Posts Tagged: United States Israel
Hamas to Learn the ‘Hard Way’ It Can’t ‘Bring Israel to Its Knees,’ FM Sa’ar Says Amid Renewed Gaza Fighting
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar warned on Tuesday that Hamas will learn "the hard way" that it will not be able to "bring the State...
The US Shouldn’t Want a Ceasefire in Gaza; It Should Want the Defeat of Hamas
It appears that the US may have found a ceasefire formula for Gaza; or it may not have. Hamas, it appears, has already announced that it...
1973 vs. 2023: Could Aftermath of Gaza War Lead to Diplomatic Breakthrough?
Many have highlighted the similarities between the 1973 Yom Kippur War and the brutal Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, in terms of the scale...
Israel’s Move to USCENTCOM Is Transformational
The second anniversary of Israel’s shift to US Central Command (USCENTCOM) has arrived, and the regional and strategic impact of the change is readily apparent....
The State Department Elite Don’t Understand the Middle East
According to the late professor John Kenneth Galbraith, "the notion of conventional wisdom … is commonly understood as knowledge that is accepted within a certain...
Keep Support for Israel Bipartisan by Talking to Both Parties
According to a March 2020 annual Gallup poll of country favorability, Israel benefits from a 74% favorability (90% of Republicans and 67% of Democrats), compared...
Defending Israel With Words, Passion, and Education
Several years ago, I had the privilege of being in the White House's Roosevelt Room, where along with several Jewish community leaders, I met with...
US Pressure on Israel? No Need to Panic
In recent weeks, commentators and others have been worried about the prospect of US pressure being applied to Israel. Can Israel afford, they ask, to...
Where in the World Was President Obama?
On September 30, President Barack Obama attended the funeral of Shimon Peres. At 8 a.m., the White House posted the official transcript of the president’s remarks, which it...
Likud’s Big Victory is Israel’s Big Loss
Those of us who regularly observe and try to make sense of the madness sweeping the Middle East often find ourselves, perhaps out of desperation,...
Avigdor Lieberman: Israel Must Adopt Pragmatic Approach to Peace
Times of Israel - Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continued to butt heads with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his policies on Monday, warning that Israel...
United States Attacks Israel’s Jerusalem Development Plans
Following Israel's approval of the construction of 1,500 new housing units in Ramat Shlomo, an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood in the northern part of Jerusalem beyond the...
Day 2: The Algemeiner’s Daily IBD/TIPP Jewish Vote Tracking Poll – Obama: 49.5% Romney 39.2%
President Obama climbed 1.5 percentage points to reach 49.5% in today's Algemeiner's IBD/TIPP Daily Jewish Vote Aggregate Average Tracking Poll, while Mitt Romney's total increased by 0.1 percent...
Christians Show Love of Israel in Jerusalem Streets
There was love in the air of Jerusalem on Thursday afternoon. Marching through the streets of Jerusalem, approximately 6,000 Christian friends of Israel made their...
