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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Highly Flammable Situation in Gaza

Highly Flammable Situation in Gaza Following the shooting of a long-range rocket from the Gaza Strip targeting the center of Israel, on Monday, March 25th, Israel attack military positions of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Palestine in the Gaza Strip. Israel’s...

Lebanon: The Gangland State | ALGEMEINER

Lebanon: The Gangland State As published in The Algemeiner on February 7, 2019 General elections were held in Lebanon in May 2018. Why did it take until January 31st, 2019 to finally assemble a government? One of the...

Poland Summit Strives for Stability in the Middle East

Poland Summit Strives for Stability in the Middle East (as published in The Atlantic Council Iran Source) The Trump administration accurately identified the Iranian threat and has, on some significant issues, acted accordingly—including the US withdrawal from...

Increasing Probability for Large-Scale Collision Between Israel & Iranian Proxies in 2019

Increasing Probability for Large-Scale Collision Between Israel & Iranian Proxies in Syria | 2019 INFORMATION: Another significant direct Israeli-Iranian military collision took place in Syria on January 20th and 21st, 2019. On January 20th the Israeli Air Force carried out an attack in the area...

Transition of Power Within Hezbollah?

Transition of Power Within Hezbollah? Information Since early December 2018 until the date of this Intelligence Bulletin, Lebanese Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah has not appeared in public, nor has he delivered any visual or audio messages. Reportedly,...

Iran Can’t Fulfill Its Hopes of a Shia Corridor Without Iraq

Below please see my article Iran Can’t Fulfill Its Hopes of a Shia Corridor Without Iraq, published by The Atlantic Council  Atlantic Council ~ Iran Source | Understanding and Analyzing a Multifaceted Iran on October 12,...

Contextualizing Israel’s Nation State Law ~ New ADDITION to my Fall Lecture Tour

Contextualizing Israel’s Nation State Law ~ New ADDITION to my Fall Lecture Tour . Given recent developments, I have decided to add a new lecture to my upcoming lecture tour to the US ~ November 5 to December 9,...

Post-Election Iraq: A Spinning Whirlpool

Post-Election Iraq: A Spinning Whirlpool by Avi Melamed. The May 2018 general elections in Iraq primarily centered on three issues: Fighting rampant corruption of government agencies; Rehabilitating Iraq, estimated at 100 billion USD; Preserving the political...

Information on Fall 2018 North American Lecture Tour – The Middle East 2019 ~ Approaching A Watershed

Information on Fall 2018 North American Lecture Tour – The Middle East 2019 ~ Approaching A Watershed 2019 will mark a critical milestone in one of the most significant geostrategic developments in the Middle East. And...

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AXIS OF RESISTANCE AND DEFIANCE

The axis of resistance and defiance is a powerful web of Shi’ite and Sunni political and military —non-state, semi-state, and state entities—cultivated, developed, armed,...

Countdown to Middle East war? How the region can step back from the brink | REUTERS

Countdown to Middle East war? How the region can step back from the brink | Avi Melamed’s insights quoted in this article by Alexander...

Conflict continues between Israel and Hamas – Mark Reardon Show | KFTK Radio

Conflict continues between Israel and Hamas - Top Stories | Avi Melamed joins with KFTK radio's Mark Reardon Show. Published Feb 29, 2024, 12:04...

Ovo je najtraženiji čovjek na svijetu- Krije se 30 godina | BN NEWS BOSNIA

Avi Melamed’s insights quoted in “Ovo je najtraženiji čovjek na svijetu- Krije se 30 godina", an article for BN News BOSNIA. Organizator napada na Izrael...