Israel's Survival Strategy

Israel appears to be pausing its plans to annex large parts of the West Bank in the face of a COVID-19 resurgence, and also due to possible changes to its U.S. relationship.

A look at what the coming week will bring -- and a list of recommended Stratfor articles from the week that was.

As political opposition to annexation builds in the U.S. and Europe, Israel will seek to expand its ties with countries less invested in Palestinian statehood, such as China and Russia.

In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from Stratfor, a RANE company, Emily Donahue speaks with Stratfor Middle East and North Africa Analyst Ryan Bohl about Israel's impending annexation of parts of the West Bank.

The shift to trying to physically damage targets via cyberattacks threatens local and Western companies in the Mideast, and critical infrastructure worldwide.

Despite its public disapproval of the Israeli government's impending West Bank annexations, Abu Dhabi will be careful not to jeopardize its budding economic and security ties with Israel.

In this podcast, Emily Donahue speaks to Global Security Analyst Thomas Abi-Hanna about the nearly 20 years of Israeli presence in Lebanon, and the 20 years since its withdrawal.

To protest Israel's aggressive annexation push, the Palestinian Authority has threatened to end decades of cooperation, raising the risk of violence and unrest in the West Bank.

Gantz’s new role as defense minister and prime minister-in-waiting will enable him to assert his more diplomatic approach to Iran’s nuclear program against Netanyahu’s more aggressive stance.

The Iran-backed militant group’s COVID-19 relief efforts could pay dividends for its own political future at the expense of Lebanon's stability.