The Question Israel’s Leaders Ask Every Day: Will Tomorrow be Too Late?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Critics of any pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities rightly claim that Israel cannot totally destroy the Iranian nuclear program. But that misses the…
IS IT TOO LATE TO STOP IRAN’S PERMANENT PRESENCE IN SYRIA?
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} Iran has invested tens of billions of dollars in Syria, and is not about to readily abandon this investment to Russian pressure. The national…
Is Peaceful Regime Change in Iran Possible?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} According to the research of Harvard’s Erica Chenoweth, more than half of nonviolent revolutions are successful, as long as more than 3.5% of the…
Reclaiming the Language of Human Rights to Advance Peace in the Middle East
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} While speaking in Europe last week on political Islamism, the Iran agreement, and American national security interests in the Middle East, I continually emphasized…
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Learn the Lessons of Oslo?
How specific will they be in their suggestions? Yossi Beilin deserves credit for the great idea of Birthright trips for young Jewish-American adults. However, despite his good intentions, his Oslo…
Defining Israel’s Security Parameters: Debating the Wisdom or Harm of Annexation
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} The debate ignited by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s call to extend sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria (West Bank), coming on the eve…
In Re-electing Netanyahu, Israelis Chose Stability
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Telegraphic Agency} (JTA) — After the smoke clears from this contentious Israeli election, which amounted to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure, it…
Israel in the Crosshairs of 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
{Previously published in the Jerusalem Post} This year’s AIPAC convention faced the growing divide between the traditional pro-Israel Democratic base, which is still in the majority, and its growing anti-Israel…
ANTISEMITISM: HOW WILL I KNOW IF I SEE IT?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} I was particularly struck by the profound concern and fear expressed by the high school-parents group, who shared with me a number of troubling…
WILL AMERICA LEAVE THE GULF AS CHINA AND RUSSIA GAIN INFLUENCE?
{Previously published in The Jerusalem Post} Some claim that this is finally the time to extricate the US from the Persian Gulf, as it is now oil independent and the…