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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Are we Facing an Immediate Outbreak of Violence in the Gaza Strip?

Are we Facing an Immediate Outbreak of Violence in the Gaza Strip? | Intelligence Bulletin Information Date: October 22, 2013 Event Date: October 22, 2013 Information Item: Are we facing an immediate outbreak of violence in the Gaza  Strip? Information...

Desperate Situation in Syria Reports of People Eating Cats and Dogs

Desperate Situation in Syria Reports of People Eating Cats & Dogs | Intelligence Bulletin Information Date: October 15, 2013 Event Date: Ongoing Information Item: The siege forces Syrians in Damascus to eat cats, dogs and donkeys Information...

Coming to The US

Coming to The US Dear Friends, It is my pleasure to inform you that I will be in the USA during the second part of September for a short lecture tour focusing on the current events in the Arab World and their impact on...

Countdown to an Attack on Syria: Tomahawks and Smoke Signals

Countdown to an Attack on Syria: Tomahawks and Smoke Signals As a Western coalition (including Turkey) military strike, led by the USA, targeting the Assad regime in Syria seems inevitable, a delicate and complex process of “message...

On The Edge of The Cliff

On The Edge of The Cliff | Intelligence Bulletin ****** Information Date: August 23, 2013 Event Date: August 23, 2013 Information Item: Lethal Attacks on Sunni Mosques in Northern Lebanon Information Platform: Various Source: Varied Source Reliability: Confirmed Spring: Varied Spring Reliability: Reliable Relevant Information: Two explosions...

Was a Senior Hamas Commander Killed in the Sinai Peninsula?

Was a Senior Hamas Commander Killed in the Sinai Peninsula? | Intelligence Bulletin Information Date: August 10, 2013               Event Date: August 9, 2013 Information Item: Senior Hamas Commander killed in Sinai Peninsula? Information Platform: Arab Media Source: Varied Source Reliability: Unknown Spring:...

Are the Next Muslim Anti-Western Protests on the Horizon?

Are the Next Muslim Anti-Western Protests on the Horizon? Arab media platforms today (August 9, 2013) reported about a Volkswagen advertisement. The scene takes place in what seems to be a European urban environment (the car’s steering...

A True Story About a Package…and the Middle East

A True Story About a Package…and the Middle East On the occasion of the month of Ramadan, the Islamic Jihad in Palestine (IJP) and the Palestinian organization the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) announced the distribution of...

Where is Egypt Heading?

Where is Egypt Heading? In November 2011 I published an article entitled “The Arab Awakening: An Era of New Slogans” in which I focused on the Muslim Brotherhood movement (MB) in Egypt and the challenges it...

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Pay Attention to the Battle over Al-Qusayr in Syria

Pay Attention to the Battle over Al-Qusayr in Syria Accumulating reports indicate expanding Hezbollah military activity inside Syria – specifically west of the Syrian city of Al-Qusayr. The Syrian city...

People of the Pod – Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – A New Perspective

People of the Pod - Solving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict - A New Perspective | Click Here to Hear the Podcast @ People of the...

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Access to ITME's Geopolitical Briefings from the comfort of your home over the Internet. For the first time in Israel, our interactive sessions are...

Israel’s war cabinet considers whether to ‘go big’ against Iran | DAILY MAIL

Israel's war cabinet considers whether to 'go big' against Iran - despite WW3 fears: Ministers discuss airstrikes and pressure Netanyahu to launch 'crushing attack'...

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,...