08/18/2022
The Biden administration is on the verge of closing its long-sought for nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Europeans distributed a “final draft” of an agreement to the Americans and the Iranians last week. While the text was billed as a “take it or leave it” offer, neither the Europeans nor the Americans walked away after Iran…
08/18/2022
One of the most stunning phenomena to have arisen in recent years is the one to one parallel between the politicization and corruption of the legal fraternity in Israel, including the Attorney General, the state prosecution and the court system, and the politicization and corruption of the FBI and the Department of Justice in the United States. In both cases,…
08/12/2022
Following a week of dramatic events ranging from Israel’s 3-day campaign against the Palestinians, the FBI raid of former president Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach to Russia’s launch of an Iranian satellite against the backdrop of the renewed nuclear appeasement talks in Vienna, to increased cooperation between Israel and Turkey amidst apparent Turkish rapprochement with Iran and Russia, in…
08/12/2022
Operation Breaking Dawn was a textbook illustration of Israel’s tactical brilliance and prowess on the one hand, and strategic blindness on the other. Tactically, Israel’s Iron Dome system allows its civilians to remain almost entirely unharmed while terror armies pummel Israel’s cities and villages with missiles and rockets. So too, Israel has developed precision guided weapons, and operational intelligence capabilities…
08/05/2022
Over the past 25 years, the position of the American Jewish community, its political power and security have deteriorated at breakneck speed. Part of the problem of course is the rise of politically legitimate anti-Semitism on the political left. But part of the problem is the failure of the American Jewish leadership to fight the new anti-Semitism and defend the…
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…