INSS

Iran unlikely to ever willingly surrender control over Strait of Hormuz, INSS expert claims

“The Iranians see Hormuz as their most significant strategic achievement," he added, saying it was clear that the Americans would apparently be prepared to recognize a change in the status quo.

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 14, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion

Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran.

INSS: Israelis as concerned about violence between social groups as Iran acquiring nuclear weapons

A man holds a photo of Iran's Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, while the flags of the US and Israel are burnt, as people gather after a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war was announced, in Tehran, Iran, April 8, 2026.

Nearly 40% of Israelis feel Iran won war with US, INSS survey finds


INSS expert: Distracted IAEA could be less focused on Iran

INSS Arms Control director Emily Landau said that it will be harder for the IAEA to pressure Tehran into sticking to the 2015 nuclear deal with no real leader.

A view shows railway packages for containers with uranium hexafluoride salt, raw material for nuclear reactors, similar to the one be used for the IAEA Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) Bank

Obstacles to Israel’s strategic objectives

Main insights from the INSS 12th annual international conference

F-35 warplanes doing a flyover in 2018 in Israel.

Meridor: Preventing Iran nuke is not the only strategy

The former intelligence minister calls for a comprehensive, long-term strategy to counter Iran.

FORMER INTELLIGENCE MINISTER Dan Meridor advocates ‘analyzing the logic’ of Hezbollah and Hamas in preparation for the next bout with these groups

The Lounge

The Weizmann Institute recently held its scientific club at the Sheva Event Hall in Tel Aviv.

DANIEL ZAJFMAN (left) and Ben Caspit

Petraeus, Yadlin disagree on Trump's willingness to attack nuclear Iran

"Tweeting is not killing anyone," said ex-IDF intel chief Amos Yadlin in debate with ex-CIA head David Petraeus at INSS conference.

CIA Director David Petraeus speaks to members of a Senate (Select) Intelligence hearing on "World Wide Threats" on Capitol Hill in Washington in this January 31, 2012 file photo.

Yadlin warns of major changes in alliances in year ahead

"The US has always been an ally, but that could change." - Amos Yadlin, director of the Institute for National Security Studies and former IDF general.

Amos Yadlin

Know Comment: Warmed-over withdrawal syndrome

Gen. Yadlin’s unilateral disengagement plans are neither new nor logical.

Amos Yadlin

Top expert: State must speed up, overhaul cyber regulation

Currently, there is not even a comprehensive cyber law – and initial efforts to propose one this summer stalled on a variety of privacy and other concerns.

Cyber hacking (illustrative)

Former IDF Intel Chief urges grounding of Assad's helicopter fleet

“Even without poison gas, these vehicles are used to launch inaccurate explosives that inflict terror and death on Syrian civilians,” said Amos Yadlin.

Amos Yadlin

Ex-IDF intel chief rejects critics, says Syrian reactor never turned ‘hot’

Amos Yadlin pushes back against claims by the former Mossad chief who characterized the delay in identifying the threat as an intelligence failure.

Former IDF chier Amos Yadlin (Left) and former mossad head Tamor Pardo argue over Israel's intelligence on the Syrian nuclear reactor