Paul Alster
ARTICLES BY: Paul Alster
How Would You Respond to a Terror Attack?
Have you ever wondered how it feels to suddenly find yourself in the midst of a terror attack, and how you would react? It's everyone's...
Hamas Dances With the Devil: ISIS in Gaza
The Gaza-based Hamas terror organization has more than its fair share of problems at the moment. Quite likely against its better judgment, it is becoming...
The Inside Track From Israel’s Gaza Border Defenders
Like it or not, the Iran nuclear deal is done. In much of the Middle East, defense officials in many states believe that a sizable...
To Strike Hezbollah, or Not to Strike Hezbollah? That Is the Question
Israeli estimates of the number of missiles that Hezbollah has in Lebanon increased last summer from 100,000 to 150,000. The Shiite army continues to gain strength,...
Israel’s Unheralded Humanitarian Project for Wounded Syrians
While the mass murder of hundreds of thousands of Syrians by the Assad regime -- and the rise of regional Islamic terror organizations -- shows no...
On 65th Anniversary, Looking at UNRWA and its Hamas Ties
On April 18, two roadside bombs exploded in the Gaza Strip. Neither of the IEDs planted by Salafi jihadists opposed to Hamas rule in the...
Did Iran’s Crackdown on Dissidents Include Nuclear Scientists?
A four-month extension granted by the P5+1 to the Islamic Republic of Iran to comply with the nuclear arms deal brokered in late-2013 and negotiate...
Israel’s Warning to the West: Don’t Be Fooled by Iran’s Lies
The international community is allowing the rise of ISIS to distract it from the far more dangerous prospect of a nuclear Iran, Israeli Strategic Affairs...
Fear Over Iran Deal Leads to New Regional Alliances
The interim Geneva agreement between the P5+1 nations and Iran, which eases some international sanctions on the Islamic Republic in return for suspending its uranium...
Qatar’s Risky Overreach in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Beyond
July 3 was not a good day for Mohamed Morsi. The Muslim Brotherhood's man was ousted from power after just a year as Egypt's president, having...
Inside Israel’s Preparation for the Next Hezbollah Conflict
Solid intelligence told the Israeli army that a Hezbollah unit was in a house in a small south Lebanese village. Infantry soldiers from the Nahal...
Qatar’s Duplicitous Game
In the first of a two-part assessment of its growing role on the world stage and dubious influence on Middle East and Arab politics, Paul...
Troubling Times for Once Mighty Hezbollah
Haifa, Israel -Hizballah's continuing alliance with embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has the notorious Shia political and military movement navigating choppier waters than...
Israel Closely Monitoring Jihadis Moving Into the Golan
Haifa, Israel - If jihadi groups fighting to topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad succeed, "[i]t's us afterwards," warned Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Chief of...
