David A. Halperin

CEO, @IsraelPolicy4m

[Barak Ravid @BarakRavid]

🚨Great Scoop by @talshalev1 on @CNN: Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region
https://t.co/pjK6gNR9kZ

[Keith Black Trudeau @Charlottean28]

Happy 50th anniversary to the most insane 19 seconds in the history of the NBA Finals:

[Israel Democracy Institute @IDIisrael]

"The events that took place last night at the home of the Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Justice Noam Sohlberg, were not an isolated incident. They are the result of a prolonged and dangerous process of delegitimization directed at the judiciary, its judges, and the officials entrusted with enforcing the law."

Read the full statement by IDI President @yplesner and VP of Research @suzienavot: https://t.co/Rh9t6NT7oY

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

Starting in one hour: Israel Policy Briefing on the next era of U.S.-Israel security cooperation

Featuring @RCBrandenburg and @mkoplow, and moderated by @dhalperin

Register now: https://t.co/zfI8PxQbde

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Israel's supporters often look at U.S. security assistance as the core of the strategic relationship. Israel's detractors often look at it as effective leverage. Neither is right, which is why everyone should start moving beyond the question of aid https://t.co/xPOYcuD0BI

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

Voting 106-0, the Knesset has passed the first reading of a bill to dissolve itself and head to elections. @xlederman unpacks the waning weeks of the 25th Knesset in this Inside Israeli Politics. https://t.co/9L3bLGHDYE

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

PSA: Contrary to some impressions out there, Netanyahu *is not* leading in most of the credible polls and faces an uphill battle to get anywhere near a majority in the next election.

[Neri Zilber @NeriZilber]

🎧Latest #IsraelPolicyPod w/ @dahliasc on:
—Upcoming Israeli election campaign
—What the polls are saying (& not saying)
—Bennett-Lapid, Eisenkot, Arab parties
—Likud maintaining support, Smotrich's fate
—Possible wild cards + more.
Listen + subscribe: https://t.co/8FXjydX6xO

[Danny (Dennis) Citrinowicz ,داني سيترينوفيتش @citrinowicz]

Shira Efron has written (and not for the first time) an important piece highlighting a challenge that has long shaped Israeli strategic thinking, especially after October 7th: the belief that military force alone can deliver lasting security, including on the Lebanese front.

Military power is an essential component of deterrence and national defense. However, force by itself rarely produces sustainable stability. Without a complementary diplomatic track, including, for example, progress toward arrangements along the Israel-Lebanon border as a foundation for broader political understandings, security gains are likely to remain temporary.

An approach that relies predominantly on military measures risks strengthening those voices in Lebanon that portray Israel as an aggressor, particularly when some in Israel advocate more expansive territorial ambitions, such as pushing the border northward to the Litani River.

Lasting security requires both hard power and political strategy. Deterrence can create opportunities, but only diplomacy can translate those opportunities into durable stability.

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

Escalation between Israel and Hezbollah risks squandering the window for genuine political change and disarmament in Lebanon. Writing in @ForeignAffairs, @ShiraEfron calls for a U.S.-led roadmap to foster Israeli-Lebanese cooperation in sidelining Iran. https://t.co/liG159ABY1

[Rachel Brandenburg @RCBrandenburg]

Pleased to share @IsraelPolicy4m's latest report (co-authored by me, @mkoplow, @elisaewers44, & @GabrielEpsteinXabout) about the future of the U.S.-Israel security relationship and how to use the next bilateral Memorandum of Understanding to chart a next phase of the security relationship -- to transition it from the provider-recipient relationship of the past 3 decades, into a more genuine partnership. Over the next decade, wind down security assistance and expand joint efforts in defense innovation, R&D, and co-production. Identify each nation's comparative advantage and consider how best to combat emerging mutual threats.

For more, see 👇 --

[David A. Halperin @dhalperin]

Join me for a webinar discussion with the authors of the new @IsraelPolicy4m report this Thursday, June 4 at 2:00pm ET

https://t.co/00iS7Oxp33

[David A. Halperin @dhalperin]

1/ Today, @IsraelPolicy4m released a new report: Partnership Recalibrated: The Next Era of U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation. As the U.S. and Israel begin discussing a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the authors @mkoplow @RCBrandenburg @elisaewers44 @GabrielEpsteinX argue it's time to prep the security partnership for a new era. 🧵

[David A. Halperin @dhalperin]

11/ The next MOU should place the relationship on a more durable foundation—one that reflects today's realities, serves American interests, strengthens Israel's security, and preserves broad American support for the partnership in the years ahead.

Read the full report here:
https://t.co/hRsRhmqGM6