The reality of the Arab-Israeli military balance now consists of two subordinate balances: Israel versus Syria and Israel versus the Palestinians. This book analyses these two balances in detail and their impact on defence planning in each country and on the overall strategic risk to the region as a whole. It covers military developments in each of six states - Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine - and provides an analytical view with charts and tables of how the changing natures of the military and political threats faced by each is affecting its military force readiness and development. The author has included the most comprehensive data on past, current, and future military force structure currently available, drawn from the widest range of sources. Responding to the most recent events in the region, this book is the first to deal with the effects on the Arab-Israeli military balance of the strategic uncertainty created by the Iraqi insurgency and the Iranian nuclear programme. It also studies how the Gaza pullout, the Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon, the changing political landscape in Israel, and the threat of nuclear proliferation are having an impact on the Egyptian-Israeli and Jordanian-Israeli peace accords, and the prospects for a settlement between the Palestinians and Israelis. The roles of Hezbollah, Hamas, and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are analysed in light of the changing political landscape in both Israel and Palestine. The author also explores the ways that internal instability in Lebanon could escalate into a regional conflict.