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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INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCES BY AVI MELAMED Middle East Intelligence Analyst, Commentator, Educator, Lecturer | Founder, Inside The Middle East Former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed serves as a regional affairs analyst, author, speaker and educator focused on the...

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INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCES BY AVI MELAMED Middle East Intelligence Analyst, Commentator, Educator, Lecturer | Founder, Inside The Middle East Former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed serves as a regional affairs analyst, author, speaker and educator focused on the...

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INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCES BY AVI MELAMED Middle East Intelligence Analyst, Commentator, Educator, Lecturer | Founder, Inside The Middle East Former Israeli intelligence official Avi Melamed serves as a regional affairs analyst, author, speaker and educator focused on the...

ITME’S HISTORY

ITME'S HISTORY From 2013 - 2018, Avi served as the Salisbury Fellow of Intelligence and Middle East Affairs for the Eisenhower Institute. Under his leadership, ITME grew from an undergraduate initiative, to include workshops and seminars...

Silent Campuses – Why Arab Universities Aren’t Protesting Gaza | AiTME #5

Silent Campuses – Why Arab Universities Aren’t Protesting Gaza | AiTME #5 | An article by Avi Melamed | Podcast version powered by Ai. This article is also available as a Podcast: the AiTME Podcast. This...

ITME FELLOWSHIP 2026 | #2

ITME Fellowship Voices From the Middle East, About the Middle East The ITME Fellowship is a selective, international leadership program for undergraduate and graduate students who want to move beyond headlines and advocacy to truly understand Israel...

CUSTOMIZED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS

EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION by ITME | Inside The Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives ITME is able to customize its program to audiences from High School students to Policy Makers Inside The Middle East | Intelligence Perspectives provides...

Ignorance and Humiliation: The Irony of the Kufiyah Protest | ITME

Ignorance and Humiliation: The Irony of the Kufiyah Protest | An article by Avi Melamed. The ongoing war in Gaza—sparked by Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7—has ignited protests across Western countries. These demonstrations are...

El precio de la ocupación israelí en la Ciudad de Gaza, la propuesta de Netanyahu para derrotar a Hamás | RTVE

El precio de la ocupación israelí en la Ciudad de Gaza, la propuesta de Netanyahu para derrotar a Hamás | Avi Melamed quoted by Adrián Romero in this article for RTVE. El primer ministro de Israel,...

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Israeli ex-intelligence official reveals IDF’s next move to strike back at Iran | In-depth interview | SUN UK

Israeli ex-intelligence official reveals IDF's next move to strike back at Iran | In this in-depth interview for the SUN UK, Ex-Israeli intelligence official...

United Jewish Federation Of Utah | Special Briefing Event

Special Briefing Event For the United Jewish Federation of Utah. Thank you to our sponsors: Harriet & Jimmy Berg, Sherri & Marty Zigman, John Davis &...

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...

Israel-Syria, Normalization or Tactical Pragmatism | Avi Melamed

Israel-Syria, Normalization or Tactical Pragmatism | An article by Avi Melamed. Israel–Syria Normalization in the Era of President Ahmad al-Shara (Abu Muhammad al-Joulani) 3-minute read Introduction The prospect...