2025 Jewish Demographic Momentum in Israel
In 2024, Jewish births were 76% of total births, compared to 69% in 1995. The surge of Jewish births is due to the unprecedented rise of births (since 1995) in the secular sector,
Purim Guide for the Perplexed 2025
Purim Sameach
Demographic Reality Contradicts Conventional Wisdom
In 2025, contrary to conventional wisdom, Israel’s Jewish demographic momentum since the 1990s is due largely to the fertility rise in the secular sector,
Trump’s Policy Toward Israel; Underlying Assumptions
Unlike the State Department’s worldview, President Trump does not consider Israel to be part of the problem, but a major part of the solution.
President Trump, Beware of Middle East Reality
*Ending wars and terrorism is a noble aspiration, which confronts the reality of NO intra-Muslim peaceful coexistence during the last 14 centuries. In fact,...
A Hanukkah Guide for the Perplexed, 2024
The Hebrew words Hanukkah (חנוכה), inauguration (חנוכ), and education ((חנוך possess an identical root.
President Trump – Beware of HTS and the Moslem Brotherhood
The vision of the HTS is not limited to Syria. It aims to topple all national Islamic regimes, and establish a universal Islamic entity, as prescribed by the precepts of the Moslem Brotherhood, which has pursued its goals through politics, education, social welfare and affiliates, splinters and offshoots that engage in terrorism.
Time for a Change: US National Security Mandates Iran Regime Change
Instead, the US State Department has embraced the diplomatic option, which has generated hundreds of billions of dollars to the Ayatollahs -
2024 Yom Kippur Guide for the Perplexed
“The Lord said to Moses, that the tenth day of this seventh month [Tishrei] is the Day of Atonement…. Do not do any work on that day…. This is a lasting ordinance for generations to come….”
October 7, 2023 Deprecating Self-destructive Western Screensavers
Has October 7, 2023, awakened Western policymakers to the realization that they are driven by a screensaver - rather than Middle East reality?
Israel-Hamas War Misconceptions
Are most Gazans innocent civilians?
Palestinian vs. Saudi Education
But it is of no concern to Foggy Bottom
US Policy in the Middle East
Speculation or Track Record?
Can Israel Afford to Defy State Dept Pressure?
Can Israel Afford NOT to Defy State Dept Pressure?
Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2024
11. Jerusalem is mentioned three times in the annual story of Passover (Haggadah), which is concluded by the vow: "Next Year in the reconstructed Jerusalem!"
Conventional Western Wisdom vs. Middle East Reality
Western appeasement of Shiite, Sunni and Palestinian terrorism has ignored the well-documented fact, that terrorists bite the hands that feed them,
US’ Mid East Policy Defied by Mid East Reality
US eagerness to conclude various agreements has brought the opposite of intended results
Vote of Confidence in Israel’s Economy in the Face of War
Despite a unique environment – top heavy on terrorism and war, but low on natural resources and rainfall - Israel has bolstered its do-or-die state of mind, with defiance of odds, risk-taking, frontier, pioneering, optimism, patriotism, can-do and out-of-the-box mentality. This has yielded a robust flow of game-changing commercial, defense and dual-use technologies.
Diplomatic option toward Iran is Self-destructive
Iran: The largest anti-American venomous octopus in the world
Iran’s Jihad Against the West
Iran’s ayatollahs, who have been courted and appeased by the West, are committed to bringing the West—and especially “the Great American Satan”—into submission.
Israel’s War on Islamic Terrorism Defends Western Democracies
Islamic terrorism – which has been a Middle East fixture since the seventh century - is neither driven by the 18th-century-established US, nor by the 20th-century-established Israel. It has been driven by a 1,400-year-old fanatic, religious, imperialistic non-compromising vision.
Guide for the Perplexed: Rosh Hashanah 2023
Shana Tova
US’ banning of Israeli entities in Judea & Samaria – BOOMERANG
State Department’s determination that Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria constitutes “illegal occupation” has been based on mistaken and misleading interpretation of international law.
Israel’s Defiance of US Pressure
American officials might not like strong Israeli leaders, but they do respect them.
Israel’s High-Tech
A unique technology-multiplier for the US
War on Terror: Offense or Defense?
Seeking to avoid a multi-front war, Israel pursues a policy of containment that erodes its deterrence, bringing such a war closer but under much worse conditions
Passover Guide for the Perplexed 2023: US-Israel Shared Values
1. The Passover Exodus, in general, and the Mosaic legacy, in particular, inspired the US Founding Fathers' rebellion against the monarchy, which evolved into...
Demographic Update 2023: Arab Demographic Time Bomb is a MYTH
In 2023, in contrast to conventional demographic wisdom, Israel is not facing a potential Arab demographic time bomb in the combined areas of Judea, Samaria (the West Bank) and pre-1967 Israel. In fact, the Jewish State benefits from a robust tailwind of fertility rate and net-immigration.
Purim: Guide for the Perplexed 2023
Purim Sameach
Israel’s Key National Security Challenge in 2023
Which may apply to other additional Western democracies as well
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