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,

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. 

United Jerusalem: A Shared US-Israel Legacy and Interest

PM Bennett should heed Israel’s Founding Father, David Ben-Gurion, who stated: “Jerusalem is equal to the whole of the Land of Israel.”

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,

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.

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!"

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.

Israel’s Defiance of US Pressure

American officials might not like strong Israeli leaders, but they do respect them.

Israel: The Natural Gas and Start Up Nation

Straight from the Jerusalem boardroom: Companies around the world invest millions in Israel.

The Two-State Solution

Contrary to US expectations a Palestinian state would add a rogue regime to the stormy region, intensify terrorism and war, inflame regional instability, exacerbate the Israel-Palestinian conflict, undermine the expansion of the Israel-Arab peace process, generate tailwind to rogue entities and cripple US interests. Basically, NOT a good idea

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.

Roots of anti-US Islamic Terrorism

Western democracies cannot expect Islamic terrorism to be kinder toward the “infidel” than it has been toward fellow “believers.”

The Oman-Israel-Palestinian connection

Irrespective of the Palestinian issue, Oman—just like Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Egypt and all other pro-U.S. Arab countries—is preoccupied with domestic and regional threats and challenges, which supersede the Palestinian issue

Israel – Island of Success

Israel's economy had a robust 2017 and next year looks even brighter!

Israel’s Economy Surges Against All Odds

Despite all the challenges, Israel's economy is thriving at a rate greater than almost all Western nations.

Potential Flaws of the US-Israel Defense Package

A rush to conclude an MOU before the next president takes office would sacrifice long-term strategic interests on the altar of short-term strategic convenience.

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