מאמרים

Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?

Did the strikes in Qatar move the country closer toward ending the war and bringing the hostages home, or did it push both goals further away?
Will the IDF strike in Doha kickstart a hostage deal?
President Donald Trump, along with the emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, is in the background on a computer screen. Photo by Shutterstock
Democracy

Israel requires a thin constitution

Israel requires a thin constitution. It will allow an end to the situation where the discourse of power prevails. It would enable a balanced and respectful dialogue between branches of government
Democracy
Geopolitics

Getting upset with the world is not a strategy

Israel’s geopolitical reality is complicated by 4 factors that may be harnessed to the country’s advantage with careful statecraft
Geopolitics
Swords of Iron

Genocide and the Hague

To win the battle against us in The Hague, possibly an impossible goal in that anti-Israel body, we have to be sure not to say anything they can use against us.
Swords of Iron
Swords of Iron

Returning to sites of the massacre, hard yet necessary

We should do whatever it takes! – to see the evil that so many Gazans unleashed upon us on October 7.
Swords of Iron
Swords of Iron

Acknowledge the Religious Zionist Community’s Sacrifices in the War

Since the war in the Gaza Strip began, there have been a number of fallen soldiers from the religious Zionist community. Many of them grew up in or lived in settlements in Judea and Samaria
Swords of Iron
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Trust Me, You’d Rather Live in a Pro-Israel America

Last week, the preening populist Tucker Carlson sneered that Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel Americans don’t “care” about America “at all” and are too “focused on a conflict in a foreign country as their own country becomes dangerously unstable.”
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Geopolitics

Dennis Ross: On Gaza, ‘Netanyahu’s Far-right Ministers Aren’t Living in Reality’

Ambassador Dennis Ross has played an important role in U.S. Middle East policy in recent decades, being the point man in the peace process in both the George W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.
Geopolitics
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Non-Jews should lead the fight against Jew hatred

US leaders have consistently condemned Jew-hating incidents. every decent American should join them
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Identity

Zionism: Still helping Jews save themselves

Israel’s government failed systemically, flamboyantly, from the coalition’s inception. The IDF’s border defense failed operationally and strategically.
Identity