Yossi Melman

Yossi Melman is an Israeli journalist and writer who specializes in security and intelligence affairs . He is a recipient of the Sokolov Prize, Israel's highest award for journalist and Nieman Fellow at Harvard. His latest book which he co-authored with CBS News Reporter Dan Raviv is "Spies Against Armageddon: inside Israel's Secret Wars.

Visit Yossi Melman's blog: www.yossimelman.com and he tweets at @yossi_melman


Israel’s battle against Iran

Israel’s battle against Iran

Aviv Kochavi

The Kurdish lesson for Israel

Israeli master spy Eli Cohen in Syria, wearing a watch recovered by the Mossad

Israel’s legendary spy


Has Netanyahu, 'Mr. Security,' gone too far?

Netanyahu has unmasked the policy of secrecy that was the trademark of Israeli military actions against Iran and Hezbollah in recent years.

President Reuven Rivlin hosts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kochavi during a ceremony honoring outstanding soldiers in the IDF at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on May 9

The seven fronts: Horror on the front lines vs. tranquility on home front

Five times Israel found itself in such scenarios, in which there was a clear distinction between the blood, sweat and horrors of the front lines and the relative tranquility of the home front.

The seven fronts

The Turkish precedent

Russia’s S-400 sale to Ankara – and the US response – should worry Jerusalem

Turkish President Reçep Tayyip Erdoğan addresses a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara on July 26

Over U.S. objections, Chinese firms step up their involvement in Israel

Israeli government officials estimate that in Israel alone, Chinese corporations have invested in or accessed projects worth nearly $15 billion.

Previous transportation minister Israel Katz and employees of the China Railway Engineering Corporation take part in an event in 2017 marking the beginning of underground construction work of the Tel Aviv light rail, using a Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM)

The Spy Behind Home Plate

The story of Moe Berg, the US spy who wanted to be sent to Israel

The poster for the documentary film ‘The Spy Behind Home Plate’ about Moe Berg, the enigmatic Jewish catcher during baseball’s Golden Age who joined the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) to spy for the US on the Nazis’ atomic bomb program. The movie opened at cinemas across the US on May 24

Intelligence Report: The Israel-Abu Dhabi connection

Why MBZ has become a close ally of the Jewish state.

Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed at the Gulf Cooperation Council summit in Mecca on May 30, 2019

Can the Shin Bet harness Netanyahu?

As the prime minister advances the immunity bill in the Knesset, the security agency could be the ultimate guardian of democracy

Nadav Argaman, director of the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency)

War games with Gaza

‘We feel like we’re dealing with two little kids in a kindergarten,’ say the Egyptians.

Palestinians try to extinguish a fire in the car of a Hamas commander who was killed in an Israeli air strike on Gaza City, on May 5

Armenia ready to strengthen ties with Israel despite Azerbaijan relations

Yerevan seeks to upgrade ties with Jerusalem despite the Jewish state’s refusal to recognize the Armenian genocide.

Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan (left) with Yossi Melman

The Gaza quandary: War looms on the horizon

This war is looming on the horizon and may break out very soon – in a matter of weeks or in the summer.

IDF troops face Palestinian protesters over the border fence between Israel and the Gaza Strip on March 30, a year after they began the ‘Great March of Return’ demonstrations