UNIFIL and the Hezbollah tunnels
December 18, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update is devoted to the issue of the questions raised about UNIFIL, the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, by Israel’s discovery of a series of underground cross-border tunnels dug by Hezbollah into Israeli territory from Lebanon.
Israel’s “Operation Northern Shield” against Hezbollah’s cross-border tunnels
December 7, 2018 | AIJAC staff
Update from AIJAC Update 12/18 #01 This Update focuses on Israel’s Operation “Northern Shield”, announced on Tuesday, which is designed…
Latest revelations on Iranian nuclear warehouse and archives
November 30, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update is devoted to some new revelations about both the Iranian nuclear archives – captured by Israel earlier this year and revealed publicly on April 30 – and about an alleged Iranian nuclear storage warehouse revealed by Israeli PM Netanyahu on Sept. 27. It also features a report on concerns in Israel that Iran is preparing to escalate violence along Israel’s northern border with Syria and Lebanon.
New Round of US Sanctions on Iran
November 9, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update discusses the details and possible effects of the new round of US sanctions – focussed upon Iran’s financial and energy sectors – which came into effect this week, following an earlier round of sanctions imposed in August.
Bottom-up peace hopes?/ Netanyahu in Oman
November 2, 2018 | AIJAC staff
Today’s Update features two pieces suggesting there may be hopes for a different model of moving toward a two-state Israeli-Palestinian peace. It also includes an analysis of the significance of Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu’s surprise visit to Oman last Friday.
New concerns over IAEA inspections of Iran
October 26, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update focuses on some new evidence and arguments that the International Atomic Energy Agency inspections of Iran’s nuclear program are less effective and airtight than proponents of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal usually assert.
Evolving Iranian and US strategy in Syria
October 12, 2018 | AIJAC staff
Update from AIJAC Update 10/18 #01 This Update deals with evolving Iranian strategy in Syria and the wider Middle…
Israel, Russia and Iran in Syria
September 20, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update deals with the aftermath of the incident on Tuesday, whereby the Syrian regime accidentally shot down a Russian military reconnaissance plane following an Israeli air raid on an Iranian arms facility in northern Syria. It also looks at the the larger strategic context for these events in Syria, especially the ongoing Israeli-Iranian conflict there.
Trump Administration withdraws funding from UNRWA
September 6, 2018 | AIJAC staff
Last Friday the Trump Administration announced it would be withdrawing all US financial support from the agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA (the UN Relief and Works Agency). This Update is devoted to commentary on the US move…
A Trump Administration plan to shake up Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking?
August 31, 2018 | AIJAC staff
This Update focuses on some new moves by the Trump Administration on the Israeli-Palestinian front which some observers are suggesting amount to an effort to rewrite the rulebook for Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.
