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Category Archives: Israel
Israel & Its Enemies – The Non-Violent War
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement applies economic and political pressure on Israel through a decentralized campaign of boycotts and divestment from Israeli products and institutions. Pro-Israel responses have evolved from simple rhetorical defense into a sophisticated system of legal, … Continue reading
Decoding Michael Eisenstadt
Michael Eisenstadt is a technical military specialist inside the pro-Israel strategic policy ecosystem. He works at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, an institution that sits close to the Israel security perspective but speaks in the language of military … Continue reading
Decoding The Pro-Israel Washington Institute for Near East Policy
The Washington Institute for Near East Policy illustrates David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory by serving as a coordination hub for the pro-Israel security coalition. It avoids the friction of overt lobbying by adopting the language of elite credentials and technical expertise. … Continue reading
Maariv’s Ben Caspit: Shorter, faster, deadlier: World’s militaries stunned by power of Israel Air Force
Report: “Three raids a day and a staggering munitions pace that shattered global standards. As pilots raced to Iran on stimulant pills, the partnership with the United States and the ingenuity of the women in the force created a single … Continue reading
Decoding Amos Yadlin
Amos Yadlin spent his career inside Israeli military intelligence, rising to head it before retiring as a major general. After leaving government he led the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv for years, and he now contributes regularly … Continue reading
Decoding Dan Senor’s Call Me Back Podcast
Dan Senor’s Call Me Back podcast can be decoded cleanly with David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory. At its core, the show is not primarily about information. It is about coalition maintenance and coordination for a specific elite network centered on Israel, … Continue reading
The Micah Goodman Trajectory
There is a clear trajectory in philosopher Micah Goodman’s career. He starts as a scholar-interpreter of texts and gradually becomes a public sensemaker of Israeli identity and politics. That does not mean he abandoned expertise. But his role in the … Continue reading
Micah Goodman is the High Priest of Israel’s “Center-Ground”
Per Alliance Theory, Micah Goodman is the High Priest of the “Center-Ground” and the Sovereign’s Philosopher-Counsel. While Robert Pape and Kenneth Pollack provide the technical data for coercion, Goodman provides the moralized map for the Israeli consensus. He specializes in … Continue reading
The Iran War Is Partly About Punishing Iran For Its Support Of Hamas’s 10-7 Attack
All punishment contains an element of vengeance. I realize these are dirty words from an elite perspective, but part of what is going on right now with Iran war is punishment as deterrence. As a Zionist, I was outraged after … Continue reading
Decoding The Middle East Studies Network
To decode the academic Middle East studies network through David Pinsof’s Alliance Theory, it helps to see universities as a separate prestige market from the Washington think-tank world. They interact constantly, but the incentives are different. First is the coalition … Continue reading