Israel: Seventy Years of Survival
For me, as an Israeli, the country’s most impressive achievement as it approaches its 70th birthday is that modern Israel has not only survived attacks by its many Arab and Muslim enemies, but also prospered in roughly the same location as the ancient Jewish kingdoms of Israel and Judah.
ISRAEL’S PRE-CHARGE DETENTION LAW IS UNDEMOCRATIC
The growing number of former confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turning state’s witness after spending time in detention has for the first time opened the eyes of many Israelis to the country’s broken and abusive legal system. In a March survey by Walla, 56% of Israelis agreed that in light of recent events, they... Read More
An Insult the U.S Won’t Forget
On Monday, the U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution criticizing the United States’ decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem.The vote was 14 to 1 and stated that the U.S. decision is null and void and must be rescinded, with only the U.S. voting... Read More
Will Trump Move the Embassy to Jerusalem?
During my November visit to Israel, many Israelis asked me who would be the first American president to keep his campaign promise to move the American Embassy to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem.
U.S Must Side With Kurds
Sixty hours after Trump gave a tough speech announcing that he will not recertify the Iran nuclear deal while condemning and warning about Iranian terrorism and destabilizing behavior, Iran, with its Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Shiite proxies which includes the Iraqi government, attacked the U.S. allied Kurds, in the Kurdish-majority city of Kirkuk in northern... Read More
How Israelis Live With Terror and Thrive
After every terrorist attack in the United States and Europe, people ask me as an Israeli what is Israel’s secret to living daily with Palestinian Arab terrorism and the country’s ability to prosper in spite of it. Israel’s secret weapon is the Israeli civilians who feel responsible for each other and therefore are willing to... Read More
Even Trump Not Likely to Get Deal With Palestinian Leader Abbas
This week, three Israelis were murdered by a Palestinian terrorist outside Jerusalem. Israelis are still waiting for the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, to condemn the terrorist attack, as they have been waiting for his condemnations for hundreds of other Palestinian terrorist attacks.
Why Is the US Ceding Syria to Iran?
Last Tuesday, in front of the UN General Assembly, President Trump gave a great, forceful, and bluntly honest speech calling Iran what it has been for a long time, a “rogue state whose chief exports are violence, bloodshed and chaos.”
Trump Should Stop Meeting With Palestinian Leader Abbas
In a speech marking the 16th anniversary of the September 11 attacks by Islamic terrorists which killed 3,000 Americans, President Trump stated that “our eyes were opened to the depth of the evil we face.”
