Essential Readings:
Shai Feldman and Tamara Cofman Wittes, “Everyone Loves Israel Now,” ForeignPolicy.com 26 March 2018, accessible at https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/03/26/why-everyone-loves-israel-now/
Charles Freilich, Zion’s Dilemmas: How Israel Makes National Security Policy, Chapter Two: “The Decision-Making Process: How the System Actually Works” pp. 27-74.
Shalom Lipner, “The Summer of Israel’s Contentment,” ForeignPolicy.com, 17 July 2018, accessible at https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/07/27/the-summer-of-israels-contentment-russia-syria-putin-trump-allies-netanyahu/
Natan Sachs, “Why Israel Waits: Anti-Solutionism as a Strategy,” Foreign Affairs, November/December 2015.