Former Ambassador Friedman Sifts Through ‘Transformative’ Accords and their Future Success

Sitting with Martin Kramer of the Shalem College as part of the Tikvah Fund’s Jewish Leadership Conference, David Friedman said that when he entered office in the first year of the Trump administration, “the Middle East was due for some unconventional thinking.”
Hamas Going Through Elections Motions as it Awaits Possible West Bank Chaos

Fatah and Hamas, are preparing for elections in the coming months, and while it remains unclear whether they will really go ahead, Hamas is awaiting possible chaos in the West Bank, which it could exploit to boost its presence.
Who’s Legitimizing the Vaccine Blood Libel?

Journalists, leftist Jewish groups and politicians like Bernie Sanders are lending weight to the toxic lie that Israel is denying the COVID vaccine to Palestinians.
Will a Palestinian Election Matter?

The prospect of the first vote in 16 years may be intended to win over Joe Biden. But the pretense of democracy won’t fix a political culture that is incompatible with peace.
Israel’s Obligation to Vaccinate Palestinian Authority Residents

I could make the case for providing vaccines for the more than 100,000 Palestinian Arabs who work in Israeli communities, businesses, and industrial parks.
Israel and the Temple Mount’s Five Muslim Rivals

Everyone knows about the Jewish-Muslim tussle over claims to rule Jerusalem, with its Palestinian lie that Jerusalem has no role in Judaism, and also the pro-Israel rebuttal that the Koran does not mention Jerusalem.
Palestinians are Back on the State Department Docket

Normalization is no substitute for peace, yet peace can’t happen without it.
Israel Goes Back to the Future

Israel was able to withstand unrelenting pressure and hostility from Washington during the Obama years. Will it be able to do the same after Joe Biden takes office?
How Israel is Adapting to the Growing Threat of Terror Armies

The term “terror army” is often used by the IDF Chief of General Staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi, to describe the hybrid, heavily armed Islamist entities in the region.
Herut Opposes Possible Nomination of Dennis Ross as U.S. Ambassador to Israel

Herut North America is urging President-elect Joe Biden to refrain from choosing former State Department official Dennis Ross as the next United States ambassador to Israel.