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 we witnessing the beginning of a crisis?” The commentators in Israel, deeply embroiled in our…
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 scientists, destroyed key regime facilities, and degraded fortified nuclear plants – all without losing a single plane or soldier.…
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 tactic is our strategy.” I explained that, since our founding in 1948, Israel has had…
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 for a coffee to run out the door. I reach for my shoes and run…
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 criminal holding a gun to hostage’s head. “Go ahead,” Eastwood grunts, “make my day.” The…
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 Member of Knesset in 2018, I asked the United States to sell us a strategic…
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. For many years now, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, American diplomacy on Iran has…
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 reach,” the President of the United States recently declared — another signal that Washington’s backing…
