Editorialized Journalism: Don’t Always Believe Your Eyes
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Media coverage – or lack thereof – leaves readers on their own. Last week, 14 out of 15 member-states of the United Nations Security…
Netanyahu’s Speech to the E.U.: Don’t Miss the Opportunity
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} The goal of this talk is to create a new benchmark narrative that Israel should insist upon at every meeting going forward with European…
Deconstructing Kerry, His Legacy May Cause a Third Lebanon War
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} The toxic combination of an emboldened Iran using Shi’ite proxies to fill the Islamic State vacuum while America chooses to cede influence to Russia…
What Congress Now Needs to Do After Decertification
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} The real question is whether congressional Republicans can act in concert for the national good, and avoid internal bickering. For years I have tried…
Can U.S. Withdraw from JCPOA if it Endangers American Interests?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Can the US wash its hands of the agreement, or are we stuck with it? “The Iran deal is not a fair deal to…
Why Israel Needs to Prepare America for the Upcoming Conflict in Syria
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Israel successfully destroyed a Syrian nuclear facility, so it is no stretch of the imagination to believe Israel would act again if its intelligence…
Will America Recertify the JCPOA, Abandon its Influence in Middle East?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} One of US President Donald Trump’s most longstanding conservative critics, Bret Stephens of The New York Times, recently challenged pro-Israel conservatives on why they…
IS THE ISRAEL ANTI-BOYCOTT ACT AN INFRINGEMENT OF FREE SPEECH?
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} The “Israel Anti-Boycott Act” is bipartisan legislation currently supported by 42 senators and 247 members of the House. Palestinian advocates use the language of…
What The American Media Got Wrong About The Temple Mount Killings
{Previously published on Forward.com} How Were the Temple Mount Killings Reported in America’s Media? Israel has been getting some bad press recently in the United States, much of it self-inflicted…
Should the Flawed Iran Deal Alter U.S. Interest in Regime Change?
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} With Obama’s out, what happens next with Iran? It has become painfully clear that former US president Obama’s desire to make the Islamic Republic…