Executive Summary

The Strategic Report of the Palestinian Forum for Israeli Studies (MADAR) monitors major developments on the Israeli scene throughout 2011 and explores future developments as well as the course of events over the upcoming period.

In addition to the Executive Summary, the Report addresses in detail developments witnessed on the Israeli scene in seven significant areas: negotiations; foreign relations; politics; security and military issues; economy; social affairs; and Palestinians in Israel.

A group of specialist researchers have supervised the compilation and editing of the MADAR 2011 Strategic Report. In their analysis, researchers have adopted an objective, scoping perspective of events that characterized 2011. They have also avoided a reportorial narrative of events in favor of a focus on strategic changes.