Ronen Bergman

Generally speaking, Israeli intelligence did not hunt Nazi war criminals.

— Ronen Bergman

Every intelligence operation carries risks.

— Ronen Bergman

I think that Netanyahu is a bit intimidated of and afraid of President Trump.

— Ronen Bergman

The problem is that the same technological tools we use to thwart terrorists can also be used against the people whose job…

— Ronen Bergman

David Ben-Gurion established the Israeli intelligence community in June of 1948, just three weeks after the establishment of Israel and in the…

— Ronen Bergman

Israel has the right to defend itself, especially against the huge numbers of Iranian long-range missiles pouring into the Gaza Strip from…

— Ronen Bergman

To the best of my knowledge, after the Pollard affair, Israel does not spy on the United States or against American targets.

— Ronen Bergman

Politics, to Ariel Sharon, was like a Ferris wheel. But he didn't make do with just staying on the wheel; he did…

— Ronen Bergman

Can a nation use the methods of terrorism? Can it harm innocent civilians in the process? What are the costs? Where is…

— Ronen Bergman

Gaza itself is subject to constant aerial surveillance by drones and is rife with informers and collaborators with Israel.

— Ronen Bergman

Israel and the United States have been locked in a mutually necessary and beneficial intelligence-sharing relationship for more than 60 years.

— Ronen Bergman

Before the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Jewish leaders were intent on discovering and laying claim to their heritage…

— Ronen Bergman

Israeli society's inability to tolerate even a single soldier held in captivity results in popular movements that have tremendous impact on strategic…

— Ronen Bergman

In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon.…

— Ronen Bergman

For years, I have been writing that ultimately, if nothing else stops the Iranian nuclear project, such as the sanctions or a…

— Ronen Bergman

The way that Soviet intelligence tried to reshape the balance of power in the Middle East is essential to understand the developments…

— Ronen Bergman

The first to grasp how sensitive Israeli public opinion was on the issue of hostages and M.I.A.'s - and therefore what a…

— Ronen Bergman

I'm the son of two Holocaust survivors. As a child, I heard from one of my parents' best friends about living through…

— Ronen Bergman

As a reporter in Israel, I have interviewed hundreds of people in its intelligence and defense establishments and studied thousands of classified…

— Ronen Bergman

By virtue of the standing and prestige of President Ben-Zvi, some 3,000 manuscripts originating from Arab lands, some of them of major…

— Ronen Bergman

As prime minister, Hariri did not directly confront Hezbollah or the Syrians, but conflict simmered nonetheless.

— Ronen Bergman

When something is presented as an existential threat, it is very easy to scare the Israelis.

— Ronen Bergman

Many casinos in the United States already use facial recognition software to identify undesirables, apparently with a fair degree of success.

— Ronen Bergman

Like Iran and Syria supplied Hezbollah with sophisticated anti-tank rockets - Matisse, Cornet, and other RPGs that caused great damage to Israeli…

— Ronen Bergman

What the Shin Bet did in the Bus 300 affair is no less than declaring a revolt. They took the methods of…

— Ronen Bergman

Even though intense focus on Iran's nuclear program has presumably increased the volume of intelligence gathered about it, it remains true that…

— Ronen Bergman

As much as I am very critical of Ariel Sharon in the first Lebanon war, I think that he was the right…

— Ronen Bergman

Right after the Six Day War, Arafat launched a series of guerrilla operations from East Jerusalem and the West Bank. Acting on…

— Ronen Bergman

Throughout the 1990s, Israel and the United States devoted vast resources to weakening the nuclear links between Russia and Iran and applied…

— Ronen Bergman

There are some episodes in the history of Israel that are still kept under the strongest secrecy thick veil possible. Some of…

— Ronen Bergman

I have covered Israeli hostage and M.I.A. cases for more than 15 years, including the covert ways in which Israel's powerful espionage…

— Ronen Bergman

If Israeli intelligence that has been shared with the United States - whether the National Security Agency, the C.I.A., the Defense Department,…

— Ronen Bergman

Both Israel and America should acknowledge that scraps of information cannot serve as the basis for action against Iran, and they should…

— Ronen Bergman

Israelis cannot enter Iran, so Israel, Iranian officials believe, has devoted huge resources to recruiting Iranians who leave the country on business…

— Ronen Bergman

Under international law, defendants convicted in absentia have the right to a retrial, unless the prosecutors for the authorities who do finally…

— Ronen Bergman

In the late 1980s, the United States and Israel believed that they had good intelligence on Iraq, but they missed the extent…

— Ronen Bergman

In practical terms, Israel has become the eyes and ears of the United States in the Middle East. This arrangement has freed…

— Ronen Bergman

The command-and-control systems, the war rooms, the methods of information gathering, and the technology of the pilotless aircraft, or drones, that now…

— Ronen Bergman

Israel has good reason to be concerned about its intelligence making its way to Moscow: Russia is a major player in the…

— Ronen Bergman

For a thousand years after the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, the Jewish holy scriptures - the five parts of the Torah…

— Ronen Bergman