07/29/2022
1In the Middle East News Hour this week, I was joined by my colleague from the Center for Security Policy and friend David Wurmser. We focused on the fallout from President Joe Biden’s recent visit to Israel and the Middle East. Every state in the Middle East, friend and foe—except Israel—realizes that Biden’s visit to the region was a failur. Israel’s caretaker…
07/21/2022
On this week’s “Mideast News Hour,” I was joined by MK Amichai Chikli, the one member of Naftali Bennett’s Yamina Party who refused to abandon the party’s pledge to its voters not to form a left-wing government. We discussed the moral and democratic basis for Chikli’s decision to remain in Knesset as a one-man opposition to the Bennett-Lapid government inside…
07/21/2022
Arguably, the moment U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel crashed and burned was on Friday morning during his remarks at Augusta Victoria Hospital on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Biden’s visit to the all-Arab hospital was the most controversial stop during Biden’s visit to the Jewish state, because it signaled an about-face on America’s long standing support for…
07/15/2022
In his July 9 Washington Post op-ed, which served as a curtain raiser for his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, US President Joe Biden laid positions that were contemptuous of both countries and their security concerns. To understand Biden’s policies and the proper way for Israel and Saudi Arabia to handle Biden’s visit, I hosted Tony Badran from the Foundation for…
07/15/2022
Ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia, the President published an op-ed in the Washington Post, where he placed his trip to into the context of his overall Middle East policy. A few days later, Israel’s opposition leader, former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a brief statement on Biden’s then upcoming visit that spoke directly…
07/07/2022
In this week’s Ihosted Matthew Foldi, a 25-year-old candidate in the Republican primaries for Maryland’s 6th Congressional district.He’s also my nephew.Matthew and I discussed how Congress can combat rising anti-Semitism in university campuses and throughout the U.S., particularly in progressive enclaves and how Matthew’s experience as an investigative reporter and as a student activist fighting BDS at University of Chicago…
07/07/2022
For the past three and a half years, dysfunctional politics have rendered Israel hard-pressed to identify and seize opportunities or respond adequately to rising threats, whether they emanate from Tehran, Washington, Europe, Saudi Arabia or beyond. Last Thursday, the Bennett-Lapid government dissolved Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, setting elections for November 1. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett resigned from the premiership after a year…
07/02/2022
On Wednesday the Bennett-Lapid government officially fell as the Knesset voted to dissolve and new elections were scheduled for November 1. On this week’s show, Gadi Taub and I discussed the causes for the government’s downfall, and what to expect from interim Prime Minister Yair Lapid, (aka “Postmodern Empty-Suit Man”). We used the Dobbs’ decision as a means to compare…