Ambassador Friedman’s Sledgehammer Theory of Middle East Peace
From 1948-2017, while the American people supported the State of Israel, American policymakers and the foreign policy establishment treated Israel as an irritatating client state that needed to be kept dependent and in check.
A Revived Iran Deal is Bad News for Democracy
It is sobering to note that it always takes a crisis or a conflict for Western nations to recognize that their systems of government are worth defending.
The Negev Two-State Summit
To block criticism of the new Iran nuclear deal, Blinken’s aim at the summit was to neutralize the Israeli-Arab anti-Iran strategic alliance. And he used the two-state solution to achieve this goal.
Why We Should Care About the Fate of Ukraine
The decline of U.S. influence as China and its unlikely Russian ally flex their muscles is not irrelevant to the security of Americans or Israelis.
The Abraham Accords Were Not Built on Shifting Sands
The Gulf States eagerness to get down to work—it’s all Israel can do to keep up with the dizzying pace they are setting.
All the President’s Enemies
Mitch McConnell is no Vladimir Putin, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei or Xi Jinping.
Politics and Combating Anti-Semitism Don’t Mix
Historian Deborah Lipstadt’s nomination to be State Department envoy shouldn’t be held hostage to partisan anger. Still, her own outrageous partisanship undermines outrage about what’s happened.
Who’s Helping to Heal a Divided Nation? Not those Who Claim to Speak for the Jews
The Jan. 6 anniversary ought to make us ask why the nation is stuck in a partisan tribal culture war. Instead, leading Jewish groups are taking sides and fueling the fires of division.
Can AIPAC Help Lead a New Bipartisan Surge of Support for Israel?
To many casual observers of Washington politics, the news that AIPAC was, for the first time in its history, going to be contributing directly to candidates by forming two political action committees came as a surprise. Many familiar with the name of the pro-Israel lobby and its reputation as a formidable force on Capitol Hill, though not […]
Trump and Netanyahu: Allies No Longer?
Political leaders should be neither blindly supported nor opposed. But it’s their deeds that matter, not their words.