Iran has demonstrated that countries do not need to be at war with it to become targets. As such, Israel and the Gulf States should work together to protect themselves.
If his principle is that New York City should enforce international criminal law against visiting heads of state, he owes the public the rest of his list. Right now, it has one name on it.
How Israel’s delegation in Venezuela shined a positive light at a tough time for Israel’s image.
Twenty-one years after the Gush Katif withdrawal, Israel must replace retreat with rebuilding and ensure Gaza can never again become a terror base.
No two countries illustrate this more clearly than Turkey and Qatar, close allies that have long been associated with political support for the Muslim Brotherhood and hostility toward Israel.
I recalled, of course – as had all those who spoke before me – the unprecedented wave of hatred that has swept across the world since October 7. But I also insisted that the battle is far from lost.
That’s the challenge facing Democrats like Emanuel, who still believe in the US-Israel relationship: that the far Left sees Israel as, absurdly, the global symbol of evil.
Since October 7, Israel has fought on multiple military fronts. Yet there is another front that receives far less attention despite its strategic significance: delegitimizing the State of Israel.
In Keinon’s reading, Gaza’s devastation was not an unforeseen consequence. It was a price Sinwar was prepared to pay in the hope of igniting a regional war that would ultimately destroy Israel.
Israel will attack, not defend. It will initiate, not respond. It will hunt down its enemies, not be hounded by them.
It is difficult to imagine a more foolish or morally obscene bargain than the one visible in Dagan’s early July meeting with Simion, which reportedly took place in Bucharest.
