Eitan Dangot

The writer, a retired IDF major-general, is a publishing expert at The MirYam Institute and formerly served as military secretary to three defense ministers, as well as chief of the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories.
Palestinians clash with Israeli security forces in Jenin, last thursday

Israel needs a new offensive policy against people who incite terrorism -opinion

There is a new growth of 'factionless' terrorism, where local armed groups do not support any current Palestinian leadership.

FEBRUARY 1, 2023
HAMAS HAS not stopped, even for a minute, its preparations for the day PA head Mahmoud Abbas departs the scene, says the writer.

Israel must update its policy on Hamas, Gaza - opinion

The decision by Hamas to launch a military conflict last year was not, in reality, a tactical event but the planting of the seeds of a new Hamas strategy, which remains in place to this day.

JUNE 10, 2022
US SECRETARY OF STATE Antony Blinken testifies before the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs in Washington earlier this month.

Failure to stop Iran's terror support might lead to Israel-Hezbollah war

To understand the new complex Middle Eastern puzzle, it is first necessary to recognize the fact that the Biden administration is dealing with Iran on two fronts.

MARCH 21, 2021

Between Abraham Accords, Biden, Abbas recalibrates PA’s diplomacy

Added into the mix of challenges are the coronavirus pandemic and the PA’s governability problems

JANUARY 14, 2021
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY President Mahmoud Abbas (right) greets then-US vice president Joe Biden in 2010. Abbas seized upon the election of Biden as an opportunity to position himself as a positive actor.