Jerusalem Matters

From the 1840’s, the US had a consulate in Jerusalem, then under the Ottoman Empire.
Bennett’s Diplomatic Tsunami

Captive to his post-Zionist and anti-Zionist coalition partners, Israel’s foreign policy under Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is predicated on making far-reaching concessions.
United Jerusalem: A Shared US-Israel Legacy and Interest

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett should heed Israel’s Founding Father, David Ben-Gurion, who stated: “Jerusalem is equal to the whole of the Land of Israel.”
Neo-Nazis are Not a Political Metaphor

A dirty trick backfired. But the willingness to excuse using the frightening images of Charlottesville as a partisan ploy makes a mockery of discourse on anti-Semitism.
Is this the Beginning of a New Cold War Between Biden and Israel?

The administration’s harsh criticisms, combined with renewed appeasement of Iran, bode ill for the alliance. How serious is the president about demanding that Israel bow to his demands?
Progressives Can’t Handle Inconvenient Truths

The leftist-progressive camp’s relationship with reality is at best ambivalent. For progressives, the narrative, rather than reality, is what counts.
Iran’s Atrocious Human Rights Record Must Be Addressed Before New Nuclear Talks

There were days and nights at Evin prison, with bright lights and interrogations and little or no sleep.
A Police Chief’s Israel-Inspired Innovation Eviscerates “Deadly Exchange” Narrative

The Washington Post posted a profile Sunday about the police chief of a small Georgia town who has a fairly revolutionary training program.
Biden’s Mandate Madness Divides the Nation and Worsens the Covid Crisis

One thing I did not expect from Biden was that he would become more dangerously divisive than Donald Trump.
The Bigger Picture Behind the Narrow Gantz-NGO Controversy

The brouhaha surrounding the Israeli defense minister’s designation of six “humanitarian” NGOs as terrorist organizations highlights two greater issues.