Brig.-Gen.(ret.) Zvika Haimovitch

Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovitch is a former Israel Air Defense Forces Commander, with over three decades of experience in the Aerospace and Defense arena. With a successful career as an Air and Missile Defense Officer, General Haimovich has extensive experience developing strategy, policy and plans for joint, combined, and interagency operations. In addition, he also has vast experience leading large, complex organizations, managing changes and building teams and relationships. During his service in the IAF, General Haimovich filled several positions such as the Commander in Change of the Command Field in the IAF Air Defense school, Head of TRADOC (Training and Doctrine) branch in the IAF Air Defense Division, and Commander of the Active Defense Wing and Sky Defense Wing. He brings with him operational experience in high intensity conflicts as well as professional experience in operating new systems and technology, such as: Iron Dome, Arrow 3, David Sling, Anti Drones Concept and more. Over the last few years, Zvika serves as a strategic consultant to several top elite companies in the field of security, cyber and private companies. He is an expert speaker on national security and geopolitical analysis, Leaderships presentations based on his experience in a dynamic environment and leading changes.
People gather during protest on January 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

Iran’s unrest ups the ante with regional tensions, but risk of war remains - opinion

It is still too early to assess whether the current protest will succeed and what Israel should do or not do in the face of provocative declarations suggesting interference in Iran's internal affairs

JANUARY 14, 2026
Flags flutter in front of a radom of the "Arrow Weapon System for Germany" pictured in Annaburg, Germany, December 3, 2025.

Why Germany’s Arrow 3 purchase is more than military hardware - opinion

Eight decades after the Holocaust, Germany will rely on an Israeli defense system to shield itself from ballistic missile threats. History’s wheel has turned in a way few could have imagined

DECEMBER 14, 2025
Hezbollah supporters gather to mark the first anniversary of the assassinations of Hezbollah leaders Hassan Nasrallah and Hashem Safieddine, in Tehran, Iran, October 2, 2025.

Lebanon’s fragile pause before the next clash

A year since the ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel, cracks in the deal are widening as the terror group rebuilds faster than the Lebanese army can disarm it

NOVEMBER 15, 2025

Israel’s two-year Gaza war nears its end, but questions of victory remain - analysis

The war in Gaza has ended, not because Hamas was destroyed or defeated, but because US President Trump decided to put an end to it. Now, the battlefield has shifted from territory to ideology.

OCTOBER 16, 2025
Burnt car remains near the Gaza border, after October 7, 2023

Why ballistic missiles are nearly impossible to intercept

Evolving air threats and advancing defense technologies are fueling a relentless cycle of adaptation, driving adversaries to engineer increasingly sophisticated and formidable challenges

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025
Israeli security forces at the scene where fragments of a ballistic missile fired by the Houthis damaged a home in Jerusalem, January 14, 2025

Today's victories do not mean tomorrow's peace: How can Israel stop a cycle of war? - analysis

The State of Israel cannot afford an endless cycle of war, neither for its national security nor for the social fabric of life.

AUGUST 27, 2025
Israeli air defense systems operating during the war with Iran.

The aftermath of war: From military victory to strategic crossroads

The war with Iran has entered a tense intermediate phase: a ceasefire without resolution. A sensitive lull, with the looming risk of renewed conflict.

JULY 20, 2025
Israeli Air Force fighter jets seen ahead of Operation Rising Lion in Iran, June 13, 2025