Tom Friedman – Mistaken or Disingenuous?
Maybe just malevolent?
Biden’s Mideast Policy: Reassessment or Repeat?
The stability of the region hangs in the balance.
Purim: Guide for the Perplexed 2023
Purim Sameach
Is Israel Proscribed to Annex Judea and Samaria (West Bank)?
Should future Israeli prime ministers sacrifice Israel's existential national security requirements on the altar of past foolhardy non-ratified Israeli proposals?
Israel’s Brain Power (Hightech) Features a Grand Decade
The past decade featured 587 exits, totaling $71BN. If follow-on deals are included, the total surges to $108BN.
New Era for US-Israel Relations (Trump’s “10 Commandments”)
The track record of President-elect Trump, Vice-President-elect Pence, and their foreign policy and national security advisors, suggest that US-Israel relations are expected to improve dramatically
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...
Israel’s Hightech – a Major Engine of Growth
Israel continues to be a financial juggernaut...
Concessions to Palestinians: Choking or Inflaming Terrorism?
The “land-for-peace” attempts have made light of the collaboration of the Palestinian establishment with Nazi Germany, the Soviet Bloc, the Ayatollahs, Venezuela, Cuba and North Korea.
Critical Lessons of the 1947 Partition Plan
Policy-makers and public opinion-molders, who sacrifice the lessons of the past on the altar of oversimplification and wishful-thinking, are doomed to repeat past mistakes and suffer their dire consequences.
Iran: Will Congress Rise to the Challenge?
When examining the impact of the JCPOA on the US national security, Congress should assess the dramatic erosion of the US posture of deterrence, as reflected by the surging geo-strategic posture of Russia
Prof. Bernard Lewis – Unique Realism on the Islamic Threat
Prof. Bernard Lewis - who passed away this week-wrote extensively on the clear, present and lethal Islamic threat to Western democracies.
Jewish Settlements are Legal
Rostow, co-author of the November 22, 1967 UN Security Council Resolution 242, resolved that under international law: “Jews have the same right to settle in the West Bank as they have in Haifa.”
Israel in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) Advances US Interest
Israel’s control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria highlights the synergy between the national security of the US and Israel
2021 Afghanistan is NOT 1975 Vietnam
Unlike in 1975, the U.S. now faces only the choice of whether to confront the enemy on their own territory or on American soil.
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?
Defensible Borders in the Middle East
The most critical feature/test of defensible borders in the Middle East is their capability to fend off realistic (worst-case) scenarios.
Israeli Bombing Syria ENHANCED US National Security
Evidence of the high rate-of-return on the annual US investment in Israel, which is erroneously defined as “foreign aid.” Israel is neither foreign to the US, nor is it a supplicant; it has been an unconditional junior partner of the US in the liberty-driven battle against rogue regimes.
Israel’s Defiance of US Pressure
American officials might not like strong Israeli leaders, but they do respect them.
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,
Israel on the Golan Heights Enhances US Interests
The control of the Golan Heights enables Israel to play a key role in constraining Iran’s expansion into Syria and Lebanon, restraining the flow of lava emitted by the potential Syrian volcano, securing Jordan’s Hashemite regime and removing the anti-US machetes from the throats of every pro-US regime.
The Saudi-Palestinian Labyrinth
The increasingly disparaging Saudi – and the overall Arab – attitude towards the Palestinian Authority and Hamas has been shaped by the following developments..
Gaza Clash Had Limited Impact on Israel’s Economy
Economic facts about Israel in the aftermath of Operation Pillar of Defense.
Past US Mideast Blunders – Repeated or Avoided?
Western Mid-Easat policy – from Iran, the Arabian Peninsula, through Jordan, Egypt and North Africa - has largely failed due to a multitude of erroneous assessments made by well-intentioned policy-makers, researchers, academicians and journalists.
Israel’s War on Gaza-based Palestinian Terrorists
A wake-up call
Israel Supported US Repeatedly Over the Years
The Jewish state has given the United States invaluable intelligence and military expertise, and protects American interests in the Middle East.
Trump’s State of the Union Bolsters Allies’ Confidence
The confidence of US allies in the Middle East – facing lethal threats internally and externally - was undermined by President Obama’s worldview but has been enhanced by President Trump’s State of the Union,
Diplomatic option toward Iran is Self-destructive
Iran: The largest anti-American venomous octopus in the world
Israel – Island of Success
Israel's economy had a robust 2017 and next year looks even brighter!
US-Israel Ties: Unique 400-year-old Foundation
The 400 year old ideological, moral, cultural, religious and historical foundations of the US have enriched the US-Israel saga,