Yoram Ettinger
ARTICLES BY: Yoram Ettinger
Purim Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. Purim's Scroll of Esther represents fundamental tenets of Judaism: *Faith in God, in contrast to idolatry and cynicism; *Value/principle-driven realism (right vs. wrong and civil liberties), in contrast...
Obama’s ‘If Not Now, When?’
U.S. President Barack Obama assumes that regional and global circumstances are now conducive for a peace accord between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. According to...
Can Israel Defy a Second-Term President?
The assumption that second-term U.S. presidents are omnipotent and can bulldoze their way through anything -- including the exertion of insurmountable pressure on Israel...
On Economic Sanctions and Appeasement
According to Winston Churchill, "an appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." The U.S. administration is leading the easing of...
Can Israel Say No to the Kerry Peace Plan?
The assumption that Israel must accept the Kerry plan as a basis for negotiations with the Palestinian Authority -- lest it risk a rift with...
Kerry, It’s Not the Demography!
Is U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry correct when exhorting "the demographic time bomb" to scare Israel into a retreat from geography (Judea and Samaria),...
Tu B’Shevat Guide for the Perplexed, 2014
1. Judaism stipulates four New Years, one of them is the New Year for the trees, Tu Bishvat (Arbor Day), the 15th day of the month...
Would a Palestinian State Harm American Interests?
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is preoccupied with the attempt to establish a Palestinian state, as a means to advance peace and American interests....
In Considering Kerry’s Framework Peace Proposal Israel Must Reject Wishful Thinking
The value of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's assessments and proposed peace agreement, which would reduce Israel to a 9-to-15 mile waistline (the pre-1967...
Another Reality Check on Palestinian Refugees
The Palestinian refugee issue has been dramatically misrepresented, distorting circumstances and numbers, in order to delegitimize the Jewish state. The root cause then and now According to...
The True Number of Palestinian Arab Refugees
Western policymakers and media have misconstrued/misrepresented the Palestinian refugee issue, ignoring its global context and core data. Moreover, the Palestinian claim of dispossession --...
Iran Nuclear Deal Doesn’t Pass Common Sense Test
Contrary to conventional "wisdom," Iran considers the U.S. and the Arab oil-producing Gulf States -- not Israel -- the primary target for its nuclear capabilities....
Chanukah Guide for the Perplexed, 2013
1. For the first time - and never again - the first day of Chanukah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving, the fourth Thursday in November, Nov. 28,...
Ben-Gurion’s Legacy: Resisting U.S. Pressure
Upon the 40th anniversary of Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's death, Israeli and American policy-makers should study the 1948 legacy of Israel's Founding Father: Defiance of...
