07/23/2023
The left’s new strategy for forcing the government to heel is to wage a psychological warfare operation the public and our leaders. Over the past several weeks, leftist pilots guided by former prime minister Ehud Barak have been threatening to ground the Air Force if the government implements its plan to pass a law this week that would place limits…
07/23/2023
Last week I was Lisa Daftari’s guest on her podcast, The Foreign Desk. Lisa and I discussed how my work as a member of Israel’s negotiation team with the PLO in the 1990s impacted my subsequent work. We discussed the crisis in U.S.-Israel ties and the prospects for peace between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
07/14/2023
In my News Analysis this week, I discussed: President Joe Biden’s interview with CNN’s Farid Zakaria where he launched yet another assault on the legitimacy of Israel’s government; U.S. support for the Lebanese Armed Forces. Over the past few weeks the LAF has operated shoulder to shoulder with Hezbollah terror forces in repeated cross-border penetrations of Israel. As the threat…
07/14/2023
Amos Hochstein, the U.S. special presidential coordinator for global infrastructure and energy security, arrived in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and National Security Advisor Tzachi Hanegbi. Briefing Netanyahu on U.S. efforts to mediate a formal normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia was the official reason for the visit. But it became clear that was…
07/14/2023
My guest on the Caroline Glick Show this week has demonstrated that the most unlikely people can make a massive difference. As a South Carolina state Legislator, Alan Clemmons passed the first state law banning the South Carolina’s state government from doing business with companies that participate in BDS campaigns against Israel. He then led an effort to bring the…
07/07/2023
Why is Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting China? Just how involved in the Middle East is China today? To explore Sino-Israeli relations following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announced state visit to Beijing, my guest this week on the Caroline Glick show is Carice Witte. Witte is the founder and executive director of SIGNAL Global, an Israeli think tank that focuses…
07/07/2023
In my Cold Open this week I discuss: – The IDF operation in Jenin. What is the end goal of the operation and is there limited potential due to the government and IDF not being on the same page? – The continued assault of government officials at home and abroad by the left as they protest at Haifa port and…
07/07/2023
What can we expect from the Israel Defense Forces’ current operation in Jenin? According to the IDF, the goal of the operation is to disable the massive terror infrastructure that Palestinian groups have built in the Jenin refugee camp. Over the past year-and-a-half, due to the policies of the previous government and to IDF support for those policies, the area…
06/30/2023
On June 20, the judges overseeing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial informed the prosecutors and defense attorneys that the bribery charge has not been proven and should be dropped from the indictment. The implications are significant. To analyze them, my guest on this week’s show was Bar Ilan University Law School and University of San Diego School of Law Professor…
06/30/2023
The State Department has now officially adopted a policy of boycotting Jews in Judea. Iran ramps up its terrorist & nuclear ambitions. Israeli officials’ invitations to US Embassy July 4th party get lost in the mail. In my Cold Open this week, I discuss: The Biden administration’s new directive banning the U.S. from carrying out scientific cooperation with Israeli Jewish…