Dear Clarity Reader, Normally I share written analysis with you here on Clarity. But with the latest developments around the peace deal—and after a comprehensive conversation I recently had on MSNBC’s Morning Joe—I thought it would be valuable to share…

Wars are usually won on the battlefield, not around the negotiating table. But that is precisely what is likely to happen this week in talks between the US, Israel, and Hamas. Seldom does the outcome of a war depend on…

What the Book of Jonah can teach us about grappling with this moment. Cities around the world have mascots. London and Jerusalem have a lion and Berlin has a bear. Baltimore’s mascot is an oriole or raven, depending on which…

What the Witkoff Trump and the Huckabee Trump tell us about the President’s view on Israel. I’m often asked in Israeli news interviews about President Donald Trump’s worldview, interests, and plans. Unfortunately, the president does not call me daily to…

After two years of bitter war in Gaza we can look back at the words of Moshe Dayan from 1956 not as merely prescient, but indeed as prophetic. Portentously, less than a month before October 7th Clarity published its first…

The connection between the horrific events of 9/11 and our own trauma of October 7. Last year, I published an article in the Israeli news site YNET on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. I stressed the connection between that…

We must not repeat past mistakes. The next three years offer historic opportunities to reinforce Israel’s security. Many milestones, painful and triumphant, mark the 700th day of this war. Among the more disconcerting, though, were the recent calls by U.S.…