Shmuel Sandler
ARTICLES BY: Shmuel Sandler
Domestic Politics Is International Politics: The US-Israel Relationship Must Be Preserved
The long delay preceding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s invitation to the White House reflects significant issues concerning Israel’s security and international position. President Joe Biden...
Israel: From Tribal Politics to a Territorial Democracy
The State of Israel is in a political crisis that reflects deep social rifts. At the Herzliya Conference in 2015, then-president Reuven Rivlin noted that...
The Abraham Accords: The Strategic Aspect
There is no doubt that the Abraham Accords, the peace agreements recently signed by Israel and the Gulf principalities of the UAE and Bahrain, represent...
For Israel, Will President Biden Mean a Return to the Obama Era? Possibly, but Not Certainly
US President-elect Joe Biden comes from a completely different background than either Donald Trump or Barack Obama. Trump came from a business background and had...
Comparing Netanyahu and Ben-Gurion
JNS.org - Comparing any leader, however successful, with a “founding father” inevitably puts that leader at a disadvantage. Founding fathers of David Ben-Gurion’s ilk —...
Israel’s Only Option: The Diplomacy of Violence in Gaza
Ever since the unilateral disengagement from Gaza in the summer of 2005, Israel has engaged in “bargaining by the threat of violence” with Hamas. Within...
Israel’s Nationality Law Is Not Discriminatory
The newly passed Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People, known as the Nationality Bill, does nothing to damage the equality of...
The Israeli Labor Party and Its Palestinian ‘Partner’
The low standings of the Zionist Union list in public opinion polls led to a new demand for change at the top. As a result,...
