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.

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America Must Revolutionize its Understanding of the Middle East | THE HILL

America Must Revolutionize its Understanding of the Middle East | Published on March 28, 2016, 04:00 pm on The Hill Congressional Blog The Hills Forum for Lawmakers and Policy Professionals For the past generation, America’s Middle East...

The Coalition of The Willing

The Coalition of The Willing | Published in The Cipherbrief,  February 2016 The collapse or weakening of state authority in different parts of the Middle East and Africa, together with growing inner challenges and...

A Bear in A Sad Circus

A Bear in A Sad Circus At the end of September 2015, a dramatic development took place. Russian warplanes began attacking targets in Syria. Russia argued their goal was to eliminate ISIS. Their stated goal is...

Vienna, Aden, Damascus

Vienna, Aden, Damascus The signing of the Vienna agreement on July 14, 2015 between Iran and the “Five Plus One” states, China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom United States, plus Germany regarding the Iranian nuclear program...

Crisis in Yemen: Significant Milestone

Crisis in Yemen: Significant Milestone | In October 2014 I published an article entitled “Sixty Six Egyptian Fisherman, Yemen, and Instability in The Middle East” in which I said: The events in the fall of 2014 would...

הסרט שנגנז התגלה

הסרט שנגנז התגלה הקדמה קצרה: את המאמר שתקראו כתבתי כבר בחודש מרס 2014, לאחר שפורסם ברשת יוטיוב סרטון עלילתי קצר של 8 דקות בשם “ירמוכ” של בימאי ערבי בשם מחמד בכרי. זמן קצר לאחר מכן הודיע...

Yarmuk Movie: Kill the Messenger

Yarmuk Movie: Kill the Messenger The article you are about to read was actually written in April 2014. I wrote the article following an eight-minute fiction movie called Yarmuk that was published on YouTube in March 2014. The...

סעודיה: מלך חדש, ריקוד ישן

סעודיה: מלך חדש, ריקוד ישן המלך עבדאללה בן עבד אלעזיז אל-סעוד, מלכה השישי של סעודיה (2005-2015) הלך לעולמו בגיל 91. עבדאללה היה הבן ה – 12 מתוך 36 בנים (ומספר בלתי ידוע של בנות) של מייסד...

Saudi Arabia: New King, Old Dance

Saudi Arabia: New King, Old Dance King Abdullah Bin Abd-Alaziz, the sixth king of Saudi Arabia, died on January 23, 2015 at age of 91. King Abdullah Bin Abd-Alaziz, ruled Saudi Arabia for ten years from 2005...

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Israel suspected as drone strike kills senior Hamas officials in Beirut | WASHINGTON TIMES

Avi Melamed’s insights quoted in “Israel suspected as drone strike kills senior Hamas officials in Beirut", an article by Mike Glenn for The Washington...

FIELD SEMINARS IN ISRAEL

TO UNDERSTAND ISRAEL, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THE MIDDLE EAST Apolitical, Non-Partisan, Contextualized Education About The Middle East IntelEdventures™ and InteliTours™ are Live and/or Recorded (or a...

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Killing of Iranian Al-Quds, Major General Qassem Soleimani | Initial Observations

The Killing of Major General Qassem Soleimani | Initial Observations The killing of Iranian Al-Quds Force Commander, Major General Qassem Soleimani by the United States (January 3rd,...