Soldiers Killed in Lebanon - Elisha Ben Kimon
Capt. Shahar Gamla, 24, was critically wounded in a Hizbullah drone attack in Lebanon and died on Saturday.
Sgt. Ohad Yaari, 21, was killed in an accidental discharge incident.
Despite a ceasefire announced Wednesday, Hizbullah continues to launch rockets and explosive drones at Israeli forces operating in Lebanon. On Friday, the group also fired surface-to-air missiles at Israeli Air Force aircraft. (Ynet News)
- Serbian UNIFIL Soldier Killed, Two Spanish Soldiers Wounded, by Hizbullah Mortar
Serbian Sgt. Milovan Jovanovic, serving with UNIFIL, was killed and two others were wounded by Hizbullah mortar fire near a Spanish base in southeastern Lebanon, it was announced Thursday. The IDF said it had "identified several launches from the al-Qatrani area carried out by Hizbullah, which fell inside a UNIFIL post." (Israel Hayom)
- IDF Intercepts 2 Rockets Fired by Hizbullah from Lebanon - Yair Kraus
The IDF said Sunday it intercepted two rockets fired by Hizbullah from Lebanon into northern Israel, in the first such attack since Wednesday. Students from the Lev HaEmek school in Kibbutz Neot Mordechai were on a trip Sunday morning when alerts warned of incoming rockets. The children were ordered off their bus and into a nearby roadside shelter. (Ynet News)
Global Commentary and Think-Tank Analysis:
Iran
- Iran Acting to Rebuild Its Deterrence Against the U.S. - Major (res.) Danny Citrinowicz
The exchanges of fire between Iranian and American forces over the past several nights reflect a deeper trend: Tehran's attempt to rebuild its deterrence against the U.S., alongside an unwillingness to accept any effort to undermine the new status quo it seeks to impose in the Strait of Hormuz.
Tehran believes that tankers operating with American assistance, or U.S. Navy vessels, are trying to challenge the new reality it seeks to impose in the Strait of Hormuz. In response, it acts against those vessels, prompting a measured American response, usually against an Iranian military facility in the region. An Iranian limited response against American bases then follows, mainly in Kuwait and also in Bahrain. Tehran appears to be gradually raising the threshold of its response in an effort to establish a deterrence equation with the U.S.
The collapse of Iran's concept of "forward defense," which rested on the idea that regional proxies would deter Israel and prevent a direct attack on Iran, is leading Iran to conclude that the most effective way to deter the U.S. from future military action, or from supporting another Israeli strike, is by creating a direct deterrence equation with Washington.
The writer is former head of the Iran Division in the IDF Military Intelligence Research Department.
(Israel Hayom)
- The West's Bizarre Coverage of the Iran War - Amir Taheri
In decades of journalism covering a dozen wars, I have never been as puzzled by media coverage of a conflict as I am today with how the Iran-U.S.-Israel war is depicted in much of the mainstream media. For the past three weeks, Iran has made no attacks on Israel, focusing on targeting Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations. And that is not to mention Iran's attacks on spectators such as Jordan, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Cyprus.
Another peculiar feature of this war is the targeting of civilian and/or dual-use infrastructure rather than purely military ones. Iranian drones hit hotels in Dubai and the civilian terminal in Kuwait Airport.
But the most curious feature of this war, rarely seen in most previous conflicts, is its depiction by the mainstream media (MSM) through a prism of ideological and/or partisan prejudices. Because President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu do not enjoy widespread popularity across the globe, the MSM cover the war with a clear bias in favor of Iran. Some depict Iran as an innocent though a bit naughty country given to boasting and bragging but certainly not deserving a thrashing.
Paris walls are plastered with posters shrieking "Trump, Netanyahu! Stop the War!" as if Iran was not involved except as a victim. European and American MSM try to portray Iran in rosy shades that make many Iranians uneasy, to say the least. What the MSM choose to ignore is the war within this war, one that the regime is waging against the Iranian people.
Since the war began last February, hundreds of Iranians have been executed on spurious charges, while over 2,000 have been arrested across the country. To shed tears for such a regime and depict it as an innocent victim is a betrayal of the Iranian people. More importantly, it is a betrayal of the truth.
The writer was executive editor-in-chief of the daily Kayhan in Iran from 1972 to 1979. (Gatestone Institute)
- Iran's IRGC Turned Revolution into a System of Power, Profit - Catherine Perez-Shakdam
We imagine the Islamic Republic of Iran as a state governed principally by clerics, animated by religious fervor, and sustained by revolutionary zeal. Portraits of martyrs stare down from every public building. Speeches overflow with references to sacrifice, justice, and divine struggle. But the true center of gravity is the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ideological-security apparatus.
The Islamic Republic has produced something new - a fusion of mafia economics, paramilitary capitalism, apocalyptic ideology, information warfare, and religious symbolism. To those inside the system, it offers access to monopolies, smuggling routes, black-market economies, infrastructure projects, and sanctioned industries.
The IRGC now touches nearly every profitable artery of Iranian life: construction, telecommunications, ports, energy infrastructure, cyber operations, regional militias, and sanctions evasion networks. The revolution long ago ceased merely to govern the economy. It absorbed it.
The Islamic Republic of Iran is not merely surviving sanctions. Entire sections of the regime benefit from them. Isolation created monopolies. Black markets created fortunes. Endless confrontation justified endless consolidation of power. Resistance became an industry.
The writer is an associate scholar at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. (Jerusalem Post)
Palestinian Arabs
- What Happens When Jihadists Smell Weakness - Khaled Abu Toameh
Nearly three years after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led massacre in Israel, Hamas leaders are once again issuing threats, glorifying jihad (holy war), and promising more violence. Their statements should serve as a wake-up call not only for Israel, but also for Washington and the wider West. Hamas and Iran believe they are winning.
Last week, Abu Obeida, spokesman for Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, declared that "the bill will remain open until the [Israeli] enemy pays it." Israel "has not achieved anything by assassinating [Hamas] leaders" and insisted that Hamas has produced "a generation of leaders who will continue the path of those who came before them." These are the words of a group that believes time is on its side.
Hamas leaders see the U.S. conducting endless negotiations with Iran's regime. They see Iran continuing to arm and finance its terrorist proxies across the Middle East. They see Hizbullah in Lebanon continuing its attacks on Israel.
Jihadist organizations are constantly searching for signs of weakness among their enemies. They interpret restraint differently from the way Western policymakers do. What many Western leaders describe as diplomacy, patience, or de-escalation is frequently interpreted by Islamists as surrender, fear, or exhaustion. The Oct. 7 massacre was partly the result of Hamas's belief that Israel had become weak, divided, and vulnerable.
Western policymakers, especially Americans, tend to seek quick solutions. Defeating radical Islamist movements requires strategic patience, consistency, and a willingness to sustain pressure. Hamas, Hizbullah, and their patrons in Iran view conflict in terms of generations. Every appearance of indecision only encourages further aggression, and convinces terrorist leaders that persistence will eventually bring victory.
(Gatestone Institute)
Israel and the West
- What New York's Israel Day Parade Says about the Future of American Jewry - Jeffrey Kahn
Last Sunday, New York's Fifth Avenue was engulfed in a sea of blue and white, surrounded by one of the largest displays of police security in recent memory. Since 1964, the annual Israel Day Parade has served as a day of celebration, joy, and public display of Jewish pride and Zionist solidarity. Yet the 2026 parade was a stark manifestation of a new reality that the Jewish community of New York is quietly being subjected to and slowly realizing.
Other cultural parades are policed as high-density public celebrations. The Israel Day Parade has effectively transitioned into being policed as a high-threat tactical defense operation. The necessity of deploying the city's entire municipal counterterrorism apparatus, just to allow families to walk down a public street, underscores a very painful reality.
A reported record-breaking crowd of over 50,000 proud marchers and spectators filled the streets. But they moved behind an unprecedented ring of security against an imminent threat. NYPD snipers perched on Upper East Side rooftops, tactical special units in heavy body armor were visible, as were low-flying helicopters, surveillance drones hovering overhead, and thousands of uniformed and undercover police officers lining every block.
The Jews of New York were standing behind a physical wall of police security in their own home, explicitly to protect them from a rising, volatile undercurrent of anti-Israel extremism. When a minority group requires an army just to walk down a public avenue, they are no longer equal citizens.
The writer is a strategic adviser at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs. (Jerusalem Post)
- Why I Won't Debate Critics of Israel - Sam Harris
Many readers and podcast listeners, dismayed by my enduring support for Israel, have urged me to debate someone
drawn from a growing cast of scholars, grifters, and moral lunatics who have made that beleaguered country their professional or psychiatric obsession.
I'm not interested in exploring all the ways that Israel has missed the mark because none of these failings will alter my sense that (1) the ethical difference between Israel and her enemies remains vast, and (2) the global preoccupation with the Jewish state, as though it were the worst villain among nations, is contemptible, being the product of perennial lies and delusions.
Militant Islam is ten times worse than you think it is. I consider "jihadists" - Hamas, Hizbullah, al-Qaeda, Islamic State, IRGC - worse than Nazis. There remains a world of difference between the two sides. It is brutalizing any free society to confront enemies that can sincerely claim to "love death" more than everyone else loves life, for this has been Israel's predicament for the better part of a century.
The problem in the Middle East is not, and has never been, the existence of the state of Israel. The problem is jihadism, Islamism, Islamic extremism, Islamofascism, militant Islam - describing the belligerence and triumphal lunacy of those who take the most pernicious doctrines of Islam too seriously.
If the Palestinians simply stopped killing Jews and stopped building a culture that celebrates pointless murder and martyrdom as its highest values, there would be peace. But if the Israelis laid down their weapons, there would be a genocide. This was obviously true on Oct. 7, 2023, and it has been true on every other day since the founding of the state of Israel.
One question clarifies everything in the present: What would each side do if it had the power to do whatever it wanted? Everyone knows the answer to this question. If Hamas had the power, it would perpetrate a real genocide in Israel. Even after all the devastation that Hamas has brought down on its own people, it remains the most popular Palestinian faction. This is why there is no peace in the Middle East.
Antisemites hate everything that makes culturally rich, diverse, open societies possible. They bring censorship, political repression, conspiracy thinking, and the politics of dehumanization and scapegoating. So decrying antisemitism is a defense of the moral and institutional architecture that free societies require.
The writer is a neuroscientist, philosopher, author and podcast host. (Substack)
- "West Bank" Is a Colonial Imposition - Masada Siegel
Names matter. Several state legislatures have passed resolutions affirming the use of "Judea and Samaria" and rejecting "West Bank," a modern political term.
After crushing the Bar Kokhba Jewish revolt in the year 135, the Roman Emperor Hadrian renamed Judea and Samaria as the province Syria Palaestina, invoking the Philistines, enemies of Israel, to erase Jewish identification with the land. The name stuck. My Jewish grandfather, born in Palestine, was considered Palestinian. Before 1948, "Palestinian" referred to the Jewish community as well as Arab people. After the Palestine Liberation Organization was established in 1964, "Palestinian" became associated with Arab nationalism.
Rabbi Pinchas Allouche of Scottsdale told the Arizona Legislature: "Language matters, because when you erase names, you erase history; when you erase history, you erase truth; when you erase truth, you delegitimize people; and when you delegitimize people, peace becomes impossible."
In 2024, Toronto adopted indigenous names for new public spaces. Ireland continues to restore traditional Irish names via a 2024 government initiative, the Placenames Committee. Rhodesia became Zimbabwe in 1980, and Swaziland Eswatini in 2018. So, too, should Judea and Samaria be restored. These original names reconnect the land to the history of an indigenous people, including the battle David and Goliath fought in Judea.
Erasing Jewish names from Jewish history is a tactic as old as Rome. It didn't work then, and doesn't work now.
(Wall Street Journal)
Israel and the UN
- Why Israel Should Close Every UN Office in the Country - Lt.-Col. (res.) Maurice Hirsch
Last week, the UN Secretary-General included the Israeli security forces in a blacklist of bodies and countries guilty of "conflict-related sexual violence." The UN alleged that Israeli authorities continue to hold over 9,000 Palestinians in detention, never mentioning that the detainees are terrorists, that each is brought before a court, or that thousands of them are convicted offenders. In response, Israel announced that it was cutting all ties with the office of the UN Secretary-General.
When it comes to the UN, Israel needs to take a much more aggressive response and should immediately and permanently close every UN office operating in the country. For decades, the UN actively engaged with a host of NGOs, many of which were either fronts for terrorist organizations or had close connections to them. The "evidence" provided by the terrorists was then presented by the UN to the world as legitimate and reliable.
A new Israeli government report, Laundering Propaganda: How UN Actors Manipulated Information in the Gaza War (2023-2025), demonstrates how UN officials, with little basis or no basis whatsoever, were at the forefront of distorting reality and promoting blood libels against Israel.
There are 22 UN organizations, devoted to the Palestinian cause of destroying Israel, that operate in Israel. 17 have a physical presence in Israel. Every UN organization should be permanently closed and all their UN staffers, together with the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, should be expelled.
The writer, former director of the Military Prosecution in Judea and Samaria, is director of the Palestinian Authority Accountability Initiative at the Jerusalem Center. (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs)
Observations:
- The Oslo Accords were built upon a clear and exclusive principle: all outstanding issues between Israel and the Palestinians were to be resolved through direct negotiation. In a September 1993 exchange of letters between PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the PLO formally committed itself to a peaceful resolution of the conflict through negotiations. The parties agreed to end decades of confrontation, recognize one another's legitimate political rights, and pursue a just and lasting peace through an agreed political process.
- The parties further agreed not to take unilateral measures that would alter the status of the territories pending the outcome of those negotiations. Direct negotiation was the foundation of the entire peace process. The Oslo Accords made no provision for international conferences, judicial intervention, imposed solutions, or unilateral recognition campaigns. Nor did they authorize third parties to determine the outcome of negotiations.
- Three decades later, the Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, fundamentally altered Israel's security assumptions. The belief that territorial compromises, international guarantees, and external monitoring arrangements could provide sufficient security has been severely weakened. For many Israelis, Oct. 7 demonstrated that ultimate responsibility for national security cannot be delegated to international actors.
- At the same time, increasing international pressure for immediate Palestinian statehood bypasses the very negotiating framework established by Oslo. Efforts by foreign governments and international organizations to recognize Palestinian statehood in advance of negotiations effectively prejudge issues that were expressly reserved for negotiation. Such initiatives undermine the contractual foundations of the peace process and further erode confidence in international guarantees.
- While the concept of the "two-state solution" has become a diplomatic slogan, it was never included in the Oslo Accords. The accords intentionally left all final-status arrangements open for negotiation. The transformation of the two-state formula from a possible negotiated outcome into a predetermined international prescription departs from the original logic of the peace process.
- International forums, judicial bodies, and unilateral recognition initiatives were never intended to replace direct negotiation. Efforts to impose solutions from outside may satisfy short-term political interests, but they cannot create the trust, legitimacy, and mutual acceptance necessary for durable peace. A viable and lasting peace can emerge only from direct engagement between the parties themselves. Until conditions exist for such negotiations, Israel will continue to rely primarily on its own capabilities to safeguard its security and national interests.
The writer, a former legal adviser to the Israel Foreign Ministry who participated in the negotiation and drafting of the Oslo Accords, heads the international law program at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs.
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