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What the new INSS poll teaches us about how Israelis see Iran, Trump, and the threats within

Latest INSS surveys show Israelis reassessing Iran, US support, and the growing security threat posed by divisions at home

Secular activists hold up placards as they stage a counterprotest against ultra-Orthodox Jewish protesters in support of Cafe Basimta, which is open on Shabbat, in central Jerusalem, on August 15.Premium
MK Tally Gotliv attends a hearing on petitions against the government’s dismissal of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.

The Likud primary: Trolling as a way to gain support – opinion

A vessel at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam,Oman, July 14, 2026.

Iran unlikely to ever willingly surrender control over Strait of Hormuz, INSS expert claims

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sarah attend the Likud Party's election campaign opening event in Jerusalem, Jan 21, 2020.

PM Benjamin Netanyahu has an insurance policy - it's called Israel's opposition – opinion


Iran's view of Biden as restrained could lead to hitting Israel harder, INSS

INSS said that threats from Iranian proxies in the North, including Hezbollah and from proxies in Syria, “are the greatest military threat in 2021."

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Joe Biden announces Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for secretary of transportation in Wilmington, Delaware, on Wednesday.

Ex-CIA, MI6, Israeli officials doubt new Iran deal with Biden in 2021

Partial deal still possible • “It is easier to use force, to destroy, to kill; it is harder to build bridges, build trust and to create an environment where people live in peace with one another."

INSS DIRECTOR-GENERAL and former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin: ‘The assessment that the Iranians are leaving Syria is a wish.’

Former Health Ministry D-G Siman-Tov joins INSS as research fellow

Working alongside other senior INSS researchers, Siman-Tov will write policy papers that will be later presented to decision-makers.

OUTGOING HEALTH Ministry director-general Moshe Bar Siman Tov appears at a press briefing at the Prime Ministers office last month

Orgs to send emissaries, launch initiatives to connect with UAE Jews

The WZO will send its emissaries, who will be the first permanent Jewish emissaries to an Arab country, and the ADL will collaborate with Jewish Council of the Emirates.

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) flag waves alongside an Israeli flag

Ex-CENTCOM chief Joseph Votel talks to 'Post' about the post-Soleimani era

‘Israel should scale back Iraq strikes while US shores up Iraq alliance’

General Joseph L. Votel, Commander of United States CENTCOM.

The Lounge February 4, 2020: INSS

The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS)’s annual conference opened last Tuesday evening in Tel Aviv.

FROM LEFT, Stanley Fischer, Stanley Fischer, Rony Hizkiyahu and Pini Cohen.

Ex-IDF intel. chief: Trump peace plan not even basis for talks

Plan is ‘so much less’ than Palestinians have already been offered; Ex-US envoy, general ‘hyperventilated’ upon hearing the plan – will go nowhere.

Amos Yadlin

Bennett to Netanyahu: 'Annex settlements now, and we’ll support you'

The defense minister and Yamina Party leader has long called for the annexation of Area C of the West Bank, and has been outspoken about his opposition to a Palestinian state.

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the INSS conference.

Top Iran expert Emily Landau dies at 59

She was known as a fierce critic of 2015 Iran nuclear deal, but at the same time she had recommended fixing the deal instead of leaving it outright as US President Donald Trump did in May 2018.

Emily B. Landau ahead of the 2018 INSS Conference.

Rivlin: Whoever leads next gov't needs to know how to handle Iran

Amos Yadlin warned that if the US ceases to be an umbrella for Israel at the United Nations, the outcome for Israel will be catastrophic.

RIVLIN