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Efraim Inbar is professor of political science at Bar-Ilan University and director of the Begin-Sadat (BESA) Center for Strategic Studies. This article is a revised version of a piece published at Bitterlemons.com.
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By Efraim Inbar
The coalition negotiations demonstrated that preserving Israel’s capital is a low priority for the incoming government—this is a mistake.
By Efraim Inbar
Although Turkey and Israel reestablishing diplomatic relations is a matter worth celebrating, as long as Islamist Erdogan is in power, the country will continue to be hostile toward Israel and support the Hamas terror group.
By Efraim Inbar
Only time will tell whether Israel has successfully bought itself some time before it needs to “mow the grass” in Gaza again. In the meantime, it must learn from what transpired in “Operation Guardian of the Walls.”
By Efraim Inbar
The Jordan Valley is Israel’s only defensible eastern border and Israeli sovereignty there is vital for the demilitarization of a future Palestinian state.
By Efraim Inbar
A degree of formal distance between Jerusalem and Washington is useful in Israel's diplomatic interactions.
By Efraim Inbar
The Hamas organization is aware of Israel’s strategic logic and not worried that Israel will engineer a large-scale war to end its rule over Gaza.
By Efraim Inbar
In short, over time Israel has become stronger, while its enemies, with the exception of Iran, have become increasingly weaker.
By Efraim Inbar
Reasons for NOT extending Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. (Suffice it to say, the views are the author's and not those of The Jewish Press Online)
June 19, 2026 
