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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Muqawama, Money, Missiles

Muqawama, Money, Missiles | The current round of violence between Israel and Hamas is caused by the simplest reason imaginable, yet very few are aware of it. MONEY. Let’s start with a clarification. Today, the real...

The War in Syria – A Mutual Chokehold

The War in Syria – A Mutual Chokehold | Pay attention to the Syrian town of Tfail. Tfail is a Lebanese enclave located in the Al-Kalmun mountain range in Syria about a mile away from the Lebanese border. It is a...

Navigating the Iraqi Labyrinth

Navigating the Iraqi Labyrinth | The Al-Anbar Province is the western part of Iraq. It begins in Bagdad and its borders are Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Area-wise it is the largest province in Iraq with...

Al Qaeda Intelligence Bulletin

Al Qaeda Intelligence Bulletin | Information Date: February 6, 2014 Event Date: February 3, 2014 Information Item: Al-Qaeda announces it has no connection to ISIS Information Platform: Osint Source: Web Source Reliability: Reliable Spring: As-Sahab Media Spring Reliability: Reliable Relevant Information: Al-Qaeda announced that...

Avi Melamed US Lecture Tour Spring 2014

Avi Melamed US Lecture Tour Spring 2014 | A New Middle East Requires a New Understanding. Events of an historic scale are rocking the Middle East. I have spent many years of my life in the...

Soldier on the Chessboard

Soldier on the Chessboard | Lebanese authorities announced that Majid Al-Majid (his full name is Majid bin Muhammad Majid al-Qahtani), the leader of the Abdullah Azzam Brigade Jihadist group and the top Al-Qaeda commander in...

One Move on the Chess Board

One Move on the Chess Board | The Iranian regime has very good reasons to be satisfied with the interim agreement signed recently in Geneva: The Iranian regime played their cards right. The Iranians came to...

Secret of the Spinning Wheels

Secret of the Spinning Wheels | The Middle East is a complex structure of wheels which spin one another. Normally, a small wheel spins a bigger one.  In the Middle East however, sometimes it is...

Where is the Leader of Jabhat Al-Nusrah in Syria? INTELLIGENCE BULETIN

Where is the Leader of Jabhat Al-Nusrah in Syria? INTELLIGENCE BULETIN ******* Intelligence Bulletin Information Date: October 26, 2013 Event Date: October 25, 2013 Information Item: Leader of Jabhat Al- Nusrah killed in Syria? Information Platform: Varied Source: Vary Source Reliability: Unknown Spring: Syrian...

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Morocco & Israel Celebrate Two Years Of Normalized Relations PT.2

Morocco and Israel celebrate two years of normalized relations by Steve Postal Find Avi Melamed's commentary on the Morocco & Israel two years of normalized...

El acercamiento saudí a Teherán tiene un precio: «La prueba de fuego para negociaciones nucleares más amplias es Yemen» | ULTIMA HORA

El acercamiento saudí a Teherán tiene un precio: «La prueba de fuego para negociaciones nucleares más amplias es Yemen» | Avi Melamed quoted by...

Israel’s Gaza Siege Will Contend With People, Tunnels, Politics — and Time | BLOOMBERG

Avi Melamed’s insights quoted in “Israel’s Gaza Siege Will Contend With People, Tunnels, Politics — and Time", an article by Marc Champion for BLOOMBERG. Melamed...
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Understanding Trump’s Gaza ‘takeover’ Proposal | NTD NEWS

Understanding Trump's Gaza 'takeover' Proposal | NTD NEWS Evelyn Li with Geopolitical Analyst Avi Melamed | NTD NEWS TODAY https://youtu.be/S7E7wrHM0m8 Understanding Trump's Gaza 'takeover'...

Taking the Kidnapper Hostage: The Battle Over the Sovereignty of Lebanon

INTELLIGENCE REPORT: Taking the Kidnapper Hostage: The Battle Over the Sovereignty of Lebanon Information: On Tuesday, July 25, 2017, United States President, Donald Trump, held a...