Zack Gold

Zack Gold specializes in security in the Sinai Peninsula and relations among Egypt, Israel, Gaza, and the United States. From 2011-2014 he served as a researcher at the Brookings Institution’s Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Prior to that, he was a research associate at the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis and previously conducted counterterrorism

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North Sinai Population Continues to Sacrifice for Egypt

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/north-sinai-population-continues-to-sacrifice-for-egypt/ On April 25, 2015, Egypt celebrated Sinai Liberation Day: the thirty-third anniversary of the return of most of the peninsula back to Egyptian sovereignty, following the signing of the Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty in...

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One Year of the Islamic State in the Sinai Peninsula

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/one-year-of-the-islamic-state-in-the-sinai-peninsula/ Sinai militancy changed over 2015, following the decision of the peninsula’s main violent jihadi group – Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis – to pledge allegiance to the Islamic State organization and become Wilayat Sinai. The...

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Sinai Tribes: Between the Egyptian State and the Islamic State

Source: The Institute For National Security Studies Author(s): Zack Gold Original Link: http://www.inss.org.il/publication/sinai-tribes-between-the-egyptian-state-and-the-islamic-state/ The jihadist insurgency in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula is taking an increasing toll on the local population and its tribal society. To confront this challenge, leaders of tribes from across the peninsula met on May...

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