Relying on intelligence as the chief touchstone for decisions about whether and when to attack creates a wide opening for misunderstandings, divergent interpretations, and vulnerabilities to parties with an interest in either attack or delay. — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
For years, Israeli and American intelligence agencies assumed that if Iran were to gain the ability to build a bomb, it would be a… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
What the Shin Bet did in the Bus 300 affair is no less than declaring a revolt. They took the methods of manipulation, disinformation,… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Israel has good reason to be concerned about its intelligence making its way to Moscow: Russia is a major player in the war in… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Around A.D. 930, the sages in Tiberias assembled all 24 holy books and completed the writing of the codex, the first definitive Tanakh, or… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Israel and the United States have been locked in a mutually necessary and beneficial intelligence-sharing relationship for more than 60 years. — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
In 2005, the last year of his life, Ahmad Abu Adass was 22 and still living with his parents in Beirut, Lebanon. He was… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Like Iran and Syria supplied Hezbollah with sophisticated anti-tank rockets - Matisse, Cornet, and other RPGs that caused great damage to Israeli tanks and… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
For a thousand years after the Dead Sea Scrolls were written, the Jewish holy scriptures - the five parts of the Torah and 19… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
There are some episodes in the history of Israel that are still kept under the strongest secrecy thick veil possible. Some of them are… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Many casinos in the United States already use facial recognition software to identify undesirables, apparently with a fair degree of success. — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Even though intense focus on Iran's nuclear program has presumably increased the volume of intelligence gathered about it, it remains true that intelligence officers… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
Israel has the right to defend itself, especially against the huge numbers of Iranian long-range missiles pouring into the Gaza Strip from Iran via… — Ronen Bergman Copy Share Image
