How False Choices Define and Weaken U.S. Middle East Policy
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) The US administration’s strategy of creating simplistic false choices for the complex problems of the Middle East has strained the US-Israeli relationship, and undermined…
A New Litmus Test to Determine Who is Within the American Pro-Israel Tent
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Wherever we stand, we stand with Israel, wherever we stand, we won’t stand for boycotts. How do you identify someone as pro- or anti-Israel?…
Listening and Speaking to Young American Jews on College Campuses
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) Idealist college students are presented with non-contextual information, which they view through the utopian eyes of youth. There may be nothing more important to…
BDS, The Prisoner Release, and What Americans Should
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) The horror of releasing terrorists and signing a bad deal may be the price to pay to delay the US from tacitly supporting the…
Is a Lasting Israel-Palestinian Peace Achievable if Only One Side Accepts the Legitimacy of the Other’s Narrative?
(Previously published in The Jerusalem Post) “When you say ‘accept Israel as a Jewish state,’ you are asking me to change my narrative.” – Palestinian Authority negotiator Saeb Erekat. “Every…