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The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) Is a conservative Think tank based in Israel

the institute established in 2017 under the name The Jerusalem institute for strategic studies, In January 2019, the think tank changed its name to the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.

The institute conducts policy-oriented research on the regimes and movements that threaten Israel and its allies. It educates elite audiences and the general public on the security and foreign policy challenges facing Israel, and provides professional development and educational opportunities for the next generation of Israeli national security scholars.

The institute’s fellows promote the Jewish People’s historic connection to the land of Israel as a central component of strategic worldview. They emphasize the salience of security in diplomatic agreements, and uphold the imperative of Israel being able to defend itself by itself in all eventualities. They reject unilateral Israeli moves that strengthen adversaries. Above all, they insist on united Jerusalem as critical to Israel’s security and destiny.

Among the institute leaders are:

·        Major General (res.) Yaakov Amidror, former National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

·        Major General (res.) Yair Golan, former IDF Deputy Chief-of-Staff

·        Colonel (res.) Dr. Eran Lerman, former Deputy National Security Advisor to the Prime Minister

·        Prof. Efraim Inbar, one of Israel's leading strategists (president of the institute)

·        Mrs. Micky Aharonson, former Russia desk chief at the National Security Council

·        Dr. David Koren, former advisor on eastern Jerusalem affairs to the mayor of Jerusalem

·        Mr. Uzi Rubin, Israel's preeminent missile defense expert

·        Dr. Jonathan Spyer, expert on Syria, Iraq and the Kurds

·        Dr. Joshua Krasna, former chief of a government intelligence department

·        Mr. David M. Weinberg, founding vice president of the institute