The Dangers of Hostage Deals
Pay attention to Hamas’s own reports on its “achievements.”
April 3, 2025
Countering China and developing AI.
In the waning days of the Obama administration, Washington and Jerusalem negotiated a memorandum of understanding in which the United States promised billions of dollars in military aid over a ten-year period, beginning in 2018. The money would come both in the form of credits that Israel could use to buy American military hardware and investment in jointly developed missile-defense technologies. With the time for crafting a renewed agreement approaching, Amos Yadlin, Ylli Bajraktari, and Avner Golov consider the geopolitical and technological challenges the two allies will face in the coming fifteen years. Foremost among them is the need to counter the growing influence of a Russia-China axis, allied with Iran, in the Middle East:
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Login or SubscribePay attention to Hamas’s own reports on its “achievements.”
Countering China and developing AI.
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