Gershon Hacohen
ARTICLES BY: Gershon Hacohen
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...
The Israel-Hamas Deal: Escape From Oslo
Both domestic and external opponents of the crystallizing deal between the Israeli government and Hamas view the nascent agreement as antithetical to the two-state solution....
The Gaza Lesson and the Myth of Disengagement
The situation in the Gaza Strip since the 2005 Israeli disengagement debunks three fundamental assumptions that have become axiomatic in the Israeli security discourse: total...
The Limits of Israel’s Technological Superiority
There is no technological solution to the problem of kite terrorism. However decisive it may be, Israeli technology in and of itself does not guarantee...
Hamas’ Kite Terrorism Requires a Decisive Response
Hamas’ setting of wildfires on thousands of hectares of natural woodland and farmland on the Israeli side of the Gaza border is a calculated and...
Gaza, Israel, and the Palestinians: The Three-State Solution
Given the Gaza Strip’s sharp deterioration over the past 25 years, first under the Palestinian Authority's rule, then under Hamas’s control, it is time to...
Before Gaza Can Be Answered, Larger Questions Remain
As long as the historic debate about the two-state solution remains unresolved, the future of Gaza in general and Hamas’s continued rule in particular will...
Gaza Border Fence Riots Require New Israeli Thinking and Action
When it comes to defending the Gaza border against physical threats, the responsibility of the IDF's chief of staff and the commander of Southern Command...
Area C Is Strategically Vital for Israel
Last year, upon the publication of Micah Goodman’s book Catch-67, I explained the basic reasons for my disagreement with his analysis and recommendations. That seemed at...
The Reaction to the Polish Holocaust Law Forgets the Reason Israel Exists
The intensity of the reaction in Israel to the “Polish death camps law,” which forbids accusing the Polish people of any sort of involvement in...
Lamenting 'Historic Missed Opportunity,' Top Israeli Minister Calls for Plan for Mass French-Jewish Aliyah
Netanyahu: Israel Will Act Against 'Precision Weapons' in Lebanon, Foil Hezbollah Tunnel Threat
Six Israelis, Including Pregnant Woman, Wounded in Palestinian Shooting Attack
Hezbollah’s War on Israel Takes Precedence Over Bibi
Jewish Groups Welcome Chilean Government Decision to Ban Municipal Boycotts of Israel