Eran Ortal
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| November 2024 | Published 'Levy's Anti-IDF Argument Shows a Loss of Moral Direction' at BESA |
| October 2024 | Published article in Janes on rapid capability advancement to defeat Hezbollah |
| September 26 2024 | Published 'Hezbollah Must Be Fought Like a State Army, Not Like a Terrorist Organization' at BESA |
| August 2024 | Published several articles at BESA, including 'It's Not a Border. It's a Front' and 'To Defend Israel, Rearrange the Sky' |
| July 2024 | Published multiple strategic analysis articles at BESA, including 'A Sustainable Strategy', 'War in the North', and 'How to Win the Thirty Years' War with Iran' |
| May 2024 | Published 'Reconstruction of Gaza Is the Way to Regain Initiative in the Iron Swords War' at BESA |
| April 2024 | Published 'Israel's first total war' at Hoover Institution |
| February 2024 | Published 'The War of October 7 – and the One to Follow' at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies |
| 2023 | Published theoretical framework 'Fighting Fires With Data' at Stanford's Hoover Institution, referencing the war in Ukraine as evidence of evolving war dynamics. |
| 2023 | Retired from the IDF. Began advising on military strategy and technology, teaching at Raichman University, and became a senior fellow at think tanks including BESA Israel and the Hoover Institution. |
| November 2023 | Published 'Decentralizing the Israel Defense Forces' at Hoover Institution, Stanford |
| May 17 2023 | Discussed alternative approaches to air campaigns in The Times of Israel article |
| March 2023 | Published a warning about Israel's defense approach on borders, just 7 months before the Hamas attack of October 7. |
| March 8 2023 | Published analysis on Israeli Military Thinking at the Centre on Radicalisation & Terrorism |
| February 15 2023 | Mentioned in The Times of Israel article discussing retiring IDF general's call for urgent army overhaul |
| 2022 | Published the book 'The Battle before War: The Inside Story of the IDF's Transformation' in Hebrew, published by the Israel Ministry of Defense Publishing House and The Dado Center for Interdisciplinary Military Studies |
| May 2021 | During Operation Guardian of the Walls, Gen. Aharon Haliva published an article in DCJ supporting Ortal's 'Extinguish the fire' approach for stopping adversary's cross-border offensive. |
| 2019 | Promoted to brigadier-general and replaced BG Dr. Meir Finkel as commander of the Dado Center. |
| 2014 | Ortal highlighted the connection between rockets in Gaza and Hamas's freedom to dig tunnels since this year. |
| 2013 | Promoted to colonel, became deputy commander and head of think tank at the Dado Center. Also began studying at the Israel National Security College while serving as a research fellow. |
| 2012 | Attended the IDF brigade commanders course. |
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