From the National Security Archive, a deep dive on a sensitive geopolitical issue that is rarely raised in Washington: how Israel became the first and only nuclear power in the Middle East. While the events in question happened some 50 years ago, they reverberate today. The United States and Israel, as nuclear powers, have...
Category: Middle East
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Here’s the Truth about the Recent Latest Cyberattacks Targeting the US Election
The Stanford Internet Observatory corroborates the reporting on this site about the role of Russian and Iranian intelligence agencies in the U..S. president election. As intelligence analyst Maysam Behravesh wrote on this blog, the reports blaming Iran for a Proud Boy threats against Democrats were hasty and unfounded, while Russian efforts have been abetted...
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Iran Awaits U.S. Vote With Strategic Patience, Tactical Interference
During the final US presidential debate on October 23, Democratic nominee Joe Biden threatened retaliation against those foreign actors that seek to interfere in the American electoral process and undermine voter confidence in its integrity. “They will pay a price if I’m elected,” the former US Vice President warned, specifically naming Russia, China and Iran....
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ככל שמתקרב מועד הבחירות לנשיאות ארצות הברית, גוברת הדריכות במוסד ובקהילת המודיעין של ישראל. מקורה לא ברצון להתערב בבחירות לטובת אחד המועמדים, אלא לוודא שגורמי הביון בישראל יקפידו לשמור על דממה מוחלטת, ושלא ידלוף חומר סודי שעלול להשפיע על התוצאות. “כמובן שאנו ממשיכים לעקוב אחר הבחירות בארצות הברית”, אמר לי בכיר לשעבר במוסד “זו חובתנו...
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As Spy Chief Yossi Cohen Tilts to Trump, Mossad Fears Politicization
[To read this article in Hebrew, click מאת יוסי מל ] In the month before the U.S. presidential election, the Mossad and the entire Israeli intelligence community have been on high alert. Not to intervene in the elections in favor of one candidate, but to make sure that total silence is maintained and that no...