November 3, 2016

The Sleeper Issue for 9 Million Americans that the Media Will Not Cover

Surprisingly large numbers of Americans live abroad.  According to State Department figures, nearly 9 million U.S. citizens currently reside in foreign countries.  If “Abroad” were a state, it would be America’s 11th most ...

January 17, 2016

It’s A Wonderful Middle East

There are lessons to be learned from the 70-year-old movie classic It’s a Wonderful Life that apply to 21st century geopolitics, presidential elections and America’s special role in the world. In the movie, we meet smart, talented, dec...

June 6, 2015

Forfeiting America's Military Leverage

International diplomacy, it is said, is the art of letting the other party have your way.  While there are numerous diplomatic strategies to accomplish that, one of history’s more effective means of pursuing foreign policy goals was for a ...

October 31, 2014

Principled Foreign Policy Requires a Republican Senate

The 300,000 Americans living in Israel have a front row seat to President Obama’s Middle East policy in action. We witness up close the rise of ISIS, Iran’s march toward nuclear weapons, the disintegration of Syria, and the picking of unn...

November 7, 2013

Drawing Blood

The subject of incitement as an impediment to Palestinian-Israeli peace may finally be getting deserved attention. But even now, discussion of the issue glosses over a deeper problem. Israel has been complaining for years about Palestinian Authority ...

August 28, 2013

The 'Strong Horse' Falters

Why is this coup different from all other coups? Why are Egyptians still fighting and dying in the streets of Cairo? Because the Muslim Brotherhood is not just another political organization; and because Egypt is not just another country. The topplin...

June 17, 2013

Time to Get Some Perspective on Israel

Syria spirals out of control.  Iran marches toward nuclear Islamageddon.  So, naturally, Secretary of State  John Kerry schedules yet another trip to "solve" the region's relatively stable, if not ideal, Israel-Palestinian dispute....

June 16, 2013

The View from the West Bank

Syria spirals out of control. Iran marches toward nuclear Islamageddon. So, naturally, Secretary of State John Kerry schedules yet another trip to "solve" the region's relatively stable, if not ideal, Israel-Palestinian dispute. Like so many in f...

February 2, 2013

The Israeli Election Winner is... William F. Buckley!

Explaining Israeli election results to an American audience is always a challenge. But this time, that challenge is compounded by having to explain the explanations. Even by famously contentious Israeli standards, interpretations of the results are a...

October 21, 2012

Waiting for Obama. And Waiting. And Waiting...

Speculation simmers as to how and when Israel may launch a preemptive attack against Iran's nuclear-genocide facilities.  But as Iran races toward nuclear capability, a couple of things are becoming clear: first, whatever else Israel may have up...

September 6, 2012

The Democrats of 2012: For Israel, Is the Party Over?

As the Democratic National Convention proceeds, watching the degradation of a once-great, once pro-Israel party is as sad as it is alarming.  No doubt, there are still plenty of Israel-defending Democrats among voters and elected leaders.  ...

August 19, 2012

Barack Obama: No Better Friend in the World (to Russia)

Since the dawn of the Cold War, has Russia enjoyed as accommodating a president in Washington as Barack Obama? President Obama has been so serially weak in standing up for the interests of America and our allies -- particularly when confronted by Rus...

February 12, 2012

The Limits Of Obama's Pro-Israel Pronouncements

Enough already.  How many times do we Americans in Israel need to hear the ludicrous claims from the Obama administration that, contrary to all perception, this is actually the most pro-Israel administration in history?  Or that President O...

November 11, 2011

Happy Veterans Day, Gilad Shalit

Today is Veterans Day in America, observed as Remembrance Day or Armistice Day in much of the world, commemorating the  1918 armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany ending hostilities on the W...

July 26, 2011

Obama the Bore

President Obama is going to lose his bid for re-election.  Not just because of the anemic recovery,  stubborn unemployment, runaway spending, staggering deficits,  lack of public faith in his ability as commander-in-chief, his hostilit...

May 15, 2011

Israel's Losing Diplomatic Strategy: Play Only Defense

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