05/31/2024
The most basic function of all governments is to provide for the collective defense of the governed. The most basic foundation of sovereignty is a state’s right to defend its country from aggression. Take away a state’s right to self-defense, and you’ve effectively transformed it into a non-sovereign state. Six Biden administration actions and policies subvert Israel’s right to self-defense.…
05/28/2024
On May 20, I was honored to give the keynote address at the Israel Guys’s conference in Nashville, TN. The Israel Guys are an amazing group from the Yovel Foundation which brings Christian Zionists to Judea and Samaria to help with agriculture in Jewish farms and ranches in the area. Here is my address.
05/27/2024
The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, immorally and illegally decided that the Iranian-back Hamas terror organization and the State of Israel are one and the same; leftist Israelis once again misread public opinion; and a reservist in the Israel Defense Forces was arrested for demanding victory over terror. Unequal justice anyone? All the details on IN FOCUS.
05/23/2024
Israelis have long viewed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi as an ally in the fight against the Muslim Brotherhood and Iran. Sisi, after all, led the Egyptian military in overthrowing Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood government of then-president Mohamed Morsi in 2013. Since the Hamas regime in Gaza played a key role in ousting former President Hosni Mubarak from power and assisting…
05/22/2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s initial response to International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan’s announcement that he intends to issue international arrest warrants against Israel’s leaders was brief and to the point: “The international arrest warrants won’t deter me. This is a political, biased decision. It is a disgrace and a shame. We will continue on until victory.” Netanyahu’s…
05/20/2024
Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz delivered an ultimatum to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that if accepted will inevitably lead to Hamas returning to the Gaza Strip, an unsolved crisis on the country’s northern border and instability within the Jewish state. I provide all the details on IN FOCUS
05/19/2024
There was a comical aspect to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant’s press appearance on Wednesday night. With his best imitation of Patton, he sternly demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu abandon Israel’s war aims and instead adopt America’s, which happen to be Hamas’s war aims as well. “I urge Prime Minister Netanyahu to make this decision and proclaim that…
05/16/2024
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant went behind Prime Minister Netanyahu’s back and joined forces with U.S. President Joe Biden to end the war. But Netanyahu fired back. Is this just political bickering, or is there something bigger taking place? What are the dangers to the government and the strategic stakes? I address these issues in IN FOCUS. All this and…
05/13/2024
This Yom Hazikaron, I spoke with bereaved mother Sarah Schwartz on losing her son, Segev Schwartz, on Oct. 7. Segev died fighting Hamas terrorists after they infiltrated southern Israel from the Gaza Strip and entered Kibbutz Sufa near the border. Sarah has been active these past seven months in pushing the Israeli government to finish Hamas in Gaza and not…
05/10/2024
Delegations to the Egyptian-hosted hostage negotiations left Cairo on Thursday night after talks collapsed. A member of the U.S. delegation led by CIA director Willian Burns briefed reporters that the talks failed “due to Israel’s operations in Rafah.” Under normal circumstances—circumstances that would see the United States siding with Israel in its demands for the release of all hostages, as…