Ely Karmon

Dr. Ely Karmon is a Senior Research Scholar at The International Institute for Counter-Terrorism (ICT) and Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Policy and Strategy at The Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. He lectures on International Terrorism and CBRN terrorism at the M.A. Counterterrorism Studies at IDC.

People examine a damaged Israeli embassy car after an explosion in New Delhi in 2012.

Iranian rationale behind the New Delhi terrorist attack

U.S. President Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu at the unveiling of Trump's "Deal of the Century," January 28, 2020

‘Deal of the Century’ born in sin

YPG (Kurdish People's Protection Units) is written over a wall painting of ISIS flag inside a house, in the border town of Tal Abyad, Syria, October 16, 2019.

ISIS’s al-Qurashi’s declaration of war on Israel


The death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

So Qardash is not far from the type of leader Baghdadi was.

A satellite view of the reported residence of ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, according to the source, near the village of Barisha, Syria

Paris police headquarters stabbings – the ‘insider threat’

France is the European country most threatened by jihadi radicalization.

French police headquarters in Paris

Europe could pay high price for ignoring the Iranian/Hezbollah threat

The European media and the information provided by the various European law enforcement authorities have given ample space to the Iranian, and in a minor measure, Hezbollah.

FRENCH POLICE take part in an anti-terrorism drill inside Groupama Stadium near Lyon, France, last year.

Erdogan against the world: Elections panic?

Erdogan’s hypocrisy when he pretends to defend Muslims all over the world is palpable, when compared with Turkey’s policy regarding the rights of its own oppressed Kurdish population.

A woman passes by an election poster of Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, Turkey

Erdogan, Trump’s fixer against ISIS in Syria. Are you laughing?

Trump probably is not aware of the past collusion between Erdogan’s Turkey, Islamic State and other jihadist groups.

U.S. PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in July 2018

The Russia-Israel crisis

The Israeli air attack was indeed a sensitive, if necessary, operation, near the Russian air base in the area and on the eve of the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur.

Russian Air Force Ilyushin Il-20M

Israel should deter Iran, not threaten Lebanon

Israel should target Iranian cities, Tehran and other major ones, which should pay the price of massive Hezbollah Iranian-made missile fire on Israel.

Israeli soldiers are seen next to a sign post pointing to the village of Ghajar near Israel's border with Lebanon

Iran protests could evolve into ethnic/sectarian strife

The Iranian Arab ethnic minority could be the first to emulate its Sunni brethren in Iraq and Syria.

AN IRANIAN couple looks out over the city of Tehran.

Will Iran under pressure go to war?

Just when it seemed that Iran would dominate weak Syria and Lebanon Israel increased its military pressure.

IRANIAN FOREIGN Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif walks near Lebanese and Iranian flags upon his arrival at the Government Palace in Beirut in 2015.

The Catalonia terrorist attacks

The Catalan cell was most probably a local one, based on family (four pairs of brothers), personal and neighborhood relations.

Police patrol the area after a van crashed into pedestrians near the Las Ramblas avenue in central Barcelona, Spain August 17, 2017