Gershon Hacohen
ARTICLES BY: Gershon Hacohen
Israel Cannot Ignore Its Special Mission Solely for the Sake of ‘Security’
Israel is at a fateful crossroads. The unending necessity to safeguard the state’s secure existence ensures that its leaders will face complex and painful decisions....
What Should Israel Do in Gaza?
It's too soon to assess the potential of the recent demonstrations in the Gaza Strip to take a sharp turn. Even without knowing how things...
Israel’s Intensifying Dilemma Vis-à-Vis the Gaza Strip
JNS - It is too soon to assess the potential of the demonstrations in the Gaza Strip over the past few days to take a sharp...
How to Debate Israel’s National Security Decisions
In the public debate about Israel’s national security in general and a desirable Israeli-Palestinian settlement in particular, the dividing line between “political” and “professional” has...
Benny Gantz’s Dangerous Ambiguity on West Bank Disengagement
For all his efforts to keep his views on key national issues under wraps, so as to make his premiership bid appeal to the largest...
Rethinking Israel’s Syria Campaign
Moscow’s public demand that Israel stop its attacks in Syria places Israel’s long-standing air campaign at a critical juncture despite Benjamin Netanyahu’s avowed determination to...
The US Withdrawal from Syria Teaches Israel a Hard Lesson
The Oslo peace process took place under unique global circumstances. The Soviet Union had just collapsed and the Cold War had come to an abrupt...
Gaza and Lebanon: The Two Turning Points of 2018
Major wars tend to produce clear and visible strategic turning points. But less dramatic events often generate shifts that are no less significant, albeit in...
The Hezbollah-Lebanon Symbiosis Is a Threat to Israel
The question of Lebanon’s responsibility for acts of aggression emanating from its territory has long preoccupied Israeli decision-makers. During the Second Lebanon War, for instance,...
The Israeli Security Situation: Wandering Through a Maze
The discourse that tends to swirl around events like this week’s sharp Gaza escalation generally involves a clichéd discussion about “the loss of deterrence.” But the gauge...
How a Bedouin Settlement Can Help Solve the Israeli-Palestinian Dispute
While there is little doubt that the Bedouin settlement of Khan Ahmar on the Jerusalem-Dead Sea road was illegally built, the decision to move its...
Israel Must Rethink Its Syria Strategy After Downing of Russian Plane
The crisis between Jerusalem and Moscow over culpability for the recent downing of a Russian plane in Syria has far less to do with the...
An Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu on Israeli Demographics and Construction
Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to contact you personally and directly. The State of Israel and its citizens have been fortunate to have you at the...
Why Cutting Aid to UNRWA Is Necessary
With the sole exception of the Palestinians, international law does not grant refugee status to generation after generation of any group until the end of...
