Israel’s Shadowy Constitution

Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, is undergoing a constitutional crisis.
Israel’s Key National Security Challenge in 2023

(May apply to additional Western democracies.)
Blinken Continues to Misread the Middle East

The secretary of state’s misreading of the situation in the region undermines U.S. interests in general, and regional peace and stability in particular.
US Mideast Diplomacy isn’t Advancing Peace or Democracy

Blinken’s call for “calm” and thinly veiled swipe at Israel’s judicial-reform plan will encourage more Palestinian terror and greater unrest in Israel.
Harvard Didn’t Cancel Kenneth Roth; It Decided Not to Honor an Antisemite

Denying a fellowship to the man who transformed Human Rights Watch into an anti-Zionist propaganda machine is justified, not a blow to free speech.
How Does Israel Interpret the Russian-Iranian Alliance?

In Israeli eyes, Tehran is allied with Moscow because both are in conflict with the U.S. for different reasons, and that fact is far more important than any ideological overlaps between them.
President Biden, Sanction the Ayatollah and Support the Iranian Protesters

Regime change is in the interests of the U.S. and the world.
The ‘Jew-Free Zones’ at Berkeley Story Wasn’t ‘Misinformation’

After leftists spent two months claiming outrage over groups vowing never to let Zionists speak on campus was overblown, the Department of Education is investigating.
What I Learned Lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale

Despite campus hostility, there are still many students willing to listen to facts and honest analysis.
The Washington Post’s Bad Advice for Peace in the Middle East

Diplomats appear determined to refuse to learn from history.