Reut Institute
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The Reut Institute is a policy group in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 designed to provide real-time long-term strategic decision-support to the Government of Israel.

Established in January 2004 by Gidi Grinstein and a team of founders, Reut describes itself as a "non-partisan non-profit policy team" that supplies its services pro-bono solely to the Government of Israel.

Reut's current focus areas are National Security and Top15: Socio-Economics. They are described as "very influential and highly respected" by Ido Aharoni, spokesman to former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni
Tzipi Livni
Tzipporah Malkah "Tzipi" Livni is an Israeli lawyer and politician. She is the current Israeli Opposition Leader and leader of Kadima, the largest party in the Knesset. Raised an ardent nationalist, Livni has become one of her nation's leading voices for the two-state solution. In Israel she has...

, who noted that virtually every key ministry in the government has utilized Reut’s services.

On February 11, 2010, the Reut Institute reported to the Israeli Cabinet, which it advises, that violence
Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to apply a state to others contrary to their wishes. violence, while often a stand-alone issue, is often the culmination of other kinds of conflict, e.g...

had failed to achieve Israel’s ends and had produced worldwide revulsion. “In last year’s Gaza operation,” said the report, “our superior military power was offset by an offensive on Israel’s legitimacy that led to a significant setback in our international standing and will constrain future Israeli military planning and operations...”. http://reut-institute.org/en/Publication.aspx?PublicationId=3766

Reut is supported by private donors and does not accept any contribution that exceeds 15% of its yearly budget, nor any donations from government agencies (Israeli or foreign).

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