Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN s views and policy positions.
On the Slippery Slope of Operation Guardians of the Walls
Q. Ten days into yet another Israel-Hamas war, it has widened into a conflict between Jews and Arabs in mixed Israeli cities, a nascent intifada in the West Bank, sporadic rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria, growing
Yossi Alpher is an independent security analyst. He is the former director of the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies at Tel Aviv University, a former senior official with the Mossad, and a former IDF intelligence officer. Views and positions expressed here are those of the writer, and do not necessarily represent APN s views and policy positions.
Q. Last week’s collapse of Israel’s so-called corona unity government ushered in a fourth round of Knesset elections in two years. Before discussing the forces at play, do you have any broad observations on what is transpiring at the national strategic level?