Top Israeli Think Tank Warns: Potential for War with Iran (& Gaza) is Growing

• Top Israeli Think Tank Warns: Potential for War with Iran is Growing
  by JUDAH ARI GROSS, https://www.timesofisrael.com/
  In annual threat assessment, Institute for National Security Studies sees high risks of large-scale war in the north and in Gaza in 2020.
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  There is a growing risk of large-scale war along Israel’s northern borders in the coming year, in large part due to Iran’s increasing “determination and daring,” one of Israel’s leading national security think tanks warned Monday.
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  Each year, the Tel Aviv University-affiliated Institute for National Security Studies prepares a “strategic assessment” of the threats facing the State of Israel and the steps it believes the country should take to protect against them. The think tank, which is largely made up of former senior defense and diplomatic officials, presents those findings to the president.
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  On Monday, INSS director Amos Yadlin, a former head of Military Intelligence, provided President Reuven Rivlin with the institute’s assessments for 2020, including a warning that there is a “rise in the likelihood of war” in light of a variety of security, political and diplomatic factors.
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