Alan Elsner
ARTICLES BY: Alan Elsner
The Hagel Nomination and Monty Python
The furor that has surrounded the nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel to be President Obama's Secretary of Defense has shed a searing light on...
Why I Joined J Street
A recent announcement that I had joined J Street as Vice President of Communications raised some eyebrows among some of my friends in the Jewish...
Thoughts on Cole Porter, Franz Schubert and Yom Kippur
At a recent recital of works by Franz Schubert by pianist Joseph Kalichstein, some lines from the Cole Porter song "Every time we say goodbye"...
The IAEA is Powerless Against Iran
The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors will meet next week in Vienna but their deliberations will only demonstrate once again how impotent the...
Israel’s Iran Dilemma: A Plea for Understanding
What does it mean to be faced by an existential threat? It means you, your family, your community, your city, your country and your nation could...
Sinai Attack Shows Egypt Needs Israel
The weekend terrorist attack in Sinai which killed 16 Egyptian border policemen has made clear that Egypt needs to preserve a strategic alliance with Israel...
Two Reports from State Dept. Provide Sobering Look at Iran
The State Department issued two reports this week, one on patterns on global terrorism and the other on religious freedom and oppression around the world....
Thank Heaven (and Israel) That Syria’s Assad Doesn’t Have Nukes
As the death toll mounts in Syria and the country slides deeper into civil war, the world should be thankful that the Assad regime...
A Nuclear-Armed Iran Would Have No Hotline to Avert Catastrophe
In the debate about how to deal with Iran's nuclear weapons program, a steady stream of voices have argued that the best response would be...
Heads of Civilized Nations Should Stop Meeting Iranian Leadership
Last month, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a rude shock when he arrived in Rio for a U.N. sustainability conference known as Rio+20. Instead of...
Arafat Poison Story: Another Palestinian Libel
The Arabs, as the late Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban famously said, never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. Last week's furor over allegations that...
So Far “Arab Spring” Delivers Mostly Misery
A year and a half into the so-called and misnamed "Arab Spring," it may be time to take stock of the wave of uprisings that...
Iran: Obama’s Indecisiveness Makes Israeli Strike Likely
The failure of President Obama to impose crippling sanctions a few months after assuming office in 2009 makes the prospect of an Israeli ...