The Gazit Institute's purpose is to expand the boundaries of intelligence analysis: different questions, answered with different tools and using advanced methods, presented in a different kind of intelligence product.
Introducing the Gazit Institute
The Gazit Institute is an extension of the Research and Analysis Division of Israel Defense Intelligence. An institute for advanced, applied, data-driven studies, Gazit was established in collaboration with Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the Directorate of Defense Research & Development at the Ministry of Defense. The institute matches knowledge and ideas from the civilian world with intelligence data and needs from the defense world, combining research from different fields with advanced information technologies.  It is named after General Shlomo Gazit, who led the rebuilding process of Israel Defense Intelligence after the Yom Kippur War.
Complex Problems
The Climate Crisis
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Gazit's 2022 Conference
GAZIT22

The Institute's inaugural annual conference took place in December 2022 around the theme of "Intelligence, Strategy and Technology." Speakers included then-Chief of the General Staff Lt. Col. (res.) Aviv Kochavi, former and current commanders of Units 8200 and 9900, Dr. Micha Goodman, CEO of Rafael Maj. Gen. (res.) Yoav Har Even, former Air Force commander Maj. Gen. (res.) Amikam Norkin, Director of Public Health Services Dr. Sharon Elroi-Price, and former Prime Minister Lt. Gen. (ret.) Ehud Barak. As part of the conference, Head of the IDI Research and Analysis Division Brig. Gen. Amit Sa'ar presented an intelligence overview for 2023, and researchers participated in several professional workshops.
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Speaker Biographies
Conference Summary

Summer 2022 Workshop
‍״Glance Into The Future״

Last July, the institute held a day-long workshop examining the role of intelligence research and strategy in long-term planning (a decade or more). The event was attended by a number of senior officials in the security establishment, including the Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, the former head of the Mossad, Tamir Pardo, and leaders in the private and public sectors.