Obama’s green light to attack Iran
Arctic winds are blowing into Jerusalem from Washington these days. As Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's May 18 visit to Washington...
Benjamin Netanyahu
A cautionary tale
Just in time for the annual AIPAC conference, the US Justice Department announced last week it is dismissing its charges...
Israel’s Arab cheerleaders
It is a strange situation when Egypt and Jordan feel it necessary to defend Israel against American criticism. But this...
Iran’s Western enablers
Egypt's recent actions against Hizbullah operatives are a watershed event for understanding the nature of the threat that Iran constitutes...
Appeasing child killers
We were not supposed to see Shlomo Nativ's name in the newspapers. At least, we weren't supposed to know who...
Ending Israel’s conditional legitimacy
In the chanceries of Europe, the die has apparently been cast. The time has come to launch an all-out diplomatic...
Holding the line on Hamas
Once it is sworn into office, Israel's new government will immediately have to go on a diplomatic offensive. This month,...
Umm el-Fahm and liberal democracy
Tuesday's riots in Umm el-Fahm and the debate which accompanied them are emblematic of one of the greatest challenges facing...
Israel’s media star chambers
By any sane definition of armed conflict, Israel's counter terror operation in Gaza against Hamas in December and January was...
Elliott Abrams predicts Obama, Bibi faceoff
Elliott Abrams, former deputy national security advisor to President Bush, speaking Saturday morning in Fort Lauderdale at the winter meeting...
Israel’s balance of delusion
A balance of delusion exists in Israeli politics between Left and Right. On the Left, we have leaders who, when...
Soldiers of peace
Compare and contrast the following three events: At the International Atomic Energy Agency's Board of Governors meeting on Wednesday, George...
Kadima’s strategy for success
Provoked by the Palestinians' escalating missile campaign, on Sunday evening the Ashkelon Parents Association voted not to send their children...
Entrapping Netanyahu
Negotiations between Likud and its coalition partners toward the formation of Israel's next government have only just begun. But the...
An urgent memo to the next government
The outgoing Kadima-Labor government's anticipated decision to release a thousand terrorists, including several dozen mass murdering terror commanders, in the...
Enter the Netanyahu Government
Who won the election on Tuesday night and what do the results tell us about the composition of the next...