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August 17, 2017
Taking the Kidnapper Hostage: The Battle Over the Sovereignty of Lebanon
Click Here To Download a PDF of this Intelligence Report August 17, 2017 INTELLIGENCE REPORT Taking the Kidnapper Hostage: The Battle Over the Sovereignty of Lebanon Information: On Tuesday, July 25, 2017, United States President, Donald Trump, held a joint Press Conference with Lebanese Prime Minister, Sa’ad Uddin Al Hariri. During that press conference, President Trump talked at length…

August 9, 2017
Extended Intelligence Report – July 2017 Temple Mount Compound Crisis: Regional Perspectives
Click here for a PDF of this Intelligence Report On July 16, 2017 I wrote an Intelligence Bulletin – The Attack on The Temple Mount Compound: Regional Reactions. This is an extended Intelligence Report on the issue. *** Intelligence Report *** August 8, 2017 July 2017 Crisis over Temple Mt. Compound: Regional Perspectives Information: On Friday July 14,…

August 9, 2017
What is Militant Sunni Islam?
Click Here For PDF of this post – “What Is Militant Sunni Islam?” What is Militant Sunni Islam? Contemporary Sunni militant Islam is rooted in the two main representatives of political Islam – the Muslim Brotherhood Movement and the ultra-conservative Salafi ideology. Since its early days, the Muslim Brotherhood had – in addition to its educational, social and…

August 4, 2017
PRAXIS – Practice Critical Thinking. Read Between the Lines. Apply Media Literacy. Exercise Interrogative Approach.
In my program Inside the Middle East: Intelligence Perspectives now going into its 5th year under the auspices of the Eisenhower Institute at Gettysburg College, I emphasize to my students the importance of Critical Thinking, Media Literacy, and an Interrogative Approach. Today I came across a perfect example to illustrate the importance of both of those skills in an article…

July 16, 2017
Terror Attack at the Temple Mount Compound: Regional Reactions
- Egypt
- Israel
- Israel and the Muslim world
- Israeli Arabs
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Militant Islam
- Palestinians
- Radical Islam
- Saudi Arabia
- Turkey
Immediate Intelligence Bulletin July 16th, 2017 Terror attack at the Temple Mount Compound: Regional Reactions (** This is an immediate Bulletin. I will publish a more detailed Intelligence Report over the next few days **) Information: On Friday July 14, 2017, three Israeli-Arabs opened fire on Israeli Border Patrol Police securing the Temple Mount Compound in Jerusalem, called Al-Haram…

June 17, 2017
Tasting the Bitter Pill of Reality: Hamas’ New Political Pact
June 17th, 2017 Tasting the Bitter Pill of Reality: Hamas’ New Political Pact Information In August 2014 I published an article entitled “Operation Protective Edge: Exiting to a New Space” in which I analyzed the ramifications of the summer of 2014 war between Hamas and Israel. In that piece I wrote ”…As a result, Hamas enters a long process where…
May 5, 2017
DEBRIEF – I24 News | Rift between Hamas, PA shadows Trump visit |
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- Egypt
- Gaza Strip
- Iran
- Israel
- Israel and the Muslim world
- Militant Islam
- Palestinians
- Political Islam
- Radical Islam
May 5, 2017 In case you missed it…. Avi Melamed discusses Trump visit and what US Administration should be focusing on… Click on Screenshot below to see the show

March 14, 2017
A Prediction Materialized: Iranian Proxy Vows to “Fight to Liberate the Golan Heights”
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- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Lebanon
- Militant Islam
- Palestinians
- Radical Islam
- Russia
- Syria
- Turkey
- Yemen
Inside the Middle East – Intelligence Perspectives Intelligence Bulletin March 14, 2017 A Prediction Materialized: Iranian Proxy Vows to “Fight to liberate the Golan Heights” Information: In my January 2017 article “A Growing Whirlpool of Violence: The Middle East Legacy of Barack Obama “ I made the following prediction regarding the growing direct and indirect Iranian…

July 20, 2016
Failed Military Coup in Turkey: President Recep & Mr. Erdoğan
I am REPOSTING THIS POST IN LIGHT OF A MISTAKE IN THE PREVIOUS TITLE July 20, 2016 by Avi Melamed A military coup in Turkey (July 15-16, 2016) was oppressed and failed. Though crushed, the attempted coup, which was apparently led by some factors within the Turkish army, indicates the deep and dangerous crisis which Turkey is experiencing that stems from…

July 20, 2016
Failed Military Coup in Turkey: President Recep & Mr. Erdoğan
PLEASE NOTE I EDITED THIS POST DUE TO AN ERROR IN THE TITLE July 20, 2016 by Avi Melamed A military coup in Turkey (July 15-16, 2016) was oppressed and failed. Though crushed, the attempted coup, which was apparently led by some factors within the Turkish army, indicates the deep and dangerous crisis which Turkey is experiencing that stems from serious…

July 1, 2016
Intelligence Report: Harakat as-Sabeeren Nasran li-Filastin in the Gaza Strip
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- Inside the Middle East
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- Iran
- Militant Islam
- Palestinians
- Radical Islam
- Syria
- West Bank
July 1st, 2016 by Avi Melamed General Background: The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, Harakat al-Jihād al-Islāmi fi Filastīn, most widely known as the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is a Sunni Islamic group, established in the late 1970’s. The PIJ is a Palestinian organization inspired by Jihadi Islamist Militant ideology. The goal of Jihadi Islamist Militant ideology is to create,…

June 12, 2016
A Realistic Solution To The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Here is an article I had published in Forbes…. A generation has passed since the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinians. The Oslo Accords were guided by the concept that the two-state solution would finally resolve the conflict—but two decades later, Israelis and Palestinians remain caught in a sad, frustrating and vicious cycle that must be…
July 25, 2015
Vienna, Aden, Damascus
July 23rd, 2015 Vienna, Aden, Damascus By Avi Melamed The signing of the Vienna agreement on July 14, 2015 between Iran and the “Five Plus One” states, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom United States, plus Germany regarding the Iranian nuclear program was not surprising. The Mullah regime desperately needed an agreement and the United States President, Barrack Obama wanted – critics of the agreement add that he desperately wanted – an agreement. Some argue it is a bad deal, others argue it is a good deal; some see both positive as well as negative aspects of the agreement. There should have, and could have, been a much better agreement. The West had a much stronger hand than the Iranians.…
January 25, 2015
Saudi Arabia: New King, Old Dance
January 25. 2015 Saudi Arabia: New King, Old Dance by Avi Melamed King Abdullah Bin Abd-Alaziz, the sixth king of Saudi Arabia, died on January 23, 2015 at age of 91. King Abdullah Bin Abd-Alaziz, ruled Saudi Arabia for ten years from 2005 to 2015. He was the twelfth son, out of 36 sons and an unknown number of daughters, of the founder of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom Abdul Aziz Al-Saud (1932-1953). Following King Abdullah’s death, Crown Prince Salman was announced the new King of Saudi Arabia. King Salman is 79 years old. He was appointed the Crown Prince following the death of two of his brothers – Prince Sultan who died in 2011 and Prince Nayef who died in…
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