Point of View

By Dr. Daphné Richemond-Barak, Senior Researcher, ICT Hamas tunnels have not been seen as a key strategic threat in decades – until they formed the...

Over several months last year, in an effort to understand the Islamic State movement, Maj. Gen. Michael K. Nagata, commander of American Special Operations forces in...

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during January 2014, as researched and recorded by...

By ICT’s Jihadi Websites Monitoring Group This report summarizes notable events discussed on jihadist Web forums during the first half of December 2013. Following are...

Suicide bombing attack in Turkey It was recently reported that the police investigation revealed that the attack against the police station in Turkey on January...

Very soon, Israel would have to come to terms, so it seems, with a highly regrettable foregone conclusion: Iran will have become a nuclear...

Fighting in Iraq and Syria continued in the major battle zones, without significant changes on the ground. A senior Iranian officer in the Revolutionary...

Did an Iranian general and former deputy defense-minister die in an Israeli prison in 2010? The danger posed by the rapid development of Iran's ability...

Main events of the week Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) claimed formal responsibility for the attack at the editorial offices of the weekly Charlie...

Unmanned air systems (UAS) are becoming a weapon of choice for terrorists. This is the assessment of Israeli terror experts. On November 2012 Israel conducted...

The IDF has done a targeted killing on the Locker committee report, advising on how save on security expenses. I’m not going into who is...

There is no doubt. The problem Israel is facing may seem "local" to many observers but fact is it is far from the truth....

The Israeli homeland security industry attracts attention globally. Al Jazeera the TV network has recently devoted a report to this industry.  In this report...

Can a country better prepare for major terror attacks, including the firing of rockets with large warheads?   Judging by the state of things in...

If convicted, there is no punishment befitting the grave actions they have perpetrated. This is one of the most serious affairs in Israel’s history....

The security apparatus that protects Israel's civil aviation companies on the ground and in the air is probably the biggest in the world when...

Israel exports security know-how to clients throughout the world. Israelis teach others and train them in preventing terror and handling mass security events. So how...

Israel’s nuclear capabilities occupy the minds of many, not only Israel’s direct enemies but also the countries in the Persian Gulf, which are heavily...

לעברית לחץ כאן . Robotic "Trucks" may be integrated soon for homeland security missions. Israel aerospace industries, (IAI) is slowly becoming the robotics house with many...

The following is a summary and analysis of the terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations that occurred during February 2014, as researched and recorded by...

The objections of former senior officers in the police to the appointment of Brig. Gen. (res) Gal Hirsch as Chief of Police is pathetic...

The database team of the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) at IDC Herzliya publishes a monthly report that provides a summary and analysis of...