Two major factors could alter Iran’s protest movement
Photo: A woman walks around a commercial district without wearing her mandatory Islamic headscarf in downtown Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 23, 2022. Iran has been gripped by nationwide protests since…
The message Israel’s interim prime minister sent to Iran
Published in the Tuesday, August 16 edition of The Hill. Photo: Prime Minister Yair Lapid and Defense Minister Benny Gantz tour the IDF’s Southern Command on August 7, 2022, amid…
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…