Posts Tagged: Israel United States
Why Does the World Hate Israel and Pretend Terrorism and War Aren’t Real Problems?
There is something profoundly disturbing about watching the international community scrutinize Israel almost obsessively while forces openly committed to destabilizing the Middle East continue expanding...
Why Israel’s Fight Is America’s Fight
More than 3,000 years ago, the Creator gave Israel to the Jewish people. Yet, today, Israel faces existential threats from Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and Iranian-backed...
Israeli and US Interests on War and Ceasefires Do Not Align
Despite claims to the contrary, a significant divergence between the security interests of Israel and the United States has developed in recent months. President Joe Biden...
Israel Is Solely Responsible for Own Defense — But Must Work With Allies
The principle that Israel should “defend itself with its own forces” is fundamental to the Jewish State's concept of national security. Recently, doubts -- sometimes tendentious...
Israeli President Solidified US-Israel Partnership, and Fights to Preserve Israeli Unity
Israeli President Isaac Herzog's address to a joint meeting of Congress last week was a meaningful display of the deeply rooted partnership between the United...
Israel: From Strategic Liability to Strategic Asset
"Israel did not grow strong because it had an American alliance. It acquired an American alliance because it had grown strong.” -- Walter Russell Mead In...
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...
400 Years of American and Israeli/Jewish Kinship
Four hundred years ago, in November 1620, the pilgrims of the "Mayflower" landed on Plymouth Rock, which they considered the modern day Promised Land. They...
Are US International Agreements Carved in Stone?
Even when US commitments are driven by the purest of intentions, one should recognize certain features -- a derivative of the Constitution and the power...
Arab States Have Lost Patience With the Palestinians
JNS.org - Over recent weeks, the United Arab Emirates flew two commercial flights into Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport, loaded with medical supplies to help the...
The US-Israel Alliance Is Durable and Strong
The US-Israel bond is a unique bottom-up phenomenon in the sphere of international relations, with most elected officials in the US House, Senate, and the...
What a Successful US-Israel Defense Pact Would Look Like
A constructive US-Israel defense pact should be based on shared values and shared strategic interests, expanding the two-way-street, win-win US-Israel strategic cooperation. An effective US-Israel defense...
The ‘Arab Street’ Is a Dead End
It’s time to put an old aphorism to rest. For decades, Middle East analysts and journalists have used the informal phrase “the Arab Street” to...
Rashida Tlaib and ‘Dual Loyalty’ Charges — Then and Now
Palestinian-American Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib has suggested that certain US senators may be more loyal to Israel than the US. A newly-minted wunderkind in national politics,...
