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.…

During the Yom Kippur War in 1973, Golda Meir rejected early ceasefire calls to secure a decisive victory and restore Israel’s deterrence; Now, Netanyahu faces a similar choice in conflict with Iran.   “Peace between Israel and Iran is within…

Cyclist passes by the flag of Israel, taped on a hydrant on the east end of the Pearl Street Mall, after a Sunday attack near the courthouse Monday, June 2, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Throughout the day,…

Ein Zivan Vineyard, Golan Heights pictured in 2018. The border to Syria runs only a few hundred meters away (Juergen Schwenkenbecher/AP) President Trump’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria and recognize the regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani)…

The Prime Minister’s recent statement that Israel “will have to wean itself off American military aid, just as we weaned ourselves from U.S. economic aid” was, for me, a vindication. In 2016, while in Knesset, I was the only member of the…

Along with “no daylight,” one of the longstanding principles of the U.S.-Israel alliance was “no surprises.” This meant that if the American president planned on making a major policy statement on the Middle East, especially one that impacted our security,…

My first encounter with antisemitism, when I was about nine years old and growing up as the lone Jewish kid in an entirely Catholic neighborhood, was being called by some bully a Christ-killer. I would go on to encounter many…