With new leadership in Damascus, Trump wants a deal between the two countries. That will be a tall order. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Washington, D.C., last week, and high on the agenda in his meetings with…
The Israeli media spent much of Monday speculating about the reasons why the summit between Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Trump was postponed from lunchtime to the evening. “Was it because Trump is angry at Bibi?” Several analysts wondered. “Are…
Israelis have every reason to celebrate the extraordinary and historic achievements of the IDF during Operation Rising Lion. Over the course of a mere 12 days, Israel knocked out over half of Iran’s missile and launching capabilities, eliminated dozens of military leaders and nuclear…
In the aftermath of one of Israel’s border wars with Hamas, a prominent American journalist called me and asked, “I understand what Israel’s tactic is, but what is Israel’s strategy?” My response surprised him. “You don’t understand,” I replied. “Israel’s…
Americans. We are allies. Yet our lives exist in different universes. You wake up at 7 a.m., hit snooze, and begin your day. I wake up randomly, to the sudden, psychologically unnerving wailing of an air raid siren. You reach…
On November 5, 2023, less than a month after the largest post-Holocaust massacre of Jews, I wrote an article for Clarity entitled, “A Dirty Harry Moment.” The reference was to an old action movie in which Clinton Eastwood, a detective, confronts a…
The war with Iran proves once again the importance for Israel to have an American strategic bomber as part of the Israeli Air Force’s aircraft arsenal. Twice, in 2013, during my tenure as Ambassador in Washington, and later, as a…
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion in Iran will end in one of two ways. Either the regime in Tehran will implode or President Trump will negotiate a ceasefire. Irrespective, the result must be the same. The Islamic Republic’s empire must fall.…
