Analysis
BICOM Focus: Why are Israelis struggling to decide?
Key Points Polls just a few days before the election have indicated that between a quarter and a third of...
BICOM Analysis: The rise of Lieberman and Yisrael Beitenu
Key Points A notable aspect of the 2009 election campaign has been the rapid rise to prominence of the Yisrael...
BICOM Focus: Left outside the centre: the declining power of the Israeli left-wing
Key points Interestingly, the decline in support for the Israeli Left partly results from the fact that ideas traditionally associated...
BICOM Briefing: Post-Operation Cast lead situation update – 4 February 2009
Key Points Rocket hits Ashkelon; Israel responds with strikes on tunnels Reports of Israeli offer on crossings in push to...
BICOM Briefing: Post-Operation Cast Lead update – 2 February 2009
Key points Rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza have intensified in recent days. During yesterday’s Israeli cabinet meeting, Prime Minister...
BICOM Analysis: Thirty years on, the revolution endures in Iran
Key Issues Thirty years after the Islamic revolution in Iran, the clerical regime has very clearly failed to develop a...