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

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

— 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

Every intelligence operation carries risks.

— 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

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

— Ronen Bergman

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

— Ronen Bergman

Relying on intelligence as the chief touchstone for decisions about whether and when to attack creates a wide opening for misunderstandings, divergent…

— 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

The heads of the K.G.B. were deeply anti-Semitic and saw in Israel and world Jewry 'a danger which is only second to…

— 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

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

— Ronen Bergman

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

— 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

I have covered the secret war that Israeli and American intelligence have waged against Iran's nuclear program and Iran's assistance to jihadi…

— 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

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

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

— Ronen Bergman

Israel's discourse with the United States on the subject of Iran's nuclear project is more significant, and more fraught, than it is…

— 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

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

— Ronen Bergman

In most countries, the political class supervises the defense establishment and restrains its leaders from violating human rights or pursuing dangerous, aggressive…

— 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

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

— 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