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Comment and Opinion

INSS: Obstacles to Israel’s strategic objectives: Main insights from the INSS 12th annual international conference, by Udi Dekel

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An assessment of Israel’s national security situation in early 2019 indicates impressive military, political, technological, and economic strength. At the same time, however, there is the risk of a military conflagration on multiple fronts, and there are limits to Israel’s current policy, which focuses on military actions but lacks determination to exploit political opportunities. In most aspects of national security, with the exception of preventing Iran from consolidating its power and influence in Syria and transferring weapons to Hezbollah, Israel has chosen to maintain the status quo rather than take a proactive approach that would help advance its strategic national objectives.

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