Alon Pinkas

This week’s Newsweek has an “in your face” cover, blasting what is supposedly an irrefutable fact: “Egypt: How Obama Blew It,” the bottom line reads.…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman intend to decide who Israel’s next ambassador to the United Nations will be…

Every crisis creates a punditocracy that sets the discourse, definesthe terminology and creates or perpetuates myths. Every crisismanufactures…

Lose the hyperbole Sir, – I’m a bit fed up with the intemperate use of hyperbole these days. Between Alon Pinkas’s rant how Israelis despise each…

Is Canada more of a state than Israel? No. Is Belgium more legitimate than Israel? Of course not.  Does Argentina deserve sovereignty more than…

Merely an excuse Sir, – Regarding “Arab League decides to turn to UN for resolution against settlement building” (December 16), when Yasser Arafat…

I stand here today as your friend; As your life-long friend. I stand here as the President of the United States of America: your ally, your partner,…

Over four years ago, when I started The Israel Factor survey (what’s The Israel Factor? You’ll have to read the introduction if you don’t know), our…

"The Israel Factor" is a project on Rosner's Domain that gives an Israeli outlook on American policy and politics, and rank the players of the…

Alon Pinkas isan Israeli diplomat who most recently served as Consul general of Israelin the United States. He has also served as Chief of Staff to…

Yair Talmon of Mevaseret is studying political science and economics at Ben-Gurion University. He is planning a career in public service but is…

Nobody was more surprised to hear that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman intended to appoint 22-year Foreign Ministry veteran Meron Reuben as…

Eyebrows rose in the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday following reports that Avigdor Lieberman has nominated David Sharan, Finance Minister Yuval…

Relations between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have reportedly hit a low after the government's budget…

Prominent Sepharadic leaders responded harshly to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's announcement that he would oppose the conversion bill proposed…

Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s appointment of veteran diplomat Meron Reuben as the next ambassador to the UN received mixed reviews inside the…

In romantic terms, the July 6 meeting in the White House between President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was a combination of…

When Interior Ministry officials picked a visit by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden in mid-March to announce controversial new building plans in…

The current Knesset is barely a year old. The next election is likely to be advanced from its currently set date of October 22, 2013, but it is…

Israel is willing to be flexible towards the United States following a crisis that erupted between the two countries during Vice President Joe…