Israel

An Indian soldier runs for cover outside the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai during a siege
Intelligence Guidance: Week of Nov. 30, 2008
November 29, 2008 0317 GMT
The following is an internal Stratfor document produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. This document is not a forecast, but rather a series of guidelines for understanding and evaluating events, as well as suggestions on areas for focus. [more]
Israeli flag over Hebron
Israel: Iran Policy and U.S. Alignment
November 19, 2008 1236 GMT
Recent statements from Israel’s military intelligence chief hint that at least a slight warming in Israeli-Iranian relations may be possible, against a backdrop of transition in U.S., Israeli and Iranian politics. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: Military Intelligence Chief Shifts Israel's Iran Policy
November 19, 2008 0258 GMT
A statement from the head of Israeli military intelligence shows a shift in Israeli thinking on the subject of U.S. talks with Iran. [more]
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (c), Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (bottom L) and Defense Minister Ehud Barak (R rear) at the
Israel: The Coming Elections' Effects in the Region
October 27, 2008 2215 GMT
Israel's upcoming elections are likely to produce a change in the government, but are not likely to knock the Israeli-Syrian peace talks off track. [more]
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Confusion and Uncertainty Threaten Negotiations in Middle East
October 27, 2008 0925 GMT
The United States has angered Damascus by mounting a sortie across the Iraqi-Syrian border, killing at least half a dozen Syrians in the process. The leader of Israel’s ruling party dropped efforts to form a government and called for an early general election. Iraq’s foreign minister canceled a booked visit to Australia, citing a crisis in the talks over US troops, and Pakistan surprised those who’d suggested it was soft on the Taliban by recapturing a key strategic town. This series of events have confused diplomats and policymakers. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: Uncertainty Stretching from the Levant to the Persian Gulf
October 27, 2008 0154 GMT
A raid by U.S. troops five miles inside Syrian territory is one of several incidents in the Middle East raising the level of uncertainty in the region. [more]
Iranian women holding pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
Egypt, Lebanon: Heightening Hezbollah Rifts
October 23, 2008 1937 GMT
Major Arab powers are reaching out to select Hezbollah figures to exacerbate rifts in the Shiite movement, constrain Syria and undermine Iranian influence in the region. [more]
U.S. - Election Campaign Rally
All the World's a Stage - Awaiting the Next U.S. President's Entrance
October 20, 2008 0929 GMT
The global economy continues to deteriorate, Israel will continue to fulminate against Iran, and U.S. President George W. Bush has called an emergency summit after the election to discuss the financial crisis. But the world is on hold until the election of the next U.S. president — likely Barack Obama — and his installation next year. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: The World on Hold
October 20, 2008 0156 GMT
Several international crises are on hold as the world waits for the next U.S. president to take office. [more]
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
Israel: A Key Political Deal
October 13, 2008 1751 GMT
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni negotiated a deal Oct. 12 that would put the Kadima coalition just a few seats away from holding a majority in the Knesset. [more]
Posters of Syrian President Bashar al Assad (C), Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri (L) and his son Saad on a wall in West
Lebanon: Turkey, Israel and the Syrian Plan
October 9, 2008 2124 GMT
Syria's agenda for Lebanon may have Turkish and Israeli backing. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: Israel, the United States and the Search for a Russia Policy
October 6, 2008 1023 GMT
Israel and the United States -- ahead of leadership changes in both countries -- are trying to deal with Russia. [more]
A US Air Force C-5 Galaxy and a C-17 Globemaster
Israel: A U.S. BMD Radar Arrives
September 29, 2008 1705 GMT
A U.S. ballistic missile defense radar has reportedly arrived in Israel. (With Stratfor map) [more]
Hezbollah supporters gathered to listen to speech by hassan nasrallah commemorating Mughniyah
Syria: A Car Bomb in Damascus and the Hezbollah Connection
September 27, 2008 0911 GMT
A car bomb exploded in the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sept. 27, killing 17 people and wounding 14 others. [more]
Jerusalem on Sept. 23 at the scene where Khasem Eisa Al-Mughrabi slammed his car into a group of soldier
Israel: Vehicle Attacks - A New Militant Tactic?
September 25, 2008 1844 GMT
Israel has seen three attacks in three months in which Arab Israelis from East Jerusalem used vehicles as weapons. [more]
U.S. Foreign Policy: Part 1 of 4
The New President and the Global Landscape (Open Access)
September 23, 2008 1028 GMT
Part one of a series by Stratfor founder and Chief Intelligence Officer George Friedman on the U.S. presidential debate on foreign policy. [more]
U.S. President George W. Bush (2nd L), flanked by (L-R) Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Pau
Intelligence Guidance: Week of Sept. 21, 2008
September 19, 2008 2057 GMT
The following is an internal Stratfor document produced to provide high-level guidance to our analysts. This document is not a forecast, but rather a series of guidelines for understanding and evaluating events, as well as suggestions on areas for focus. [more]
Map: Third manifestation of Israel, 1948
Israel: Geopolitics in Current Issues
September 19, 2008 0459 GMT
In the second installment of a new podcast series, Stratfor founder and CEO Dr. George Friedman discusses domestic Israeli politics, the outlook for a peace deal with Syria and the emergence of new challenges involving foreign powers. [more]
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Geopolitical Diary: Israeli Politics and Movements in the Middle East
September 19, 2008 0203 GMT
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Thursday just barely secured control of Israel's Kadima party. She now has just 42 days to cobble together a coalition to keep Kadima in power. [more]
Map: Israel's geography and borderlands
Understanding Israel
September 18, 2008 0459 GMT
In the first installment of a new podcast series examining the geopolitical underpinnings of key world powers, Marla Dial narrates a study on Israel’s geography — and how it has shaped the security and politics of its people for millennia. [more]
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