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Israel Brief — clarity under pressure
Israel Brief is a layered intelligence-grade publication on Israel, war, diplomacy, and the diaspora front — written without euphemism, balance theater, or institutional fog. It treats Israel as a sovereign state under pressure, and the West as a system being tested.
Quick facts
Publication model: Layered intelligence briefing, reader-funded
Products:
The Daily Brief — Sunday–Thursday, paywalled after the Flash Brief; Thursdays fully open
The Advocate’s Brief — Weekly, Tuesdays, tactical
The Long Briefs — Weekly, doctrinal
Strategic Assessment — Monthly, free to all readers
Editor: Uri Zehavi
Data & Research: Modi Zehavi
How Israel Brief Is Used
Israel Brief is read and used as a daily field brief for readers tracking active conflict, diplomacy, and institutional pressure; a reference archive for evergreen analysis on sovereignty, deterrence, lawfare, and social cohesion; a tactical support tool for advocates, clergy, educators, and community leaders; and a strategic signal monitor for readers watching escalation trajectories and Western response capacity.
It is written for readers who do not outsource judgment.
Selected Long Brief Archive
Hamas, ISIS, Hezbollah, and PIJ as an ideological ecosystem, and where Western analytical frameworks fail.
The institutional record of Palestinian rejectionism from Camp David to Gaza.
Israel’s constitutional vacuum, the High Court, and the judicial reform fight.
UK institutional accommodation of Islamist pressure and the European parallel.
Security geometry, law, and the strategic importance of the mountain ridge.
Jewish economic specialization, the Israeli defense industry, and the logic of self-reliance.
Israeli water, energy, and infrastructure as instruments of regional leverage
What readers say
“It gives me — and other Christians like me — the proper perspective on Israel.”
— JJ, paid subscriber
“As an IDF vet and security advisor for my shul and religious school… your succinct info helps me prepare my congregants/students.”
— Karl, paid subscriber
“I can’t find enough accurate news about what is happening in Israel — you give me insights I can’t get anywhere else.”
— Larry, paid subscriber
“I feel like I can’t believe anything I read… but with your Israel Brief I feel you’re presenting real facts, real issues, real aims.”
— Margery, paid subscriber
Bio (short)
Uri Zehavi is the founder and intelligence editor of Israel Brief, a layered intelligence-grade publication delivering daily field briefs, doctrinal analysis, tactical advocacy support, and strategic assessment on Israel and the West. He is the author of Holiday From History, Rooted Truth, and Rooted in Judea.
Bio (long)
Uri Zehavi writes about Israel, Jewish endurance, and the West’s strategic and moral defense with a briefing-grade voice.
He founded Israel Brief to deliver intelligence-grade clarity without a translation layer — synthesizing official statements, open-source intelligence, field reporting, credible journalism, and disciplined analysis into a continuous intelligence file spanning daily briefs, doctrinal analysis, and strategic assessment.
Uri is making aliyah with his husband, Modi Zehavi, who serves as Israel Brief’s data and research analyst. Uri regularly briefs synagogues, churches, donor groups, community leaders, and private forums in Israel, the US, the UK, and internationally.
About Modi Zehavi
Modi Zehavi applies data science to the defense of clarity — tracking disinformation patterns, modeling risk, and supporting the publication's verification discipline.
He holds degrees in Applied Mathematics (Cal Poly Pomona; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and previously consulted across global finance and Fortune 100 environments.
Israel Brief products:
The Daily Brief · The Advocate’s Brief · Long Briefs · Strategic Assessment
Permissions · Rights · Syndication
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Press and speaking requests: [email protected]
When citing, please credit:
Uri Zehavi, author and intelligence editor of Israel Brief (israelbrief.com)
Security & Privacy
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