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For a secure, Jewish, democratic Israel. Our mission is to shape the discourse and mobilize support and Israel.

Israel Policy Forum is a non-profit, non-partisan organization that provides resources and advocacy for a strong, Jewish and democratic state at peace with its neighbors. IPF convenes forums and publishes commentary and analysis that promote pragmatic strategies for achieving regional peace and security. IPF mobilizes policy experts and community leaders to build support for those ideas in the U.S.

21/05/2026

In the past two months, escalations in Iran and Lebanon relegated Gaza to the back burner. Yet now, Hamas’ refusal to disarm and Israeli political currents suggest a return to fighting in the strip may come soon, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow argues in this week's Koplow Column.

Gaza has gotten lost in the shuffle of fighting in Iran and Lebanon, but forces are combining to put it front and center once again. The fundamental challenges are no easier to solve now, but Gaza provides a political opportunity that the other conflicts do not.

19/05/2026

In this Inside Israeli Politics, Senior Policy Associate Alex Lederman assesses whether Netanyahu's coalition is collapsing and unpacks current dynamics in the relationship between Netanyahu and the Haredi parties. Read here:

Last week, prominent Ashkenazi Haredi leaders declared an end to their longstanding alliance with Netanyahu. The coalition chairman submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset and head to early elections. But these developments are more complex—and less dramatic—than they appear at face value.

14/05/2026

American Jews need to be having more constructive conversations about Israel, both inside and outside the community. Drawing on her experience as director of IPF Atid, Shanie Reichman explains what works.

Read her insight in eJewishPhilanthropy:

Over the past few years running IPF Atid, the young professionals’ division of Israel Policy Forum, I’ve sat with Jewish lay leaders, philanthropists, college students and community leaders across the country and from a variety of political backgrounds to have conversations about Israel. With ne...

14/05/2026

New EU sanctions on Israeli settlement organizations herald a new and tougher approach decoupled from U.S. policy. Trump and Smotrich’s reshaping of Israeli policy and the geopolitical environment made this possible, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow writes in this Koplow Column.

The new European sanctions on West Bank settlements represent a new phase. They would not be possible without the way that Trump and Smotrich, in different manners, have reshaped Israeli policy and the geopolitical environment.

13/05/2026

On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber and Israel Policy Forum Director of Strategic Initiatives and IPF Atid Shanie Reichman discuss President Trump's impasse with Iran and the prospects for renewed escalation, Israel-Lebanon peace talks and the grinding military front with Hezbollah, Prime Minister Netanyahu's recent CBS interview and what it means about his current mindset, Israeli politics gearing up for an election, the state of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and more.

12/05/2026

Israeli and Lebanese officials are set to meet again in Washington this week. Yet significant barriers stand in the way of a durable arrangement.

Read our explainer on the historic talks:

Israeli and Lebanese officials are set to meet again in Washington this week, with the goal of reaching an agreement to end the war between Israel and Hezbollah. Yet significant barriers stand in the way of a durable arrangement, especially with attacks continuing amid the talks despite a nominal ce...

12/05/2026

On the Shalom Hartman Institute's Identity/Crisis podcast, Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow discusses the current moment in U.S.–Iran–Israel relations and conflicting logics and interests driving American, Israeli, and Iranian decision-making.

Listen here:

Podcast Episode · Identity/Crisis · May 12 · 50m

12/05/2026

Reflecting on meetings with Palestinian civilians on a recent tour of the West Bank, Distinguished Policy Fellow Ni**od Novik unpacks the rise of settler violence and its impact on Palestinian society and Israeli security.

Settler violence in the West Bank undermines Israel’s security, its moral fabric and its global standing, argues Ni**od Novik

11/05/2026

With debate in Washington over U.S. security assistance to Israel intensifying, Senior Policy Associate Gabriel Epstein’s new explainer examines what it would mean for Israel if U.S. military aid were phased out.

At a moment when debate in Washington over U.S. security assistance to Israel is intensifying, Senior Policy Associate Gabriel Epstein’s new explainer examines a question that is becoming increasingly relevant: what would it mean for Israel economically, strategically, and politically if U.S. mili...

07/05/2026

On this week’s episode, Israel Policy Forum Policy Advisor and Tel Aviv-based journalist Neri Zilber hosts IDF Brig. Gen. Assaf Orion, international fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and senior researcher at INSS. They discuss the latest developments at sea and the negotiating table between the U.S. and Iran, before turning to Israel’s ongoing military front in Lebanon. They analyzed this latest offensive against Hezbollah, how it differs from the previous war in 2023-2024, what objectives Israel hopes to accomplish, the dangers of a renewed IDF “security zone” in southern Lebanon, the impact of the Trump-imposed ceasefire last month, a practical path forward to disarm Hezbollah, and more.

07/05/2026

The Iran war may be headed towards a long-term stalemate—one that in some ways resembles the pre-October 7 status quo that reigned in Gaza, explains Chief Policy Officer Michael Koplow in this week's Koplow Column.

A U.S.-Iran standoff involving blockades, short bursts of military activity, and a tense equilibrium is reminiscent of pre-October 7 Gaza. There are some lessons from that period for the U.S. to draw upon going forward with Iran.

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