Was Biden’s Middle East trip truly successful?
Published on July 19, 2022 in The Hill. Photo: US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the Presidential Compound, in Bethlehem, in the West Bank…
It’s the ‘hasbara,’ stupid: The new Israeli government must prioritize PR
Published in the August 19, 2021 issue of The Jerusalem Report. Israel has a national security blind spot. It is called effective public relations or, in Hebrew, hasbara. Israel does…
America needs a stable Israeli government
An earthquake has hit the Israeli political scene. Its longest-serving prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, now leads the opposition after 12 years. For an America that counts on a strong and…
How should Netanyahu approach the new Biden administration?
{Previously published by the JNS} In the winter of 2015, one of Israel’s most senior security cabinet officials asked me what advice should he give to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
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…