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Mitzpe Dossiers.
Long-form forensic analyses on Israeli security, Middle East affairs, and strategic developments affecting the Jewish people and the West.
Field Dossiers are free and citable. Closed Dossiers — tactical, operational, and narrower-audience work — are for Members.
Field Dossier: The Tollgate State
A Palestinian state no one means to build has become the most powerful polity in the region [because a gate is most effective when it stays shut].
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6 days ago16 min read
Field Dossier: The Berbera Model
Israel traded the photographed peace for quiet, transactional presence — the quiet is why it lasts, and why it isn't peace.
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Jun 1917 min read
Field Dossier: Furious, and Half Right
Field Dossier: Furious, and Half Right
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Jun 1222 min read
Field Dossier: The Permission Layer
Field Dossier: The Permission Layer
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Jun 522 min read
Field Dossier: The Wrong Geography
Field Dossier: The Wrong Geography
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May 2922 min read
Field Dossier: The Inverted Body
Field Dossier: The Inverted Body
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May 2125 min read
Field Dossier: The Math Survives The Vote
Stop asking if the upcoming election will finally break Haredi power — it won't. Start asking which coalition members will get to control the ministries closes to your interests.
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May 1523 min read
Field Dossier: The Wrong Words
Field Dossier: The Wrong Words
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May 1134 min read
Field Dossier: Two Middles
The extremes converge on Israel. The moderate cores diverge — and the architecture built for a shared middle cannot reach either one.
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Apr 2431 min read
Field Dossier: The Fifty-Year Front
Israel won the war with Iran. The war that started against it in 1975 remains undecided — which, on current trajectory, is a problem.
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Apr 1726 min read
Field Dossier: The Milk Cartel Cracks
Field Dossier: The Milk Cartel Cracks
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Mar 618 min read
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 4]
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 4]
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Feb 274 min read
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 3]
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 3]
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Feb 192 min read
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 2]
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 2]
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Feb 123 min read
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 1]
Field Dossier: Holiday From History [Part 1]
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Feb 523 min read
Field Dossier: Time, Not Theocracy
Field Dossier: Time, Not Theocracy
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Jan 292 min read
Field Dossier: Power Beneath the Surface
Field Dossier: Power Beneath the Surface
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Jan 2218 min read
Field Dossier: Manufactured Self-Defeat
Field Dossier: Manufactured Self-Defeat
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Jan 158 min read
Field Dossier: Survival by Design
Field Dossier: Survival by Design
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Jan 830 min read
Field Dossier: Sacred Authority
Field Dossier: Sacred Authority
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Jan 131 min read
Field Dossier: Inside the Minority
Field Dossier: Inside the Minority
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Dec 25, 202523 min read
Field Dossier: The Jihadist Continuum
Field Dossier: The Jihadist Continuum
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Dec 18, 20254 min read
Field Dossier: The Unfinished State
Field Dossier: The Unfinished State
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Dec 11, 202519 min read
Field Dossier: Where Israel Must Stand
Field Dossier: Where Israel Must Stand
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Dec 4, 20259 min read
Field Dossier: The Digital Battlefield
Field Dossier: The Digital Battlefield
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Nov 27, 202519 min read
Field Dossier: Judea's Settlers
Field Dossier: Judea's Settlers
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Nov 20, 20251 min read
Field Dossier: Controlled Surrender
Field Dossier: Controlled Surrender
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Nov 13, 20255 min read
Field Dossier: Axis in the Shadows
Field Dossier: Axis in the Shadows
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Nov 6, 202513 min read
Field Dossier: From Deferment to Duty
Field Dossier: From Deferment to Duty
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Oct 30, 202514 min read
Field Dossier: Annexation on the Table
Field Dossier: Annexation on the Table
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Oct 23, 202521 min read
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