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IDF MG (ret.) Yaakov Amidror

- Wednesday, September 26, 2018 |
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IDF Major General (ret.) Yaakov Amidror is a Gemunder Center for Defense and Strategy Distinguished Fellow. General Amidror was formerly the National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister of Israel, as well as the head of the National Security Council, from 2011-2013. During his 36-year career in the IDF, Maj. Gen. Amidror served as Commander of IDF Military Colleges, Military Secretary for the Minister of Defense, Director of the Intelligence Analysis Division, and as Intelligence Officer for the Northern Command. Maj. Gen. Amidror received a Master’s degree in Political Science from the University of Haifa, and has authored several books on intelligence and military strategy, including Winning Counterinsurgency War: The Israeli Experience.

Publications
How Israel and the Trump Administration Can Win the War and Shape Middle East Policy
The Jerusalem Post - November 15, 2024
CNN’s optical illusion: Real impact of IDF gains in Gaza vs Hamas’s claimed resurgence
The Jerusalem Post - August 13, 2024
Iran’s Ring of Fire
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security - April 8, 2024
Initial Lessons From the October 2023 War
The Jerusalem Strategic Tribune - November 1, 2023
A New Middle East
Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security - September 1, 2022
The Status Quo in Gaza Is the Least-Bad Option
Mosaic Magazine - June 14, 2021
US Must Protect Israel’s QME After F-35 Sale to UAE
The Defense Post - November 18, 2020
The Truth Behind Israel and Egypt’s Submarine Affair
Haaretz - October 21, 2020
Power-Hungry Turkey May Push the Eastern Mediterranean Into an Armed Conflict
The National Interest - September 4, 2020
The Israeli Security Establishment Helped Beat Coronavirus – and is Ready for Future...
The Algemeiner - May 22, 2020
Israeli Decision-Making During the COVID-19 Crisis
April 16, 2020
Iran Keeps Up Its Malign Behavior, Pandemic Notwithstanding
Jewish News Syndicate - April 13, 2020
What We Know About Iran Five Years After Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
March 8, 2020
Preventing Iran From Creating More Hezbollahs Across the Middle East
The Jewish News Syndicate - September 27, 2019
The Strategic Framework for Israeli Operations in Syria
Real Clear Defense - July 31, 2018
How to Reduce Terrorism
Israel Hayom - September 1, 2017
Beware Media Fear-Mongering
Israel Hayom - August 18, 2017
Peas in a Nuclear Pod
Israel Hayom - August 7, 2017
As Daesh Is Crushed, Future Of Middle East At Stake
Breaking Defense - July 28, 2017
Trade Insights, Not Barbs
Israel Hayom - March 3, 2017
Out With the Old, In With the New
Israel Hayom - January 13, 2017
Speaking Out of Turn
Israel Hayom - January 10, 2017