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Amir Rapaport

Mr. Amir Rapaport is the founder and Editor in Chief of IsraelDefense Magazine - an international magazine on Israeli military and defense affairs. He is a former military correspondent and commentator, an author and research associate at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies (BESA) of Bar-Ilan University.

"The potential for IAI operations in North America is immense"

Israel Aerospace Industries recently appointed Robert "Doc" Foglesong CEO of its US subsidiary IAI North America. "Doc" granted Israel Defense his first interview in office

Amir Rapaport | 26/11/2014

"The Olympic Games are a Showcase for Technologies"

Pursuant to the dramatic selection of ISDS of Israel as the integrator of the security layout for the 2016 Olympic Games - an exclusive interview

Amir Rapaport | 25/11/2014

"Individual Attacks"? A Wave of Terror

Amir Rapaport's Q&As following the synagogue attack in Jerusalem. How did the state of security in Israel deteriorated? And where we are going from here?

Amir Rapaport | 18/11/2014

Fighting Ebola and the Israeli Connection

Organizations working to eradicate the deadly Ebola virus are using isolation tents made by Israeli company Beth-El, in order to conduct medical tests while reducing the risk to staff

Amir Rapaport | 16/11/2014

Israel’s New National Cyber Operations Center

A first glimpse at the new operations center known as CERT 1.0. Nir Peleg, senior division head at the National Cyber Bureau explains how the new center operates

Amir Rapaport | 13/11/2014

"We will be delighted to hire more than 1,000 employees in Israel"

Revealed: Lockheed Martin plans for its new subsidiary in Israel to engage in R&D and in sales to other countries. Exclusive interview with Tom McCorry

Amir Rapaport | 12/11/2014

"There is no 100% Hermetic Security"

Nir Regev, Head of the new HLS Administration at IMI, in a fascinating conversation about the challenges presented by the era of World Jihad and ISIS, in preparation for the international HLS conference opening Sunday

Amir Rapaport | 9/11/2014

Ofer Sachs (Photo: Meir Azulay)

"The World is Switching from Defense to HLS"

Exclusive interview with Ofer Sachs, CEO of the Israel Export & International Cooperation Institute, in preparation for the major international HLS conference to be held in Tel-Aviv next week

Amir Rapaport | 6/11/2014

The Effective Way for Destructing Tunnels that the IDF has "Forgotten"

Exposed: A day before the end of Operation Protective Edge, the IDF "revealed" an effective practice for the destruction of tunnels. IsraeDefense reveals that this solution was developed 12 years ago at the request of the Ministry of Defense, yet had been forgotten over time

Amir Rapaport | 29/09/2014

Photo: Ofer Zidon

Technology enables us to Reach Enormous Air Strike Output Rates

Operation Protective Edge showcased various new intelligence gathering, C3 and precision attack technologies. Yuval Miller, heading the new Air & C4ISR Systems Sector at Rafael, in a first exclusive interview

Amir Rapaport | 24/09/2014