Yaakov amidror

'Hezbollah targets hit are less than 10%,' former national security chief Amidror

Yaakov Amidror served as National Security Council head from 2011-2013 under Netanyahu and has been a long-term member of the security establishment.

 Yaakov Amidror
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) seen with then-National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror during the weekly cabinet meeting at in Jerusalem on November 3, 2013

Netanyahu confidant: Israel must have an election after war

Amidror

Retired IDF general raises concerns over West Bank annexation

A general view of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, Iran

Ex-security chief: Israel needs to attack Iran to stop nukes, ‘ring of fire'


Amidror: Iran behind the Gaza escalation

“Why did the Islamic Jihad do this?” former national security adviser asks. “The answer is again and again and again - Iran.”

M302 rockets found aboard the Klos C ship are displayed at an Israeli navy base in the Red Sea resort city of Eilat March 10, 2014. The ship seized by the Israeli navy on suspicion of smuggling arms from Iran to the Gaza Strip docked on Saturday in Israel, which planned to put the cargo on display i

Netanyahu puts Israel's enemies on notice ahead of Trump announcement

Though the premier did not directly mention Iran, he said that anyone who strikes Israel should know that Israel will strike them back.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a weekly cabinet meeting in May 2018.

Ex-security official: Israel seeks to avoid Russian interests in Syria

Former National Security Council head Yaakov Amidror said that Russia "can't complain" if Israel targets Iranians in Syria.

Civil defense help a man from a shelter in the besieged town of Douma in eastern Ghouta in Damascus, Syria, February 22, 2018.

Former security chief: Netanyahu right to push for submarines

Former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon has also slammed Netanyahu for circumventing him in purchasing the submarines.

The Dolphin-class submarine first entered service in 2000

'Israel may need to take out Iranian bases in Syria'

Former NSC head says Iranian nuke deal source of problems Iran is causing in region, and deal is "worse than we imagined."

The Syrian area of Quneitra is seen in the background as an out-of-commission Israeli tank parks on a hill, near the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria, in the Golan Heights.

Israel’s inelegant options

The conflict should be managed until conditions arise for an agreed-upon solution

A checkpoint outside Isawiya

Amidror: Still against deal, but Iran’s recovery slower than expected

"Everyone sees they continue with rocket-testing and sending and assisting terrorists all over the region. So investors worry that due to Iran’s behavior, that the US will do something."

Iran launches missile from undisclosed location

Sherman, Amidror at odds whether all options ‘available’ against Iran

Former Israeli National Security head Ya'akov Amidror disputes whether US is serious on its commitment to confront Iran if necessary.

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'Israel must learn to live with Palestinian terrorism,' former general says

"There isn't anything that we can do tomorrow morning," former national security adviser Yaakov Amidror told Army Radio.

A member of the Israeli security forces runs past a Palestinian flag during clashes with Palestinian stone throwers in the West Bank town of Tul Karm

Ceremony recognizes Jews who saved Jews

JNF chairman calls 6 million trees planted in honor of the Holocaust victims: "6 million green candles."

TOVA ECKSTEIN (center, with cane) stands with other participants in front of the Scroll of Fire memorial, yesterday. Her late father, Jonas, was honored for saving 2,000 Jews in the Holocaust.

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