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Brief.IL
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Brief IL is a sharp, weekly briefing on Israel’s security and foreign affairs — hosted by a leading Israeli journalist and a former IDF general. Together, they unpack the headlines, decode the strategic moves behind them, and bring the inside story from Israel’s frontlines to the world. Clear. Unfiltered. Insightful.
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Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security.INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Ofer Shelah, Director of Israel's National Security Research Program at INSS, and Anat Shapira, a researcher in the program, to decode the latest security headlines.This week's episode addresses the escalation and recent round of fighting between Iran, Israel, and the United States from the Israeli standpoint:* Support for the operation: How is it that 81% of Israelis support the operation while in the US it remains a highly contentious issue?* Social cleavages: How do different sects within Israeli society perceive the operation?Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight.For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security.INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Dr. Raz Zimmt, Director of the Iran and Shiite Axis Research Program at the INSS, to decode the latest security headlines. This week's episode addresses the escalation and recent round of fighting between Iran, Israel, and the United States: Motives and goals: Why did the talks in Geneva fail, and what are the goals of the operation? Attacks on Gulf States: What is Iran trying to achieve? Possible end states: Is the regime collapsing? What should we expect going forward.Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight. For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security.INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence Chief, to decode the latest security headlines.This week's episode addresses dramatic developments in the Middle East:* US-Iran Negotiations: What is being discussed in Geneva, and what are the possible endgames?* Israeli Strikes in Lebanon: Why is Israel attacking in Lebanon, and why is Hamas basing itself in Southern Lebanon?* The Board of Peace: What do the statements and participants in the Board of Peace inaugural meeting mean for Israeli interests?Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight.For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security. INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode the latest security headlines.This week's episode is a special edition of Brief.IL focusing on the Munich Security Conference. Tamir Hayman, who participated in the conference, briefs us on one of the most important policy and security gatherings in the world.* Euro-American relations: How did Europe respond to Secretary of State Rubio's speech?* The Palestinian plight: What moves were the Palestinian representatives trying to promote against Israel?* Iranian support for Russia: Is Europe ready to pressure Iran and back an American strike?Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight.For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security.INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode the latest security headlines.On the agenda this week:• American-Iranian talks: Will a potential agreement limit Iran’s ballistic missile program and support for proxies?• Gaza's twilight zone: Which authorities are being transferred from the IDF and Israel to the new technocratic committee?• Herzog in Australia: What do the protests surrounding the visit—and the relationship with Israel more broadly—mean for Israeli-Australian cooperation on fighting antisemitism?Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight.For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security.INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode the latest security headlines.On the agenda this week:• Uncertainty in Iran: debates about a strike against Iranian targets inside the American administration and in the Middle East. • Gaza's new governing bodies: the Board of Peace, the Founding Executive Board, the Gaza Executive Board, the Technocratic Government, and the ISF. Can they all make Hams demilitarize? Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight.For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security. INSS Researcher Ofir Dayan sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode the latest security headlines. On the agenda this week: • Unrest in Iran: The increasing protests, the US response, and the implications for Israel’s national security. • Lebanon’s Credibility Gap: Why remains Israel skeptical of the Lebanese government's claims that it has regained control of weapons in the south? • The Syrian Front: Israel and Syria have agreed on a de-escalation mechanism. What does this mean for Israel’s presence in the buffer zone? Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight. For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
Brief.IL by INSS dives straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security. Journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode the latest security headlines.On the table this week:- Israeli officials welcomed the US capture of Venezuela's Maduro. Is this truly a significant blow to Hezbollah and Iran's regional influence?- Could Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei be the target of a similar operation, and do the current street protests pose a genuine threat to the regime's survival?- Prime Minister Netanyahu met President Trump at Mar-a-Lago — on the agenda were not only Iran, Gaza, and Syria, but also major AI investment opportunities.Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight. For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
With Brief.IL by INSS, we dive straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security. Host and journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former IDF Military Intelligence chief, to decode security headlines. On the table this week:Two murdered in a terror attack - is the West Bank a ticking time bomb?The "Israeli Qatargate" and the leak of a confidential document to the Bild - the former IDI's chief takeSomaliland: a counterproductive solitary recognition?Join us every week for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight. For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/
In our premiere episode of Brief.IL by INSS, we dive straight into the critical issues defining Israel’s national security. The host, journalist Emmanuelle Elbaz-Phelps, sits down with Maj. Gen. (Res.) Tamir Hayman, Executive Director of INSS and former chief of IDF Military Intelligence, to decode the security agenda awaiting Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu.On the table this week:• Iran: Is Israel poised to strike?• Gaza: Is the Kushner-Witkoff "Project Sunrise" disconnected from reality?• Syria: Can Israel ever trust the leader, Ahmed Al-Shara?Join us every Tuesday for a deep dive into the events shaping Israel's national security. Subscribe now and never miss an insight. For more analysis: https://www.inss.org.il/






