Rebuilding Israel’s foreign relations cannot wait. The ruins of Gaza could serve as a metaphor for the state of Israel’s foreign relations. After two years of brutal, complex, and controversial war, little remains of our ties with many of our former allies in Western Europe, much of the developing world, and, in the United States,…
Though traumatized by war, the thousands who came to lay Sgt. First Class Yona Brief to rest united in a display of unrestrained compassion. This week marked the Hebrew anniversary of Sgt. First Class Yona Brief’s passing. The day reminds us of the terrible price we paid for this war and of the eternal debt…
Never before in the history of our nation have our leaders had less latitude for decision-making. Israel’s victory in the Middle East war that followed the October 7 attack in 2023 was one of the greatest in modern history. Generals will study it for generations. But every victory exacts a price, and the price that…
Rabin’s life remains an example of Zionist courage and vision, and his death a warning of the depths to which our internal divisions can still drive us. It is difficult to believe that thirty years have passed since that dreadful night of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination. Yet his life remains an example of Zionist courage and…
As a Member of Knesset and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, he interacted with foreign leaders and defended Israel in the media. As Chairman of a classified subcommittee, he dealt with some of Israel’s most sensitive security issues.Frequently interviewed by the U.S. and international press, he has appeared on the Stephen Colbert and Bill Maher shows, 60 Minutes, and the View. He was the Middle East analyst for CBS and CNN.
Raised in New Jersey, Oren made aliyah in the 1970s, was an emissary to Jewish refuseniks in the Soviet Union, and won two gold medals in the Maccabiah Games. In the Israel Defense Forces, he served as a Lone Soldier in the paratroopers and as an IDF Spokesman, participating in several wars and reaching the rank of major. He established the Lone Soldier caucus in the Knesset.
Traces the special relationship between the United States and the Jewish State beyond Israel’s founding to the Puritan Pilgrims who landed on Plymouth Rock and through the minds of John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, and Harry Truman. Drawing on stirring examples from his books, Ambassador Oren shows how famous Americans such as Herman Melville, John Steinbeck, and Mark Twain contributed to the making of Israel.
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Ally is the story of that enduring alliance—and of its divides—written from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home.
Ally is the story of that enduring alliance—and of its divides—written from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home.
Set in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest, the site of a brutal, last-ditch assault by the Nazis in December 1944, “Reunion” reunites the surviving members of the 133rd Infantry Battalion for one last chance to relive their youth…
An escaped murderer holds a young woman hostage in ‘House of Bondage’. In ‘The Maestro of Yerucham’, a Russian violinist who has survived the Nazi and Soviet regimes finds a young girl
In 2048: The Rejuvenated State, Ambassador Michael Oren sets out his vision for Israel in honor of Israel’s 75th Independence Day 25 years in the future.
This book represents the first scholarly examination of the origins of the 1956 Sinai campaign between Egypt and Israel. Utilising a wide range of primary …
A medieval slave-turned-sultan, an alien who declines to visit Earth, a prophet who dares to ask “is God funny?” and a ghost who fears the living
In Michael Oren’s beautifully rendered novel, an unsuspecting coach and guidance counselor gets drawn into an illicit relationship and a macabre murder …
‘Six Days of War,’ coming soon after Israel–on a 30 year declassification rule–opened its archies on 1967, is a powerful rendering of what has turned out to be a world-historical event.
A detailed account mostly political of the lead up to the six day war (beginning in 1948 ) and continuing for about five years after the war. It has a very academic flavor the author seems to like LBJ (?) and dislike Dayan. He does present some Arab sources and a few from the soviets
Well worth reading
I saw Mr Oren on the I24news network and his analysis of the current Israeli/Hamas situation so impressed me that I wanted to find out who he was. I then learnt that he has written several non-fiction books and two fictions.
n an extremely well written book Michael Oren has provided an in depth and remarkably honest analysis of ongoing tensions between the Obama administration and Israel.
Un livre passionnant, un roman a la fois sur la deuxieme guerre mondiale et sur l amitie durable creee entre les combattants. Difficile de le poser
