Avi Melamed

Avi Melamed is an expert on current affairs in the Arab & Muslim World and their impact on Israel & the Middle East. A former Israeli Intelligence Official & Senior Official on Arab Affairs, Fluent in Arabic, English, and Hebrew, he has held high-risk Government, Senior Advisory, Intelligence & Counter-Terrorist intelligence positions in Arab cities & communities - often in very sensitive times - on behalf of Israeli Government agencies. He is the Founder & CEO of Inside the Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives - an apolitical non-partisan curriculum using intelligence methodology to examine the Middle East. As an Author, Educator, Expert, and Strategic Intelligence Analyst, Avi provides Intelligence Analysis, Briefings, and Geopolitical Tours to diplomats, Israeli and foreign policymakers, global media outlets, and a wide variety of international businesses, organizations, and private clients on a range of Israel and Middle East Affairs.

More Articles

Terror Attack at the Temple Mount Compound: Regional Reactions

Terror Attack at the Temple Mount Compound: Regional Reactions (** This is an immediate Bulletin. I will publish a more detailed Intelligence Report over the next few days **) Information: On Friday July 14, 2017, three Israeli-Arabs opened...

Immediate Intelligence Bulletin – Arab News Platforms Echo Reports ISIS Leader Dead

Immediate Intelligence Bulletin – Arab News Platforms Echo Reports ISIS Leader Dead *** Immediate Intelligence Bulletin *** Arab News Platforms Echo Reports ISIS Leader Dead Information: According to information echoed on July 11, 2017 on some Arab news platforms. ISIS...

The Concept of Greater Jordan and the Creation of a Safe-Zone in South Syria

Intelligence Report: The Concept of Greater Jordan and the Creation of a Safe-Zone in South Syria Information: Reportedly in June 2017 the United States, Russia and Jordan signed a memorandum establishing a “Safe-Zone” in southern Syria –...

Tasting the Bitter Pill of Reality: Hamas’ New Political Pact

Tasting the Bitter Pill of Reality: Hamas’ New Political Pact Information: In August 2014 I published an article entitled “Operation Protective Edge: Exiting to a New Space” in which  I analyzed the ramifications of the summer of...

Immediate Intelligence Bulletin: Senior Syrian or Hezbollah Military Commander Reportedly killed in Israeli air strike in the Golan Heights

Immediate Intelligence Bulletin: Senior Syrian or Hezbollah Military Commander Reportedly killed in Israeli air strike in the Golan Heights ******* Date Report Published: March 19,2017 Information: Senior Syrian or Hezbollah Military Commander Reportedly killed in Israeli air strike...

A Prediction Materialized: Iranian Proxy Vows to “Fight to Liberate the Golan Heights”

Intelligence Bulletin: A Prediction Materialized: Iranian Proxy Vows to “Fight to liberate the Golan Heights” Information: In my January 2017 article “A Growing Whirlpool of Violence: The Middle East Legacy of Barack Obama “ I made the following prediction...

A Growing Whirlpool of Violence: The Middle East Legacy of Barack Obama

A Growing Whirlpool of Violence: The Middle East Legacy of Barack Obama On June 4, 2009 the President of the United States, Barack Obama, delivered a speech at Cairo University entitled “A New Beginning” in which...

Lebanon: No Land for Beginning Politicians

Lebanon: No Land for Beginning Politicians On October 31st 2016, 81-year-old, General Michele ‘Aoun, former Chief of Staff of the Lebanese Armed Forces was nominated by the Lebanese Parliament as the new President of Lebanon. In December 2016,...

The Politics of Pragmatism – Jabhat Al-Nusrah Disembarking from Al-Qaeda

The Politics of Pragmatism – Jabhat Al-Nusrah Disembarking from Al-Qaeda Background: Jabhat al-Nusrah li-Ahl al-Sham (The Front for the Support of the People of Sham) is Al-Qaeda’s branch in Syria. Like Al-Qaeda, Jabhat Al-Nusrah is a Sunni Salafi-Jihadist organization. The word “Salaf”...

Discover

Trending

00:10:38

Hamas is the ‘twin brother of ISIS’ | TIMES RADIO TV Podcast

Hamas is the ‘twin brother of ISIS’ with Former intelligence official Avi Melamed on Times Radio “A terror organisation is kidnapping babies and kids and...

Hamas confirms Marwan Issa killed, buried under rubble – report | JERUSALEM POST

Hamas confirms Marwan Issa killed, buried under rubble - report | Avi Melamed’s insights quoted by YAEL HALFON in the article published in JPost...
00:05:25

Abbas To Meet Egypt, Jordan Amid US – Saudi Talks | I24-NEWS

Avi Melamed for I24 News shedding light on "Abbas to meet Egypt, Jordan amid US - Saudi Talks | August 2023 https://youtu.be/JQxASJoVr6A Avi Melamed for I24...

“واشنطن بوست”: حماس تمتلك مزيج من الأسلحة المضادة للدروع تُعقد مهمة الاحتلال | MASRAWY

Avi Melamed analysis is quoted in " "واشنطن بوست": حماس تمتلك مزيج من الأسلحة المضادة للدروع تُعقد مهمة الاحتلال " an article in MASRAWY...

Israeli Analytic Blames Palestinian for Misfired Rocket – Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast | SPUTNIK

Avi Melamed’s insights were quoted in this article “Israeli Analytic Blames Palestinian for Misfired Rocket - Deadly Gaza Hospital Blast" by Svetlana Ekimenko for...