The Public’s Right to Know about the President’s Health vs. the President’s Right to...
All current White Houses leak like sieves. Staff members develop quid pro quo relationships with the media: in exchange for leaking information, the media promises to treat them well. That is the reality of contemporary journalism.
Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
Wishing all a healthy and festive Sukkot
Why Do the Arabs Hate the Palestinians?
For many reasons, the Arab world is not at all interested in giving the Palestinian Arabs a state. The Palestinian Arabs don’t really want one either, because why kill the “refugee” goose that lays the golden eggs?
Fresh 2600 Year Old Dates
Grown from ancient seeds found at Masada and Qumran, the dates symbolize the remarkable resilience of nature.
2020 Congressional election– Critical to US-Israel Ties
Will Israel's public diplomacy rise to the challenge posed by the current ideological trends in the US?
13 Ways Israel is Helping Fight Forest Fires Around the World
As wildfires burn more fiercely across the globe, Israeli experts work with other countries to implement prevention, detection, firefighting and rehab strategies.
TikTok: ‘Zero Tolerance’ for anti-Semitism
“These policies are great on paper, but ... social-media companies have to do more than just pay lip service to fighting extremism on their platforms,” said Josh Lipowsky of the Counter Extremism Project.
Rogues Gallery: Iran, Turkey, Ben Rhodes, Tlaib Criticize UAE-Israel Deal
A small collection of countries, haters and groups.
Dr. Mordechai Kedar on the UAE-Israel Abraham Accords
Yishai Fleisher talks with Dr. Mordechai Kedar about the UAE peace deal.
On the Need for a U.S.-Israel Mutual Defense Pact
The U.S.-Israeli relationship already has many of the characteristics of a formal alliance.
Op-Ed: Coronavirus Increases PA Honor Crimes
Collateral damage from Corona
How Serious Is the Israeli-Turkish Rapprochement?
Former close allies. Where does the relationship stand today-Friend or Foe?
Israel Versus Anyone: A Military Net Assessment of the Middle East
Most published Middle Eastern military net assessments are based primarily on lists of units and equipment. Unfortunately, history proved that such lists are all too often incorrect. Even when they were correct, the overall assessments generally ignored the quality of personnel and/or equipment, as well as the extent to which rival defense systems could turn available financial, human, and material resources into actual military power.
US and Israeli Mass Media: Siamese Twins
The left-right divergence of confidence in mass media highlights the political, ideological, social and cultural polarization that has afflicted both countries.
Trump Peace Plan: Aiming Not to Make a Deal, but to Make a Deal...
The plan has some creative elements and some that may not prove realistic, but critics who say that Trump’s plan won’t win acceptance by Mahmoud Abbas are missing its main point, which is that the Palestinians need new leaders.
What is the ACTUAL Cost of Applying Israel Law to Judea & Samaria
A hesitant, appeasing and retreating Israel, which sacrifices its independence of national security action on the altar of overseas' green lights, whets the appetite of terrorists and rogue regimes,
US-Israel Milestones (from liability to unique asset)
Israel’s role as a major force-multiplier for the US, is highlighted against the backdrop of European vacillation, the growing ineffectiveness of NATO (No Action Talk Only?) and the intensifying vulnerabilities of all pro-US Arab regimes.
NYRB Looks to1947 PARTITION PLAN; Lacks 2020 Vision
New York Review of Books: Book Smart doesn't mean you have seichel
Is the Palestinian ‘Issue’ the Crux of the Arab-Israeli Conflict?
Arab countries have showered Palestinians with a cuddling talk accompanied by a cold/negative walk
Are US International Agreements Carved in Stone?
'Deal of the Century' anyone?
Jerusalem’s Changing Demographics: An Overview from the Jerusalem Statistical Yearbook
The Arab population is growing at a faster rate, but since 2012, the birth rate among the Jewish population in Jerusalem is significantly higher than that of the Arab population.
Shavou’ot (Pentecost) Guide for the Perplexed, 2020
Chag Sameach!
The U.S. Israel Nexus: Chapter 2 – The Founding Fathers, Moses and the Bible
America's historic connection to Judaism and Jewish history
Watch: The U.S. Israel Nexus: Chapter 1 – Early Pilgrims and the Modern Day...
What are the secret bonds that connect America and Israel so strongly? How far back do these bonds go? Why is the Statue of Moses displayed in the U.S. Supreme Court? Take a few minutes. Enrich yourselves...
COVID-19 Crisis Exposes U.S. Weakness to Bioterror
Failings exposed by the COVID-19 crisis have long been known to bioterrorism researchers. The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all developed detailed bioterror action plans, but this current pandemic shows they were not implemented.
Israel’s Unprecedented N.U.G. (National Unity Government)
Details on the forthcoming new Israeli government, to be formally signed next week after Yom Ha’aztmaut, Israel’s Independence Day. Its first order of business will be to pass legislation to set the Netanyahu-Gantz rotation in motion.
Despite Corona Crisis, Fatah Claims “All of Israel is Palestine”
Nothing stops the narrative of the nonsense
The V-Shaped US-Israel Saga
In the words of Admiral James Stavridis, former Supreme Commander of NATO: “Our best military partner in the region, by far, is Israel…. It truly is a case of two nations that are unarguably stronger together.”
What Makes the Palestinian Authority Run?
Western democracies experience suspension of disbelief, overlooking the Palestinian walk. They embrace the “screen-saving,” misleading Palestinian talk, and delude themselves that financial benefits might divert the Palestinian leadership from its real goal--eradicating the Jewish State.
Conspiracy Theories in a Time of Virus
Israelis lead in the search for a COVID-19 cure is being twisted to confirm conspiracist suspicions of Israeli profiteering.