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The scenario is frightening: some 7,000 killed, many more wounded, 170,000 left homeless as buildings collapse and infrastructure essentials such as power and water supply are damaged.

The good news is that we keep hearing these warnings about earthquakes threatening Israel and are relieved to see that so far nothing of the kind has happened. The bad news is that we may grow complacent and be shocked into grim reality when it does happen.

So where between these poles of fear and fatalism does Israel stand?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Dr. Nir Boms, Analyst.

- Mr. Amir Yahav, Director of Israel’s Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee for Earthquake Preparedness.

- Dr. Amos Salamon, Researcher, Geological Survey of Israel.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/is-israel-vulnerable-to-earthquakes/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/all-recent-regional-earthquakes-minor/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/earthquakes-pose-greatest-threat-to-israel-after-war-says-expert/

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With the Middle East, just like the rest of the world, pre-occupied with the year-long COVID-19 crisis, Israel’s enemies are in no rush or indeed position to initiate large-scale hostilities against the Jewish State.

If there is any movement at all, it is in the opposite direction - with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan officially leaving the anti-Israel front.

Yet the conflict with the Islamic Republic of Iran persists and may engulf Syria, where there are Iranian-backed militias and proxies; Lebanon, home base to Hezbollah; and Gaza, out of which Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operate.

How well is Israel prepared for such an eventuality?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Dr. Nir Boms, Analyst.

- Col. (Res.) Miri Eisin, Israeli Public Diplomacy, Security, Intelligence Expert at Interdisciplinary Center / International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya.

- Col. (Res.) Reuven Ben-Shalom, Cross-Cultural Strategist and Associate at the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism, Herzliya.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-accuses-israel-of-killing-nuclear-scientist/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israel-uae-sign-strategic-deals/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/cogat-israel-ensures-aid-to-gaza/

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Two invisible elements have evidently shaped life in the Middle East and indeed globally over this year, which is approaching its end.

One is of course the coronavirus pandemic which only now begins to show some promise of being contained by vaccines next year. There is also more than meets the eye in cyber sphere - a new form of warfare to which societies blessed with the most advanced technological and economic infrastructure are more vulnerable than those less-fortunate.

What is being and can be done - offensively and defensively - in the cyber realm between governments, organizations and even self-motivated hackers?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Dr. Nir Boms, Analyst.

- Mr. Daniel Cohen, Cyber Security and policy expert, Head of the Policy and Technology Program at Abba Eban Institute IDC Herzliya and Senior Researcher at Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center at Tel Aviv University.

- Mr. Eli Kravtsov, Cloud Security R&D Team Leader.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/major-cyberattacks-target-iran/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-conducts-daily-cyber-attacks-against-israel/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-blames-israel-for-a-series-of-cyber-attacks/

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his pledge to ‘never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons,’ although global events are seemingly taking hold that may impact Jerusalem’s political capacity to act.

In recent weeks, therefore both covert and overt moves and counter-moves have apparently been enacted by all relevant actors trying to secure their own aspired course-of-action toward the common goal: of thwart the Islamic Republic of Iran from attaining nuclear weapon capabilities.

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Dr. Nir Boms, Analyst.

- Dr. Olli Heinonen Former Deputy General IAEA and a Distinguished Fellow, Stimson Center, Washington, D.C.

- Brigadier General (Res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, Project Director on Middle East Developments, Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-rejects-e3-call-to-curb-nuclear-ambition/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/iran-vows-to-crush-israel-over-syria-strikes/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/irgc-unveils-new-warship/

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The Eastern Mediterranean, which was relatively tranquil over the last several decades, has recently become a bone of contention and a hotbed of activity.

Three major centers of attention are Syria and its neighbors, Turkey to its north and Lebanon to its south and west.

Turkey has adopted a militant position vis-a-vis the exploration and exploitation of undersea resources in areas in dispute between it and Greece. And Lebanon is reported to drag its feet in the talks with Israel on demarcating their maritime boundary.

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Antonia Dimou, Director of Middle East and Persian Gulf Unit, Institute for Security and Defense Analyses.

- Prof. Efraim Inbar; President of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/an-eu-response-to-turkeys-increased-aggressiveness/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/pompeo-us-eu-should-jointly-address-turkey/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israel-lebanon-talks-round-4/

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With two months to go before the inauguration of presumed President-Elect Joe Biden, the transition process is slowly taxing on the runway in order to take off.

Biden is considering his top cabinet, White House and agency appointments, while the Trump administration is less than helpful in sharing essential information, facilities and services, in light of legal disputes and allegations pertaining to alleged election fraud.

And while the Middle East is evidently bracing itself ahead of a transition of power in Washington – Jerusalem officials are seemingly challenged with protecting America’s historic bi-partisan support, enjoyed for many decades.

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Mr. Robert Silverman, Lecturer at Shalem College and Former President of the American Foreign Service Association

- Ambassador (retired) Yoram Ettinger, Expert on Middle East and US-Israel relations.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israeli-leaders-congratulate-biden/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/israeli-leaders-have-warm-talks-with-biden/

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In the 1950s and again in the 1990s, Israel and Turkey have been regional partners, almost best friends. They both faced the hostility from the common neighbor that separated them - Syria. They were officially or practically in the Western orbit. And they had no conflict over the body of water they share, the Mediterranean Sea.

All of that changed over the last twenty years: with Turkey at odds with Israel over religion, Palestinians and energy resources, and pulling away from the United States.

Is it reversible, or are Turkey and Israel doomed to remain rivals, as long as Ankara is led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Mr. Yusuf Erim, TRT World Editor at large.

- Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak: Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS.

Articles on the topic:

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https://www.tv7israelnews.com/turkey-france-tensions-soar/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/turkey-to-finance-palestinian-resistance-against-israel/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/turkey-hails-regional-dialogue-with-iran/

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France has become a major battleground in the fight between governments of Europe -whose populations are mostly Christian, and Islamist terrorists - who are out to impose their ideology by all means possible.

The recent brutal attacks in France and Austria have reignited dialogue among European leaders to combat (what they term) political Islam.

Is it just a security problem, or a more fundamental one?

Will the measures taken by French and other authorities decrease the friction, or only increase it?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Dr. Ely Karmon, Senior researcher - The Institute for Counter Terrorism, IDC Herzliya

- Colonel Richard Kemp, former British infantry commander and head of international terrorism intelligence team at the British Cabinet Office.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/islamist-attacks-in-vienna/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/macron-erdogan-row-fuels-muslim-protest/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/mossad-unveils-secret-hezbollah-terror-network-across-europe/

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The renewed fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed district of Nagorno-Karabakh put Israel in an uneasy position between the two.

Israel has long had an emotional attachment to the Armenian people, whose plight under Ottoman rule during the First World War preceded the Jewish people’s Holocaust in Europe during the Second World War.

But rationally, rather than emotionally, Azerbaijan is more of an asset to Israel, because of its border with Iran and the defense items it buys from Israeli industry.

The difference between Armenia and Azerbaijan, from an Israeli economic viewpoint, is between millions and billions.

How do Yerevan and Jerusalem manage their relationship, under these circumstances?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Dr. Eran Lerman, Vice President of the Jerusalem Institute of Strategy and Security and a Lecturer at Shalem College, Jerusalem.

- Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak, Research Fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/armenia-azerbaijan-conflict-heats-up/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/netanyahu-embarks-on-an-official-visit-to-azerbaijan-and-kazakhstan/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/knesset-committee-recognizes-armenian-genocide/

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Under President Recep Tayep Erdogan, Turkey has changed its global positioning system in two important and to some extent overlapping ways. A long-time member of NATO, an alliance created to contain Soviet ambitions, Ankara has recently moved away from Washington and Brussels and towards Moscow; and as a regional power, Turkey has assumed a pro-active policy in the Levant, the Mediterranean, the Caucasus and the Balkans.

Are these ventures or adventures?

Is Turkey better off with this break with traditional policies?

Panel:

- Jonathan Hessen, Host.

- Amir Oren, Analyst.

- Mr. Yusuf Erim, TRT World Editor at large.

- Dr. Hay Eytan Cohen Yanarocak: research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center and JISS.

Articles on the topic:

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/turkey-france-tensions-soar/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/make-turkey-and-russia-great-again/

https://www.tv7israelnews.com/turkey-sends-mixed-signals-on-eastmed/

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